Champion Home Builders unveils brand-new home for Marine Corps vet

PHOENIX July 27, 2016

Of the 500 plus homes built each year at Champion Home Builders’ Chandler, Arizona, facility, there’s one that has special significance. That’s because it is the new home of Zahid Ali, a Phoenix-area Marine Corps veteran.

On July 26, Ali and his family were presented with keys to their new 1,680 sq. ft. residence as part of “Welcome Home,” the joint effort of Champion Home Builders, NextGen Home TV and Rebuilding Together. “Welcome Home” was created to help mark the 20th anniversary of Rebuilding Together's “Kickoff to Rebuild” project.

From the porch of his new home, Ali shared with an audience of contributors and media the story of his life-changing tour in Afghanistan, and emphasized how grateful he and his wife are for their new home. The home features an expansive kitchen with solid surface countertops, an island, stainless steel appliances and modern planked ceramic floors. Also included: a luxury master suite, beautiful bathrooms, a pre-wired office, a custom exterior, and energy efficient features such as a tankless solarpowered water heater and durable metal shingle roof. The home is fully furnished, thanks to local and national donations.

Champion CEO Keith Anderson said, “It’s difficult to overstate the importance of the brave men and women serving in our armed forces. ‘Welcome Home’ is our way of acknowledging Zahid’s contribution to our security and our freedom.”

Ali was one of over 2,000 veterans that applied for “Welcome Home” by answering the question, “What does home ownership mean to you?”

But those 2,000 applicants, as well as Ali, weren’t the only veterans affected by “Welcome Home.” Nearly a dozen of Champion’s 150 employees in Chandler are military veterans.

Rick Boles, general manager of the Chandler plant, is himself a former Marine. He was heavily involved in the project and readily acknowledges the contributions of not only his fellow vets, but of every Champion associate whose efforts touched the Ali family’s new home.

Our craftsmen put a tremendous amount of pride into every home we build but you could feel a special connection with this one in particular. This one was going to a brother-in-arms, so it meant a little more.

Boles

Media Contact:
Paul Perugi
Director, Marketing Services
Champion Home Builders, Inc.
248-614-8275
pperugi@championhomes.com

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