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CEO and President Steve Gilbert said the event will look a little different than in years past, but the home rebuild they have scheduled will still accomplish the main purpose of the organization: building a better future for people through affordable housing and financial stability.“We have about 35 CEOs that are coming in from big corporate companies, some CFOs and some C-suite individuals to come in and spend a half a day with us and build a home,” Gilbert said.
Gilbert joins This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition to explore how this non-profit -- just named one of the “15 Great Jacksonville Nonprofits Driving Community Transformation” -- leverages community-minded organizations to effect change. “We’ve built 357 new homes in our 30 years, but we’re also very involved with our repair program. We really identify seniors and veterans in our service area that need home repairs,” Gilbert said.“We just finished a home for a 20-year Vietnam veteran up in the Atlantic Beach area that we pretty much gave him a whole brand new home and Vystar Credit Union helped to sponsor that home,” Gilbert said.
Gilbert explains a 44-home project getting underway next month, and the sweat-equity needed by new homeowners to participate.Kent Justice co-anchors News4Jax's 5 p.m., 10 and 11 p.m. newscasts weeknights and reports on government and politics. He also hosts "This Week in Jacksonville," Channel 4's hot topics and politics public affairs show each Sunday morning at 9 a.m.