As part of Habitat for Humanity’s 2011 Earth Day Build-a-Thon, some of BetterWorld’s team was on hand for executive build day. We were joined by executives from many of the Bay area’s leading companies including Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab, Coldwell Banker, Chevron and Cisco.
Habitat for Humanity is an extraordinary non-profit organization building simple, decent, affordable housing and organizing myriad events and opportunities for volunteers to have a hand in the process alongside Habitat families.
On April 15th, Habitat is building those homes with the help of over 50 executives from Bay Area companies. BetterWorld is proud to be a part of this momentous event, working on the second phase of Habitat East Bay’s Kinsell Commons development with Habitat for Humanity, with other executives and Habitat families. The project will complete the last 8 homes in a 22-home development of Tassafraronga Village. In addition to the wonderful cause, the building itself is a model of sustainability, registered in the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Neighborhood Development Pilot Project and the LEED for HOMES program.
BetterWorld President Matt Bauer joins the ranks of executives from a long list of Bay Area companies: Behr Paints, Build It Green, Chevron Corporation, Coldwell Banker, Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s Office, Crossmark and Stanley/Black and Decker, Dow Chemicals Company, Eberhard Management, Ernst & Young, The Home Depot, JR Structural’s, KQED, LCA Architects, Office of Congresswoman Barbara Lee, The PMI Foundation, Simpson Strong-Tie, East Bay Sotheby's International Realty, Struthers Dias Architects, Summit Financial Group LLC, Sybase, Taylor Engineering, Tiburon Inc., Timken Johnson Hwang LLP and Trimble Navigation.
Volunteering, creating opportunity for Habitat families with new homes, and constructing buildings that are the leading edge of sustainability – now that's a Friday well-spent!
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