Habitat Wake County Partner with Exclusive Sponsor Coastal Federal CU for a Habitat Home in Raleigh

Sept. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- Habitat for Humanity of Wake County and Coastal Federal Credit Union will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 9 a.m. on Saturday September 14 at a new home site located at 4911 Werribee Drive in Raleigh, NC. This event is open to the public. Coastal Federal Credit Union is the exclusive sponsor of this home construction project, which was generously funded by the company’s fundraising initiative, “Share the Love.” This home is one of 32 being constructed by Habitat Wake and its partners this year.

Coastal Federal Credit Union raised $100,000 for the construction of this home through the support of individuals, friends, families and coworkers within Coastal. The “Share the Love” campaign included social media interaction by Facebook and Twitter as well as numerous fundraising events. This successful effort provided great value to Coastal employees, members, and others who engaged in this effort. The campaign also ensures that the partner family will be able to purchase a safe, affordable home.

“Habitat Wake is so grateful for Coastal Federal’s partnership. The enthusiasm and support of their associates and customers proved an impressive effort to raise funds to buy land and build an affordable home for the partner family,” states Kevin Campbell, President/CEO of Habitat Wake.

Coastal Federal Credit Union is a not-for-profit, member-owned, financial cooperative, offering a full range of financial products and services. Coastal was chartered on August 31, 1967 with the mission of fostering the credit union philosophy of “people helping people”. Today, with $2.1 billion in assets, Coastal serves 193,000 members from 1,200 business partners and is among the leading financial institutions in North Carolina.  Coastal operates 15 branches in the Triangle market and serves members in all 50 states through a network of 4,500 shared branches 50,000 surcharge-free ATMs and a robust offering of online services at www.COASTAL24.com.

Habitat for Humanity of Wake County builds safe, affordable houses for qualified homebuyers regardless of race, religion, or background. Each Habitat home is built in partnership with homeowner families, sponsors, and volunteers. Habitat houses are are sold for no profit to the partner family through an affordable 20-year zero percent interest mortgage. Habitat Wake will build 32 homes in Wake County this year.  For each home built in Wake County, a home is built in Honduras. Another 35 local families will receive assistance through Habitat Wake's A Brush With Kindness exterior repair program. Financial support is provided by corporate, faith and individual sponsors, the Habitat Wake ReStores, the DeConstruction program, and other charitable efforts. For additional information on programs, to make a contribution or volutneer, please visit www.HabitatWake.org