What Donating Custom Stone Veneer Taught Our Company About Habitat for Humanity

What Donating Custom Stone Veneer Taught Our Company About Habitat for Humanity

At North Star Stone, we recently donated some of our fine custom stone veneer products to the Lake County chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

What Donating Custom Stone Veneer Taught Our Company About Habitat for Humanity • Habitat for Humanity’s History & Mission • Habitat for Humanity International is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization that was started in 1976 by co-founders Millard and Linda Fuller. Based in Americus, GA, the group’s mission is built upon the principle that every person deserves a decent place to live. Since its inception, Habitat’s philosophy has been to engage in “partnership housing”, a concept focused on using teams of skilled volunteers working together in an effort to provide reliable and affordable shelter for families. Habitat projects also include renovations, repairs and improvements to existing properties within a community.

What Donating Custom Stone Veneer Taught Our Company About Habitat for Humanity • How does a Habitat Home Get Built Using Stone Veneer?

• There are several different factors that all come together to produce just one Habitat home. For prospective new homeowners, there’s a non-discriminatory application process whereby the selection criteria varies from community to community. It involves these steps: • The applicant must show a specific level of financial need.

• An applicant must have a willingness to partner with Habitat. This means devoting hundreds of hours of their own time to building their new home, while further participating in construction efforts on other Habitat projects in their area.

• The ability to repay an affordable mortgage is a must.

• Applicants are screened and chosen based upon the above criteria by a local Habitat selection committee.

What Donating Custom Stone Veneer Taught Our Company About Habitat for Humanity

How Our Stone Veneer is Beautifying Habitat Homes Starting in November of 2017, North Star Stone proudly began donating some of our highquality manufactured stone veneer products to the Habitat branch in Lake County, IL. These faux stone products are typically used as decorative enhancements by residential and commercial property owners for applications from fireplaces to home exteriors.

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