Monday, February 27, 2006

Sneakers financing Gulf Coast homes

CNHI News Service
THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE (NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.)

BOSTON — New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc., through its charitable grant foundation, has contributed $1 million to Habitat for Humanity to assist Gulf Coast residents who lost homes to destructive tropical storms last summer.

Habitat for Humanity began work in September pre-building house frames at remote sites for delivery to affected areas in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama.

Construction is now set to start this spring, the organization said.

Boston-based New Balance, which also operates production facilities in Lawrence, Mass., previously donated $1 million of its products to hurricane relief.

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