AmeriCares HomeFront Recipient of $20,000 Grant From Metropolitan Life Foundation

AmeriCares Foundation
Thursday, 24 August 2000

Ceremony Establishing New HomeFront Fund to Take Place on Friday

AmeriCares, the national and international disaster relief organization, announced today that one of its domestic programs, AmeriCares HomeFront, will receive a $20,000 grant from Metropolitan Life Foundation. A ceremony announcing the establishment of the Metropolitan Life Foundation HomeFront Fund will take place on Friday, August 25th at 4:30 pm at AmeriCares' headquarters in New Canaan, CT.

"We are so grateful to Metropolitan Life Foundation for such a generous gift," said Dennis Brown, AmeriCares HomeFront Executive Director." "This grant will enable us to continue our mission of keeping our neighbors warmer, safer and drier."

AmeriCares HomeFront is a one-day community-based home repair program that helps homeowners and community centers that are physically or financially unable to maintain their homes or facilities. Repairs are made by teams of sponsored volunteers at no cost whatsoever to the recipients. HomeFront currently serves Hartford, New Haven and Fairfield counties in Connecticut as well as Westchester County, New York.

"We are especially pleased to continue our support of AmeriCares HomeFront with a $20,000 grant to establish the Metropolitan Life Foundation HomeFront Fund, " said Rob Henrikson, president of MetLife's institutional business division and member of Metropolitan Life Foundation's Board of Directors. "The new Fund will sponsor community-based volunteer teams who can contribute their time and labor to repair a neighbor's home or a local community center, but are unable to pay the sponsorship fee. This is a wonderful example of the continuation of MetLife's tradition of encouraging volunteerism and participating in community renewal."

Metropolitan Life Foundation, established in 1976 by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), has made contributions to support organizations and initiatives that revitalize communities, including numerous housing and community development organizations. The Foundation has contributed more than $165 million to support health, education, civic and cultural programs throughout the United States. For more information about the Foundation, please visit the web site at www.metlife.org.

For more information, or to contact AmeriCares Foundation, see their website at: www.americares.org