Robinson-Adams Insurance participated in repairing a house with Habitat for Humanity in June of 2007. The house was located in Ensley, Alabama, just a few miles from our corporate headquarters. Robinson-Adams sent five employees to work on a repair to an existing home. The project wasn't a typical Habitat house in that it was repair to an existing house rather than a new construction. The team worked to repair the roof and do other repairs of the family's home. Volunteers from Auction Insurance Agency and Graham and Company replaced a seriously dilapidated roof as well as hung new siding on the house. Volunteers included Brent Gillis, Jeff Hart, John Hahn, Lauren Humphrey, and Matt Denton.

What is Habitat for Humanity International?
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need. Habitat has built more than 225,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1 million people in more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter. HFHI was founded in 1976 by Millard Fuller along with his wife, Linda.

How does it work?
Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit and financed with affordable loans. The homeowners’ monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat houses. Habitat is not a giveaway program. In addition to a down payment and the monthly mortgage payments, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor — sweat equity — into building their Habitat house and the houses of others.

Go to www.habitat.org for more information.