SOCIAL / LOCAL COMMUNITIES 1 Based on a 2019 Braun Research survey conducted by phone within the United S tates among 600 public school teachers (18 years or older) The Care Counts laundry program has grown to support students in need across 36 states and 134 schools around the U.S. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) Over the past decade, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Maytag have presented 114 exceptional Boys & Girls Clubs mentors with a Maytag Dependable Leader Award and $20,000 grant to create or expand youth programs. Maytag plays an intricate part in making sure Boys & Girls Clubs members have opportunities to explore their passions. Throughout the partnership, Maytag has provided nearly $9.5 million to help deserving youth reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Almost 6,000 Whirlpool Corporation employees have volunteered their time at various Clubs across the U.S. Together, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Maytag celebrate dependability—a quality that is at the core of what the Clubs do every day and is central to the Maytag brand. Care Counts According to teachers nationwide, one in five 1 students struggles with access to clean clothes. The stigma and shame of not having clean clothes can lead students to miss school, and students who miss school are seven times more likely to drop out. The Care Counts laundry program by Whirlpool brand is committed to helping remove one small but important barrier to attendance— access to clean clothes—by installing washers and dryers in schools. Now in its sixth year, the program has expanded to 134 schools in 36 states across the country and is providing access to clean clothes to thousands of students. The Care Counts™ laundry program by Whirlpool brand has expanded its presence to 16 new schools across five new states in the 2021-2022 school year: Idaho, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma and South Carolina. It will continue to work with schools that are participating in a second year of the program in five regions: Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Kentucky and Massachusetts. In addition to the program’s introduction into the five new states, Whirlpool brand recently announced an arrangement with Benton Harbor Area Schools to bring the program to the company’s hometown. A first in the history of the Care Counts™ laundry program, the expansion to Benton Harbor is an effort to help maximize K-12 attendance and support education equality in the Benton Harbor community. Working hand-in-hand with the Benton Harbor Area School Board and superintendent, Whirlpool brand installed washers and dryers in every school within the district and developed a customized program to collect anonymized data to study the impact that the program made on student attendance, grades, graduation rates and engagement. Whirlpool Corporation / 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 67