Chase partners with Habitat for Humanity on home build

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Springfield to build the first home in Habitat's Six by Six Challenge, which aims to build six Ozarks homes by the sixth month of the year.

Chase is donating $30,000 and providing volunteers to build a home in Habitat's low-impact subdivision, Legacy Trails, 3801 N. Farm Road 143, where all of the homes would be built.

“Habitat Springfield gratefully celebrates and thanks JPMorgan Chase's generous partnership as a demonstration of their commitment to our community and to the need for affordable home ownership,” Habitat Executive Director Linda Stewart said in a news release.

Chase has set a goal to contribute at least 1,000 volunteer hours via 100 volunteers throughout the 20-day build of the four-bedroom home. Construction is slated to begin tomorrow, and a dedication ceremony is tentatively scheduled April 13.

According to Matthew Stewart, marketing and communications coordinator for Habitat, other sponsors for homes during the March 15-May 20 project are:

• Bank of America;
• Building on Faith, a conglomeration of local churches and faith-based organizations;
• Wagner Interior Supply;
• Drury University;
• sponsors tied to Habitat's largest fundraiser, Tool Belts & Bow Ties: and
• Wesley United Methodist Church.

Habitat officials are looking for more businesses and individuals to donate time or funding to support what would be the largest project taken on by the local affiliate. Though the program, the homes are intended to be sold at no profit to six qualified families, who would move in by June, according to the release.[[In-content Ad]]