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Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Celebrates Completion of Fifth Technology Habitat for Humanity House

Posted on: Friday, 5 June 2009, 12:57 CDT

The Bank's IT Department joins other corporate sponsors to complete work on Atlanta home

ATLANTA, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) announced today that it has completed work on its fifth annual Technology Habitat for Humanity House build in Atlanta. FHLBank Atlanta joined forces with TechBridge, a local nonprofit that organized the event, and 11 other corporate sponsors to build this year's home for a deserving family. Construction began on April 24, 2009 at the home's site on Lawton Street in Atlanta. The home's completion was celebrated in a site ceremony on June 4, 2009.

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Through the sponsorship program facilitated by TechBridge, the corporate sponsors provided funds and volunteers to complete the project. The Bank's Information Technology department has participated in the Technology Habitat for Humanity House build for the past five years.

"This annual Habitat build is particularly rewarding for us as we strive to make a difference in the lives of families in our local community," said Cathy Adams, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, FHLBank Atlanta. "FHLBank Atlanta has a long history of partnership and support of Habitat for Humanity and affordable housing in general, not only in the Atlanta community, but throughout the region we serve."

Since 1983, Atlanta Habitat for Humanity has built more than 1,000 homes in the city of Atlanta and Fulton County, housing more than 3,500 individual family members. In keeping with the technology theme, the new homeowners will receive a laptop computer, an all-in-one color printer, and a $150 gift certificate for the purchase of a computer table and chair.

About FHLBank Atlanta

FHLBank Atlanta offers competitively-priced financing, community development grants, and other banking services to help more than 1,200 member financial institutions make affordable home mortgages and provide economic development credit to neighborhoods and communities. The Bank's members - its shareholders and customers - are commercial banks, credit unions, savings institutions, thrift and loans, and insurance companies headquartered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. FHLBank Atlanta is one of 12 district banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System which since 1990 has contributed more than $3 billion to the Affordable Housing Program.

SOURCE Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

Source: PR Newswire

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