BSB Design, Architects & Planners Announce Ty Pennington, 1st Celebrity Ambassador for AbodShelters

NEW YORK - May 28, 2015 - PRLog -- BSB Design, Architects & Planners announces Ty Pennington as the first Celebrity Ambassador for AbodShelters Foundation. This is an open call for support and sponsors to join the "AbodShelters Village of the Future" Global Campaign in a quest to transform housing conditions for the needy.

The United Nations reports, 33% of the world’s people live in “shanty towns.” Children in these slums are growing up deeply affected by extreme poverty living in unsafe, unsanitary shacks because their forgotten families live on less than $1 a day. This is a crisis that affects everyone.

"As I travel the world, I see a huge unmet need for sustainable, low cost housing for families living in poverty here and in places like Africa and India. The AbodShelters Village of the Future is a forward looking idea that provides not only secure homes but an emotionally healthier environment for children to grow up," states Mr. Pennington.

"The Abod Shelters is seeking sponsor partners to help build model Villages in America and South Africa. Won't you join us to support this movement for positive change? It matters because we are all connected citizens of the world now."

BSB Design's humanitarian vision is to democratize housing for the world’s most needy populations. "There is an intensifying global housing crisis and we want to be part of the solution. That is why we created AbodShelters. We invested in developing, testing and manufacturing Abod applications to bring us to this point of offering "The AbodShelters Village of the Future", stated Doug Sharp, Chairman BSB Design, a leading US/International architectural and planning firm. "Struggling families with children deserve a safer, healthier home environment. This motivated us to design a sustainable structure at a super affordable price that can be built much faster compared to conventional brick structures.”

Abod is designed to deliver a better alternative to slums and homelessness. The award winning AbodShelters design is a unique, turnkey solution because it is assembled in a kit that can be built in a day. It was featured in TIME Magazine’s 2014 “Smart Home Edition.” BSB's efforts will mark the first community-building project of its kind. The 100 plus affordable home prototype installation is targeted for Cape Town, South Africa. The overall global aspiration includes helping US cities provide innovative housing solutions for the homeless, to get on their feet, as well as contribute to third world urban development.

"Only $7,000 per AbodShelters, provides a secure, sustainable home for an entire Forgotten Family for a lifetime! On May 28^th, 2015, Ty hosts the First Global VIP Event for AbodShelters Foundation as a kickoff to our fundraising campaign to raise awareness and donations. Our immediate goal is to build a Model Village in two Steps: 1. Erect a Micro Model Village in a US city for the homeless to experience its benefits; 2. Build the First Model Village of Future in South Africa.

We invite support from private and corporate sponsors to partner with us to achieve our goal of building this unique Village prototype including community services with healthcare, technology centers. We encourage socially conscious leaders and companies looking to participate with us to contact Me." stated Ginny Shiverdecker, Director, AbodShelters Foundation and Chief Marketing Officer. We invite anyone who cares about providing go to our GoFundMe (http://www.gofundme.com/vj39s74?utm_source=internal&u...) page.

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About Ty Pennington:

Ty Pennington is charismatic home design expert, humanitarian and celebrity host of the TV series “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and “Ty’s Great British Adventure” winning two Emmy’s and Two People’s Choice Awards.

AbodShelters Foundation is a 501(c)3 Organization More information about AbodShelters and the "Village of the Future" can be found at AbodShelters.com.

About BSB Design:

BSB Design is the creator and operator of AbodShelters and is an award winning International Architectural and Planning Firm operating since 1966, in the business of creating lifestyle solutions through residential and commercial services. Recognized as No.19 on the "ZweigWhite Hot Firm List" of the fastest growing firms in the country BSB has expanded to support regional offices in 10 locations nationwide. Learn more at BSB Design.com.