The General Motors Foundation, area General Motors employees and the Habitat for Humanity are teaming up in the south suburbs to provide one family in need with a new home in Park Forest. The project, which is taking place on Wildwood Drive in Park Forest, is being made possible through a $1 million donation to Habitat for Humanity from the General Motors Foundation. The donation is being spread across 12 homes nationwide.
“We picked 12 cities that we could draw from our employee base or where we have operations,” said Maria Mainville, GM Foundation & Corporate Relations representative. “We are drawing upon that base to provide volunteers, these are all GM employees.”
The home, which was donated by Bank of America after sitting vacant for four years, is being stripped down to the studs by GM employees like Dennis Pearson and coworkers from the GM Bolingbrook Parts Distribution Center and GM North Central Regional Office in Naperville.