Habitat for Humanity

Affordable Green Home Building

Affordable Green Home Building

Once again Habitat for Humanity is a shining example of how affordable it really can be to build green. Habitat for Humanity of Kent County (MI) is currently building a home for a disabled veteran and his family that’s expected to achieve LEED Gold.
Construction Liaison, Jamison Lenz of AmeriCorps states, “This house follows a standard [...]

Building Homes and Relationships…..over a cuppa joe!

Building Homes and Relationships…..over a cuppa joe!

Last week a small crew from our Minnesota based corporate headquarters traveled to the southeastern U.S. to join volunteers from our storm door plant in Luray, VA in building a duplex. Andersen is a long-standing supporter of Habitat for Humanity (HfH), donating materials, skills and time as part of the company’s support of affordable housing. [...]

Andersen Volunteers Build Energy Efficient Habitat Home

Andersen Volunteers Build Energy Efficient Habitat Home

This week more than 50 Andersen employees and retirees volunteered their time and effort swinging hammers and securing shingles on a Habitat for Humanity home for the organization’s St. Croix Valley Chapter in Wisconsin. The three day blitz crew had luck on their side as rain, wind and even tornados threatened nearby skies but steered [...]

Ablaze for Habitat: Andersen Volunteers Build Homes in Woodbury, MN

Ablaze for Habitat: Andersen Volunteers Build Homes in Woodbury, MN

Volunteers from Andersen and Maplewood, MN-based 3M join forces to build homes for Habitat for Humanity.

If you’re at all familiar with the look of Andersen at a Habitat for Humanity site, it’s hard to miss the consistent orange theme across our crew. This week volunteers from Andersen descended on Habitat’s Garden Gate site in Woodbury, [...]

Habitat for Humanity: Hard Hat & Black Tie

Habitat for Humanity: Hard Hat & Black Tie

Hard hats, dirty work boots and lots of orange caution tape donned beautiful black tie attire at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s (TCHFH) annual Hard Hat & Black Tie gala, May 7. The event honored the non-profit’s 25th anniversary of strengthening relationships and building homes for those in need.
Generosity filled the room as over 850 [...]

Habitat for Humanity: Green Homes Bus Tour

Habitat for Humanity: Green Homes Bus Tour

Minnesota Habitat for Humanity’s statewide conference celebrated outstanding leadership and excellence March 10, 2011. Kicking off this year’s event was a Green Homes Bus Tour sponsored by Andersen Corporation and Fluke. The tour visited two Habitat homes, highlighting blower door tests and solar powered furnaces.
Each home on the tour has solar powered furnaces built and [...]

Andersen Participates in Habitat for Humanity/Carter Work Project Oct. 4-8

Andersen Participates in Habitat for Humanity/Carter Work Project Oct. 4-8

Andersen Corporation and many of its employees will be closely involved with the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project 2010 when the event comes to the Twin Cities this week.
Twin Cities Habitat is one of four affiliates selected to host this 27th annual Carter Work Project. The Carters will work alongside volunteers in Washington, D.C., [...]