PPG successfully held the "Colorful Community" activity in Tianjin TEDA Nursery Home

Tianjin, China, August 13, 2021 – Today, the PPG (NYSE: PPG) "Colorful Community" event was successfully held at Tianjin TEDA Nursery Home
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Nearly 30 volunteers from PPG Tianjin Plant participated in this "Colorful Community" activity, contributing nearly 60 hours of volunteer service time, creating a new and vibrant exterior for the entire nursery
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PPG, in partnership with the Tianjin Development Area Charity Association, invested a total of 93 gallons (352 liters) of ShennuriTM exterior paint for the event, totaling more than $50,000 (approximately RMB 330,000) in products and services
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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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The city of Tianjin, where the event was held, is where PPG's Tianjin factory and global coatings innovation center are located
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Founded in 1999, TEDA Nursing Home is a kindergarten featuring "health education and aesthetic education"
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Due to its location in the coastal area, the exterior walls of the school are mottled and faded due to the erosion of the sea breeze.
This colorful community project aims to create a more colorful, rich and brand-new campus environment for the nearly 400 students in the nursery school.

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"We are very grateful to PPG for helping the school's landscaping
," said Wang Hong, president of TEDA Nursing Institute, "Our teachers and children like the graphics and colors designed by PPG, and the overall design concept is also in line with the aesthetic education we advocate.
The concept fits very well
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Let children grow up happily in a warm environment, and let their childlike innocence in an open environment
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The overall color of this design is mainly orange, and the minimalist >
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Orange is a cheerful and lively radiant color, and the warmest color in the warm color family, symbolizing fiery vitality and vitality
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With the help of the arc and corner structure of the building itself, the design of the outer wall of the entire nursery house is designed in the >
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"I am very happy to be able to participate in the renovation of the outer wall of the TEDA Nursing Home
," said Fu Zhi, director of the PPG Tianjin factory.
"We are very pleased to see the brand new changes brought to the school with our products and our own hands
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I hope our Volunteering can make children feel the hope and beauty of life
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"As a member of the community where we are located, we continue to pay attention to the education and growth of future talents
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The participation of employees creates a better environment for the growth of children and makes more contributions to the innovation of Chinese education
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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, decorating maternity wards with color, to 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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PPG and the PPG Foundation are dedicated to bringing color and light to the communities in which PPG operates globally
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We invested more than $13 million in community organizations in more than 30 countries in 2020
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Through our investments in educational opportunities, we help develop today's technologists and tomorrow's innovators in related industries such as coatings and specialty materials
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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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