Professional Builders Volunteer for a Week

Professional Builders Volunteer for a Week ATLANTA, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Building industry professionals across the country are lending their construction skills to Habitat for Humanity this year to help build, renovate and repair more than 200 homes through the organization's Home Builders Blitz program. Builders participating in the program this year will work with more than 80 Habitat affiliates. ) and local builder Tom Gipson recruited 12 home builders to donate their time to each build a home in five days. A second blitz build event with professional builders was held in 2008. We thank the builders for their commitment and dedication to making Home Builders Blitz 2012 a success. Habitat launched its first Home Builders Blitz in 2006, four years after Habitat for Humanity Wake County (N. Habitat's Home Builders Blitz is a partnership between Habitat affiliates and the building community to build and renovate homes across the United States. To date, 862 homes have been constructed under the initiative. Endorsed by the National Association of Home Builders, national event sponsors include: Cree; The Dow Chemical Company; The Elizabeth Anton Habitat for Humanity Fund; GAF Materials Corporation; Hunter Douglas; Larson; Lowe's; Masco; Royal Building Products; Schneider Electric; the Tapco Group; Toto; Valspar; the Whirlpool Corporation; and Yale Locks Professional Builders Volunteer for a Week Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 06/04/2012