POWDER SPRINGS, Ga., June 4, 2015 – A U.S. Navy veteran and her daughter welcomed the first guests to their new home Thursday — representatives of Assurant and Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta. It’s the 12th home sponsored by the company and built by volunteers from Assurant’s Atlanta offices.
Every Thursday for eight weeks, employees from Assurant – some 200 in all -– built a new home in suburban Powder Springs for Teresa Stafford and her daughter. Ms. Stafford was temporarily homeless and jobless, but now has a new career with the U.S. Postal Service, and a new Habitat home.
“It has been a struggle,” she said. “But thank you Assurant, and Habitat, for giving me back the dream that I had lost.”
Ms. Stafford joined Habitat officials and volunteers from Assurant to celebrate the dedication of her home, which she is purchasing through Habitat’s affordable home-ownership program. Along with Assurant’s volunteers, who worked under the guidance of Habitat house and crew leaders, a donation from the Assurant Foundation funded the construction materials.
Assurant has more than 2,000 employees in the metro Atlanta area. In addition to the 12 houses sponsored in full, Assurant’s Atlanta offices also have partnered on two co-sponsorships. Northwest Metro Atlanta Habitat is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, the worldwide housing organization.
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About the Assurant Foundation
For more than three decades, the Assurant Foundation has provided financial assistance to charitable organizations to help improve the quality of life for people through better education, health, nutrition and housing.
Assurant safeguards clients and consumers when the unexpected occurs. A provider of specialty protection products and related services, Assurant operates in North America, Latin America, Europe and other select worldwide markets. A Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500, Assurant is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ. Assurant has approximately $31 billion in assets and $10 billion in annual revenue. For more information on Assurant, please visit www.assurant.com and follow us on Twitter @AssurantNews.
About Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta
Habitat for Humanity of NW Metro Atlanta, founded in 1986, is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian principles that seeks to put God’s love into action by building homes, communities and hope. Habitat for Humanity of NW Metro Atlanta is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in Cobb, Douglas and Paulding counties through constructing and rehabilitating homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions and financial wellbeing. Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a simple, durable place to live in dignity and safety, and that decent shelter in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all. For more information or to sponsor a home, donate or volunteer, please visit www.nwmetroatlantahabitat.org, follow us on Twitter @NWMAHFH, or like us on Facebook.
Media Contacts:
Robert Byrd
Senior Director, Communications
Assurant Specialty Property, Atlanta
770.763.2319
Camille Cordak
Director of Development
NW Metro Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, Smyrna
770.432.7954