You need to know the basic facts of this major endeavor.

--This is a joint effort by Whirlpool and Habitat For Humanity

--This is the second annual event

--This time 9 homes were built in 4 1/2 days

--The 9 homes were built in Guadaloupe, AZ

--300 volunteers participated

--Applications were filled out at the beginning of this year. There were approximately 800. 180 women were chosen and 120 men were chosen.

--Reba McEntire is our impassioned spokeswoman. She has attended both Building Blocks endeavors

--Millard and Linda Fuller founded Habitat For Humanity, International in 1976.

--The goal of Habitat for Humanity is to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the face of the earth by working in partnership with God's people in need.

--JCWP is short for the Jimmy Carter Work Project. In 2006, this group built houses in India.

--JCWP alternates each year between US builds and builds in another country.

--The first Building Blocks took place in Nashville, Tennessee in November of 2006.

--Habitat For Humanity builds houses in 100 different countries.

--Habitat For Humanity is a Christian organization with it's beginnings in the Methodist denomination.

--Jonathan Reckford is the CEO of Habitat for Humanity, International. He attended the Pheonix build.

--Whirlpool donates a range (many of them our built by our Tulsa plant :) and an Energy star qulaified refrigerator) to every new Habitat for Humanity home in North America.

--All the major appliances were Whirlpool brand in the 9 homes we built this week.