Whirlpool Corp., Habitat for Humanity renew 2015 partnership

Building on a 16-year partnership, Benton Harbor, Mich.-based Whirlpool Corp. has announced it will continue to provide a new range and refrigerator for every Habitat for Humanity home in the U.S. in 2015, donating up to $5 million in products throughout the year. The company also will sponsor eight new home builds in partnership with families in need of affordable housing.

The company will fully fund home builds in Marion, Ohio; Bloomington, Ind.; and Benton Harbor. Partially sponsored builds scheduled for 2015 will take place in Dallas; Tampa, Fla.; Greenville, Ohio; Amana, Iowa; and Cleveland, Tenn.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Whirlpool employees also will participate in a blitz build with students from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, working together to build a home in 10 days in partnership with a family in the Bloomington area.