Employees from Bank of America’s Community Volunteers recently joined the Master Builders Care Foundation to paint an apartment unit at Housing at the Crossroads. The unit, which is one of several owned by Housing at the Crossroads, will become a new home for a homeless family working to become self-sufficient.

The volunteer project is part of a nationwide partnership and volunteer effort that Bank of America is participating in through HomeAid America’s days of caring. The Master Builders Care Foundation is a local chapter of HomeAid.

“We are excited about this project because it aligns our commitment to employee volunteerism with a critical need facing homeless families in our communities,” stated Tom Witte, Senior Vice President with Bank of America’s Home Builder Division and Master Builders Care Foundation board member. “We are working with HomeAid to support their mission to build and maintain housing where homeless families and individuals can rebuild their lives.”

Housing at the Crossroads meets the needs of homeless families on the Eastside by providing stable, affordable, transitional housing and support services.

Services at Crossroads may involve training to secure a job, budgeting, parenting and other life skills to increase the likelihood that clients become self-sufficient. A priority of the group is to provide a stable living environment for children so they can maintain regular school attendance.

Tracy Cromwell, president of the Master Builders Care Foundation, added. “We’ve been involved with Housing at the Crossroads for a long time, and we greatly appreciate Bank of America’s ongoing commitment and support for the significant role the company and its employees have played in many of our projects and positively impacting the lives of the people and families we’re supporting.”