Habitat, Thrivent join in building 13th home
Here in Carpentersville, Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley will mark an important milestone in the construction of the 13th Northern Fox Valley home sponsored by Thrivent Financial. And the community is invited to join in on the fun!
The celebration begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 4, at the construction site at 39 Robin Road.
Local Habitat for Humanity representatives, Thrivent Financial members and Carpentersville representatives - including Community Development Director Marc Huber - have been invited to attend the short program. After the wall-raising ceremony, attendees are invited to stay as volunteers for the day as they begin to frame and raise the rest of the walls for this new home.
This new home is a result of a partnership between Habitat for Humanity International and Thrivent Financial called Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity. The partnership has resulted in more than 3,500 Habitat homes across the country and around the world being built or repaired since 2005. Thanks to the nearly 2.4 million members of Thrivent Financial, and other volunteers, Thrivent Builds is able to contribute to the improvement of communities like Carpentersville.
Thrivent Financial contributed 50 percent of the house costs - a total of $70,000 - and is also engaging local volunteers who are members of Thrivent Financial, members of area churches, and members of the community at large, to donate additional funds and volunteer their time to work alongside the partner families to build these homes.
"The partnership with Thrivent Financial has had a significant impact on our efforts to provide affordable housing," said Barbara Beckman, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley. "Thrivent Financial has not only made a difference for the Northern Fox Valley affiliate, but affiliates across the country. Through this partnership, communities benefit, and families are able to build on a strong foundation of homeownership. We are grateful to Thrivent Financial for their support."
The partner family for this home has not yet been selected. Once a family has been matched to the home, they will complete 250-500 hours of "sweat equity" helping to build it alongside volunteers, a basic tenet of Habitat for Humanity. They will also repay the no-profit mortgage over a period of 30 years, illustrating Habitat for Humanity's objective to give families a "hand up" rather than a "hand out."
To learn more, visit www.thriventbuilds.com.
Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity is a multiyear, multimillion dollar mission partnership between Thrivent Financial and Habitat for Humanity International. Thrivent Builds is designed to involve Thrivent members and Christians in helping provide a "hand up" to people in need of affordable housing, offering them a path to greater economic independence. Excluding government funding, Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity is Habitat's largest single source of funding, constructing and repairing more than 3,500 homes in the U.S. and around the world since 2005. For more information, visit ThriventBuilds.com.
Thrivent Financial is a financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money and live generously. We offer a broad range of products and services - including life insurance, annuities and mutual funds - along with guidance from financial representatives nationwide. For more than a century we've helped our nearly 2.4 million member-owners make wise money choices that reflect their values. And we provide opportunities for them to be even more generous where they live, work and worship. For more information, visit Thrivent.com. Also, you can find them on Facebook and Twitter.
Habitat for Humanity International's vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Anchored by the conviction that housing provides a critical foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty, Habitat has helped more than 5 million people construct, rehabilitate or preserve homes since 1976. Habitat also advocates to improve access to decent and affordable shelter and supports a variety of funding models that enable families with limited resources to make needed improvements on their homes as their time and resources allow. As a nonprofit Christian housing organization, Habitat works in more than 70 countries and welcomes people of all races, religions and nationalities to partner in its mission. For more information, to donate or to volunteer, visit Habitat.org, or follow them at www.facebook.com/habitat or at Twitter.com/habitat_org or join Habitat's blog community at Habitat.org/blog.
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley is one of eight Habitat affiliates in the Chicago area. Founded in 1990, Northern Fox Valley is currently focuses its efforts on transforming existing foreclosed and abandoned houses that are devaluing our neighborhoods into safe, decent, and affordable homes for partner families in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. Northern Fox Valley also helps approximately 30 homeowners annually through the "A Brush With Kindness" exterior home repair program. Now entering a milestone 25th anniversary year, Northern Fox Valley has completed 92 new construction and rehabilitation projects in Carpentersville, Elgin, St. Charles, and the surrounding area. To learn more, visit www.habitatnfv.org, or follow them on Facebook, or follow them on Twitter.