COYOTES TO BUILD HOUSE IN
ARENA PARKING LOT WITH
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
VALLEY OF THE SUN
Monday, December 18th, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Dedication Ceremony 1:15 P.M.
Phoenix Coyotes President and COO Douglas moss is excited to announce the partnership with Centex Homes, Realty Executives and Habitat for Humanity Valley of the Sun to build a home in the Jobing.com Arena parking lot Monday, December 18th. The build will take place from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. with a Dedication Ceremony at 1:15 P.M. Coyotes players will be swinging hammers and helping with the build from 12:30 P.M. to 1:30 P.M.
The build will take place in Lot G on the East side of Jobing.com Arena. The frame of the house will be built on Monday, with the structure staying in Lot G all week. Prior to the Coyotes game versus the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday, December 21st, fans will be able to stop by and write ‘well-wishes’ to the family receiving the home on the boards of the house from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. The house will then be moved to the new lot in Glendale on Friday, December 22nd.
The Dedication Ceremony will include members of all of the organizations helping with the build, and the family who will be receiving the house. Douglas Moss from the Phoenix Coyotes, Christine Odom, President and CEO of the Habitat for Humanity Valley of the Sun, Roger Gannon, Senior Vice President of Operations for Centex Homes, Rich Rector, President and CEO of Realty Executives International and Koami Kolmega, the father of the family receiving the house.
“The Coyotes are very proud and excited to be associated with such a great partnership to bring joy and well-being to a deserving family,” said Douglas Moss. “The fact that we can help build a home for a family in our parking lot is something that the organization is very proud of and will never forget.”
Habitat for Humanity Valley of the Sun is a wonderful organization that is a hand up, not a hand out. Their mission is to “strengthen our community by providing home ownership opportunities for low-income working families through the use of donated materials, zero percent interest mortgages and volunteer labor in partnership with our families.” Serving metropolitan Phoenix since 1987, Habitat for Humanity Valley of the Sun is a grassroots ecumenical housing organization whose mission is to eliminate substandard housing.
Centex Homes is one of the nation's premiere homebuilders. Centex has been offering quality, value and excellence in customer service to homebuyers for over 50 years. Centex Homes is a proud partner of Habitat for Humanity.
Realty Executives International, the nation’s first 100-percent commission company, has been perfecting its business model for more than 40 years and is one of the fastest-growing real estate franchises in the United States. The Phoenix-based, privately held firm has offices in nine countries, including the United States, Canada, South Africa, Mexico, Australia, Israel, Indonesia, Costa Rica and Singapore. Additionally, the company has 18 branch offices and more than 1,700 sales associates in the Metro Phoenix area alone.
For more information, fans can visit www.phoenixcoyotes.com, www.habitataz.org, www.realtyexecutives.com and www.centexhomes.com.
Media can contact Heather Van Peursem with the Coyotes Corporate Communications Department at 623-435-4522 with any questions.
