PPG successfully held the "Colorful Community" activity at Xinmin Primary School in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province

Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, February 28, 2022 – The PPG (NYSE: PPG) “Colorful Community” event was successfully held at Xinmin Primary School in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province
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Nearly 45 volunteers from PPG Jiangmen factory participated in this "Colorful Community" activity, contributing more than 90 hours of volunteer service time, creating a beautiful, colorful and brand-new appearance for the school's dormitory, gymnasium and square exterior
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PPG invested a total of 215 gallons (814 liters) of ShennuriTM exterior paint for the event, totaling more than $75,000 (approximately RMB 480,000) in products and services
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In addition, PPG donated 15,000 medical masks to the school
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The Colorful Communities program aims to bring color and vitality to the communities where PPG operates globally through employee volunteerism, paint donations and charitable donations
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Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, China, where the event was held, is where PPG's Jiangmen factory is located
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Jiangmen Xinmin Primary School was founded in 1952.
It is a school with a strong cultural atmosphere and a long history of running schools
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Xinmin Primary School will celebrate its 70th anniversary this year.
Due to the relatively old age of the hardware facilities, the facades of the school's dormitory buildings and gymnasiums have fallen off to a certain extent
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The colorful community project aims to create a more colorful, rich and harmonious campus environment for the teachers and 1,265 students of Xinmin Primary School, which will bring the school construction to a higher level
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"We are very grateful to PPG for helping the school's landscaping
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"Our teachers and students like the graphics and colors designed by PPG.
The overall design concept is in line with our 'emphasis on morality and talent, adapting to the future'.
The idea of ​​running a school is consistent with the school, and makes students feel vitality and hope, and inspires their love for learning and life
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This design uses lotus root pink as the main tone, supplemented by green, blue, and dark lotus root pink as the overall color embellishment and collocation
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The three color systems of the dormitory building and the facade of the gymnasium form a refreshing visual contrast and layering
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The blue on the roof echoes with the sky; the bright green on the middle floor reflects vitality and hope; the shades of pink and pink on the lower floor echo the original theme of the lotus element of the school building, creating a positive, upbeat, A learning atmosphere full of hope and courage to explore
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"It is a very meaningful thing to be able to participate in this colorful community activity
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" said Liu Minghui, director of PPG Jiangmen factory, "We hope to beautify the campus environment through our products and hands, and enhance the school's teaching environment and learning experience.
We hope our volunteer service and donations can make children feel the hope and beauty of life
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Yan Caiming, general manager of corporate and government affairs at PPG Asia Pacific, said: "The youth of today is the future and hope of the motherland, and youth education is also our priority area
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We are committed to promoting the development and training of talents for the next generation, so that more We will continue to carry out 'colorful community' activities on more campuses, and continue to practice the purpose of 'PPG to protect and beautify the world'
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The Colorful Communities program initiated and advocated by PPG is designed to support, protect and beautify the communities in which PPG operates around the world
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Through the Colorful Communities program, PPG employee volunteers invest their time and donate PPG paint products to transform communities, taking part in everything from painting classrooms, coloring maternity wards, and redesigning playgrounds
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Since 2015, PPG has completed 330 "Colorful Communities" projects, reaching more than 6.
7 million people in 42 countries
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The PPG Global Community Responsibility Program and the PPG Foundation are committed to bringing color and light to the communities where PPG operates globally
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We are investing more than $13.
3 million in 2021 to support hundreds of community-based organizations in more than 40 countries
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Through investments in educational opportunities, we help develop today's technologists and tomorrow's innovators in the coatings and manufacturing industries
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In addition, we encourage our employees to participate in activities that have a significant impact on them by supporting their volunteering and charitable giving
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Nearly 45 volunteers from PPG Jiangmen Factory participated in the "Colorful Community" activity at Xinmin Primary School in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, and contributed more than 90 hours of volunteer service time to build the school's dormitory, gymnasium and square exterior.
A beautiful, colorful, refreshed look

Xinmin Primary School Principal Wu Shunyan (second from left) and PPG Jiangmen Factory Director Liu Minghui (second from right) unveiled the "Colorful Community" event

This design uses lotus root pink as the main tone, supplemented by green, blue and deep lotus root pink, which makes the whole Xinmin Primary School look brand new.

Volunteers at PPG Jiangmen Factory participated in the "Colorful Community" activity and painted the exterior walls of Xinmin Primary School