Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s team up for National Women Build Week
Tue, 2011-05-03 16:13
|
Habitat for Humanity
|
||
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | ||
| Contacts: | ||
| Andrea Schleider Miami Habitat (786) 218-0977 Andrea [dot] schleider [at] miamihabitat [dot] org |
Tami Griffin Habitat International (303) 332-8446 tagriffin [at] habitat [dot] org |
Laresa Thompson Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (704) 758-4352 laresa [dot] F [dot] Thompson [at] lowes [dot] com |
| Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s team up for National Women Build Week | ||
| Local female volunteers answer call to help eliminate poverty housing | ||
| Miami, FL, May 7, 2011 — As part of Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build Week, more than 100 women will be working on several Liberty City Habitat homes on Saturday, May 7th. | ||
|
The effort of Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program is underwritten by Lowe’s stores which is awarding $1.3 million to more than 250 Habitat affiliates throughout the country. Approximately 10,000 female volunteers are expected to participate in builds nationally. Locally, Lowe’s is providing in-store training as well as financial assistance to the effort. The Miami-Dade Women Build effort, focused in Liberty City, is in line with Miami Habitat’s ongoing Liberty City Shine campaign, which aims to not only build new homes for low-income families, but also takes a holistic approach to neighborhood development with programs such as “A Brush with Kindness,” which reaches out to existing neighborhood homeowners and assists them with home beautification efforts. Miami Habitat’s Women Build is a yearly event and to date has counted on the participation of more than 1000 volunteers. To date, Women Build has completed 6 homes and worked on countless others. WHEN: Saturday, May 7, 2011
WHERE: 2341 NW 51st Street, Miami, 33142
|
||
| About Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami | ||
| Miami Habitat is a Christian ministry which builds homes and communities in partnership with low-income families in need of a simple, decent place to live. Miami Habitat makes interest-free loans available for the purchase of these homes, and provides opportunities to all people of conscience to support its mission to break the cycle of poverty. Since its inception, Miami Habitat has built more than 800 homes in Miami-Dade. For more information, or to donate or volunteer, visit: www.miamihabitat.org. |
||
| About Habitat for Humanity International | ||
| Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat has built, rehabilitated, repaired or improved more than 400,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than two million people. For more information, or to donate or volunteer, visit Habitat.org. | ||
| About Lowe’s | ||
| Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs that focus on K-12 public education and community improvement projects. The company’s signature education grant program, Lowe’s Toolbox for Education, has brought more than $5 million in grants to K-12 public schools every year since its inception in 2005. Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers support local community projects and our national nonprofit partners such as Habitat for Humanity International and the American Red Cross. In 2010, Lowe’s and the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation together contributed more than $30 million to support communities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. To learn more, visit Lowes.com/socialresponsibility. | ||
###
