Habitat receives $45,000 for Newnan home

Newnan-Coweta Habitat for Humanity has been awarded $45,000 from Thrivent Financial.

The money will fund construction of a house in Newnan and supports the “Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity” program, an ongoing multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership between the business and Habitat.

Thrivent Financial is committing $12 million nationally to the 2015 partnership, which will be used to serve families and mobilize volunteers through three programs: Thrivent Builds Homes, Thrivent Builds Worldwide and Thrivent Builds Repairs.

Thrivent Builds Homes focuses on improving communities by helping Habitat build homes in partnership with low-income families.

Thrivent Builds Worldwide allows Thrivent members and others to give financially and volunteer their time as they travel to international or domestic locations for a week or more at a time to build Habitat homes and experience other cultures.

Since the national partnership’s inception in 2005, Thrivent Financial and its members have committed $213 million and 4.4 million volunteer hours around the world.