Habitat for Humanity and the Heart Hat volunteers of McCarthy were meant to go together. Beginning February 14 and continuing through mid-May, volunteers from McCarthy are spending their Saturdays building a new home for a U.S. Army veteran and his young family.
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From Valentine’s Day through the beginning of May McCarthy volunteers will work on framing, roofing, fascia, windows, drywall, stucco, painting (both interior and exterior), countertops, finish carpentry, landscaping and installing security doors. Each week a different set of volunteers will come out to the site and lend their expertise to the project. When complete the home will be part of a “Habitat Neighborhood,” which will eventually have 32 homes.
The homeowner and his family, refugees from Togo, are excited to watch their future home being built. “McCarthy is always welcome in our new home,” they told volunteers. The family became United States citizens in 2002, moving to the country in the 90s through a visa lottery.
This year McCarthy’s Southwest Heart Hats volunteers are focusing on assisting veteran-related causes in the community. In addition to building a home for the veteran and his family, Heart Hats volunteers also contributed to the Mesa-based Salute a Soldier Foundation. The funds will assist with the needs of injured military service members and their families as they return to their communities from the Middle East. Heart Hats volunteers also participated in the annual Veterans’ Day parade by funding and building the float that carried the grand marshals. McCarthy is proud that many of its employees are veterans.
About McCarthy Heart Hats
The McCarthy “Heart Hats” community involvement program is dedicated to encouraging, supporting and recognizing McCarthy employees’ volunteer efforts in a variety of causes to ensure real needs are being met in communities where employees work, live and play. McCarthy employees are as passionate about building better communities as they are about construction. In addition to recognizing outstanding employee volunteers and providing a companywide paid volunteer day, McCarthy “Heart Hats” donates countless hours of in-kind services and monetary contributions to improve communities each year.
Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online www.mccarthy.com.
