After a year and a half of sweat equity toward her new home, Nikia High was ready to partner with Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity on her own forever home on Dickens Drive in South Toledo.
“It feels great because they give you hope,” Ms. High said before beginning to get into some hands-on construction work with volunteers from one of Habitat for Humanity’s biggest local partners, Owens Corning.
A handful of interns from the local Fortune 500 company were ready to do some heavy lifting on Ms. High’s home in honor of 20 years of the partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
“It's actually our first build,” Spencer Wilson, a supply chain and sourcing intern for Owens Corning, said.
Pink the Pink Panther mascot for Owens Corning gallivanted around the construction site to raise spirits, but spirits were already high as Mr. Wilson said, “It's an honor just to know that you're part of something that goes beyond the office.”
And Owens Corning has certainly gone beyond standard office work, building 20 homes with Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity, and replacing nearly 400 roofs.
“The families put a lot of effort into this house,” Don Rettig, the president for the Owens Corning Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Owens Corning, said. “It's something that they work for very hard. We're just thrilled to be a partner and seeing a family achieve that success.”
“And it's such a natural fit for Owens Corning, because we're a building materials manufacturer.”
Showing his appreciation to Owens Corning, Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, presented a proclamation for the work Owens Corning has done in Toledo specifically.
