PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center

PPG Foundation donates $10,000 to support educational programs

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the completion of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES™
project that helped revitalize CHILD’S
WAY®, a Pediatric Extended Care Center (PECC) at The Children’s Home
of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center. The Colorful Communities
program provides PPG volunteers and paint products along with financial
contributions to bring color and vitality to communities where the
company operates around the world, such as in Pittsburgh, PPG’s global
headquarters city.

The project brought together more than 60 volunteers, who spent
approximately 240 hours painting hallways and classrooms, as well as
adding two colorful murals. PPG provided $41,900 to assist with the
project, including $10,000 from the PPG Foundation to support science,
technology, engineering and math programs.

Volunteers painted the facility using 27 gallons of PPG PAINTS™ PURE
PERFORMANCE® product in a muted color palette conducive to learning and
healing, including PPG Paints River Rock and Lilac Sachet. These
colors will enhance the lives of children in Child’s Way who have
been diagnosed with visual impairments such as cortical visual
impairment (CVI), the most common form of childhood blindness. Exposure
to the subdued colors are important for children with CVI because it
creates a comfortable atmosphere for learning.

“It’s incredible how color can have a positive impact on a space and a
child’s experience within that space,” said Sue Sloan, PPG executive
director, corporate global social responsibility. “In addition to the PPG
Paints colors creating a beautiful atmosphere, it’s also bringing
comfort and a positive learning environment to medically fragile
children who are diagnosed with visual impairments.”

“Thanks to PPG, the Child’s Way facility is a comfortable and
cheerful place for our children to learn, play and grow,” said Pam
Schanwald, chief executive officer, The Children’s Home. “We’re grateful
to have community partners that allow us to continue our mission of
promoting the health and well-being of infants and children through
services that establish and strengthen families.”

Child’s Way, the first PECC in Pennsylvania, offers an
alternative or supplement to in-home nursing and therapy care for
medically fragile children ages birth to 21. Similar to a typical day
care center, Child’s Way is divided into five classrooms: infant,
younger toddler, older toddler, preschool and school-age. Each classroom
is led by a team of experienced pediatric registered nurses and teachers
who work together to provide children with necessary medical care
simultaneous to educational, developmental and social activities. Child’s
Way PECC has served over 400 children since its founding in 1998.

The Colorful Communities program is PPG’s signature initiative
for community engagement efforts, with the aim to protect and beautify
the neighborhoods where PPG operates around the world. The program
increases PPG’s commitment to invest in communities and supports
projects that transform community assets, providing PPG volunteers and
donated PPG products. In 2015 and 2016 combined, PPG completed nearly 60 Colorful
Communities projects, and it expects to complete about 75 more this
year.

About The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center

The Children's Home of Pittsburgh, established in 1893, is an
independent, non-profit licensed organization that promotes the health
and well-being of infants and children through services which establish
and strengthen the family. These programs include: Adoption – providing
domestic infant adoption, SWAN permanency services, and a range of
support services, CHILD’S WAY® — a pediatric extended care center
serving medically fragile infants and children from birth to age 21, and
a 30-bed Pediatric Specialty Hospital — offering a transitional setting
between hospital and home for infants, children, and their families. For
more information, please call 412-441-4884 or visit www.childrenshomepgh.org.

PPG and the PPG Foundation aim to bring color and brightness to PPG
communities around the world. We donated nearly $10 million in 2016,
supporting hundreds of community organizations across 25 countries. By
investing in educational opportunities, we help grow today’s skilled
workforce and develop tomorrow’s innovators in fields related to
coatings and manufacturing. Plus, we empower PPG employees to multiply
their impact for causes that are important to them by supporting their
volunteer efforts and charitable giving. Learn more at www.ppgcommunities.com
and follow @PPG_Communities
on Twitter.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™

At PPG (NYSE:PPG), we work every day to develop and deliver the paints,
coatings and materials that our customers have trusted for more than 130
years. Through dedication and creativity, we solve our customers’
biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path
forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate and innovate in
more than 70 countries and reported net sales of $14.3 billion in 2016.
We serve customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and
transportation markets and aftermarkets. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com.

We protect and beautify the world, PPG Paints and Colorful
Communities are trademarks and the PPG Logo is a registered
trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.

Pure Performance is a registered trademark of PPG Architectural
Finishes, Inc.

Contacts

PPG
Mark Silvey, 412-434-3046
Corporate Communications
[email protected]
or
Greta
Edgar, 412-434-2445
Corporate Communications
[email protected]
www.ppgcommunities.com
or
Children’s
Home of Pittsburgh
Abby Kirstein, 412-441-4884 x 2065
Marketing
and Outreach Manager
[email protected]