 Jermaine O'Neal signs a wall frame he helped construct in a Habitat for Humanity build Saturday at Conseco Fieldhouse.
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The Pacers partnered with Habitat for Humanity, the National Basketball Association, the National Basketball Players Association and Turner Network Television in constructing the home that was shipped to the Gulf Coast. The home will benefit a family in Hattiesburg, Miss.
“Habitat for Humanity is one of the more worthwhile projects an individual, community or organization can get involved with,” said Pacers Sports & Entertainment’s Chief Executive Officer and President Donnie Walsh. “The hands-on effort and the satisfaction one can get from helping others in need are things the Indiana Pacers strongly believe in through participation and have believed in through participation during the history of the franchise.”
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Habitat for Humanity assists families with a hand up, not a hand out by requiring Habitat homeowners to invest 300 hours of “sweat equity” to help build their home or the homes of others in the program, and repay a no-profit mortgage. Habitat strives to achieve its goal of eliminating poverty housing and making decent, affordable homes a reality for low-income families.
Continuing the efforts of being active in the community, Maceo Baston, Orien Greene and Keith McLeod, members of the Pacers, visited the Roudebush VA Medical Center along with about 100 PS&E front office staff on April 2. Pacers’ players and staff visited with patients and distributed Pacers 40th anniversary flags, hats and wristbands.
The VA Medical Center, located in downtown Indianapolis, provides acute and chronic care for more than 48,000 veterans annually. It is a statewide and regional referral base for other VA hospitals, and most recently, has been designated as one of the rehabilitation facilities for Iraqi war veterans.
