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"When we were improving our safety program many
years ago, I talked to the safety people at Qualico.
There's that kind of unseen support," Hopkins says.
"The people there are all really nice people, and I
guess that's why they're a wonderful corporation —
they're people with great values."
Since its first build in 1988, Habitat Manitoba has built
close to 450 homes, nearly half in the past 10 years.
Manitoba Housing has invested in Habitat homes
since 2008, and Hopkins says support comes from
many sources.
For example, Dufresne supplies an energy-efficient
washer and dryer for every home Habitat builds
in Manitoba. Through Habitat International, the
Whirlpool group of companies supplies fridges and
stoves for all Habitat houses in North America.
And floForm supplies and installs all the countertops
in Habitat homes in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta.
A pioneer in Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED), Habitat Manitoba has built some of the
province's most energy-efficient homes since 2006.
Warren Koop, co-founder of Alair Homes, has been impressed
with Habitat's progressive ideals since his late father, Vern Koop,
worked on the first Jimmy Carter build in 1993. A carpenter
by trade, Vern was on loan from Palliser at the time, but he
continued volunteering until he retired — and then he went to
work full-time for Habitat as director of construction.
Vern was diagnosed with cancer in 2010, but he didn't retire
until after the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project was
held in Winnipeg in 2017. Warren suspects he was hanging in
because he was determined to be involved in that build, and
Hopkins agrees.
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