April 07, 2017 -- HomeAid
America, a leading national provider of housing for the homeless, today announced
a new national partnership with Builders FirstSource, the nation’s largest
providers of building products and services. Under this partnership, the
company will be providing cash and materials to help HomeAid build housing for
service providers addressing homelessness nationwide.
As part of Builders
FirstSource new partnership, their President and COO Chad Crow will be joining
the HomeAid America Board of Directors.
Mr. Crow is an 18 year veteran of Builders FirstSource and well
respected leader in the industry. “We
are excited to partner with HomeAid America in the effort to help end
homelessness in America,” said Mr. Crow, who added “I am honored to serve on
the Board and help further a cause that is so important.”
Builders
FirstSource has been involved with HomeAid and its chapters across the country
for years. Currently, the company’s
Jason Behunin serves as Board President of HomeAid Portland, and Builders
FirstSource is a major donor for their Village of Hope project for survivors of
domestic violence. This project, which Builders
FirstSource is donating over $25,000 of material to, will house over 30 women
and children for Clackamas Women’s Services.
Builders FirstSource has also been recognized as HomeAid chapters’
Partner of the Year in Atlanta in 2014 and Northern Virginia in 2015. It also provides product donations for
numerous other HomeAid chapters.
“It is
wonderful to have Builders FirstSource back in our national partnership program
and to have Chad join our Board of Directors,” said Peter Simons, CEO of
HomeAid America. “The BFS partnership program will strengthen HomeAid’s ability
to leverage much needed resources for homeless families and individuals as they
rebuild their lives.”
About HomeAid
America
Founded in
1989, HomeAid is a leading national non-profit provider of housing for homeless
families and individuals with 17 chapters in 12 states across the country. Through
the generosity of builders, their trades and their suppliers, HomeAid has
completed over 470 housing projects nationwide at a value of more than $215
million, of which nearly 50 percent has been donated by the building industry.
HomeAid currently has 70 additional projects in development across the country.
HomeAid’s facilities have housed over 270,000 previously homeless people over
the years, as well as provided a location for services that help these people
get back on their feet. For more information
about HomeAid, call 1-888-3HOMEAID or visit www.homeaid.org
About Builders FirstSource
Headquartered
in Dallas, Texas, Builders FirstSource is the largest U.S supplier of building
products, prefabricated components, and value-added services to the
professional market segment for new residential construction and repair and
remodeling. We provide customers an
integrated homebuilding solution, offering manufacturing, supply, delivery and
installation of a full range of structural and related building products. We operate in 40 states with 400 locations
and have a market presence in 75 of the top 100 Metropolitan Statistical Areas,
providing geographic diversity and balanced end market exposure. We service customers from strategically
located distribution facilities and manufacturing facilities (certain of which
are co-located) that produce value-added products such as roof and floor
trusses, wall panels, stairs, vinyl windows, custom millwork and pre-hung doors.
Builders FirstSource also distributes dimensional lumber and lumber sheet
goods, millwork, windows, interior and exterior doors, and other building
products. For more information about Builders FirstSource, visit the Company’s
website at www.bldr.com.