MABLETON, Ga., June 21, 2012 -– Representatives of Assurant and Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta on Thursday dedicated the 10th home sponsored by the company and built by volunteers from Assurant’s Atlanta offices.
Every Thursday for eight weeks, employees from Assurant – nearly 200 in all – built the new home of the Grhas family in suburban Mableton. In addition to employee volunteers, who worked under the guidance of Habitat volunteers and staff, a donation from Assurant and the Assurant Foundation funded the construction materials. In addition to the 10 houses sponsored in full, Assurant’s Atlanta offices have also partnered on two co-sponsorships.
The Assurant house is also the sixth home in a Habitat initiative that has transformed an entire block in Mableton. Northwest Metro Atlanta Habitat acquired and developed the entire cul-de-sac in partnership with the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Cobb County Community Development Block Grant Program.
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Assurant has more than 2,000 employees in the metro Atlanta area. Northwest Metro Atlanta Habitat is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, the worldwide housing organization.
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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 is a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and select worldwide markets. Assurant, a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ. Assurant has approximately $29 billion in assets and $8 billion in annual revenue. www.assurant.com.
