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Updated: 4:12 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 | Posted: 3:06 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013

2,000-plus at Delta to help Habitat for Humanity

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Delta Air Lines employees have been longtime volunteers on Habitat for Humanity projects in metro Atlanta and around the world. (JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

By Christopher Seward

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines said more than 2,000 of its employees will help build new or renovate existing Habitat For Humanity homes between now and Nov. 1.

In addition to one in Jonesboro, employees will help with projects in Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York City, Los Angeles and Seattle.

The Jonesboro home will complete a subdivision built by Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity volunteers. Delta employees have built 15 homes in the Avery neighborhood since 2008, the company said. The build is scheduled for Sept. 17.

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“Through our relationship with Habitat for Humanity, we’ve helped more than 100 families with safe, affordable homes around the globe though our employee’s selfless dedication and eagerness to live the values of our brand,” Tad Hutcheson, Delta’s vice president for community affairs, said in announcing the projects.

The home in Seattle will be made fully accessible for a family of four, among them twin boys with cerebral palsy. Delta said the project will be funded by the carrier’s recycling program for aluminum cans, plastic bottles and other materials from passenger flights.

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