The Thrivent Financial for Lutherans program, "Thrivent builds with Habitat for Humanity," completed their 2000th Habitat house in Minneapolis, MN in December. The four year program built houses in 46 states. Thrivent contributed $125 million for the initial program, which was followed by an additional $15 million which will build another 181 homes in 37 states in 2010.
Metro Denver Habitat was a partner in five of the homes, which were built with matching contributions and volunteer labor by "Holy Hammers," a coalition of (mainly) Lutheran and Episcopal congregations in the Metro Denver area. Thrivent will "partner" in an additional five homes this year, to be built as part of the Bails Townhome Project, a 24-townhome development located in the thriving Virginia Village neighborhood, near I-25 and Colorado Blvd. Situated within ½ mile of the Southeast corridor light rail, the BTC is Habitat’s first Transit Oriented Development in metro Denver.
This is an exciting build. So many families will have housing located in a trasit area...it's been great to meet some of these familes and hammer some nails in those walls and roofs. This is a worthwhile place to give some of your time!
Posted by: Mary Chambers | February 07, 2010 at 10:43 PM
Mary! I didn't know you read my humble blog. I'm going to keep that in mind next time I'm tempted to go on a rant.
Posted by: John Petty | February 09, 2010 at 11:27 AM