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Code Professionals Care

During the ICC Foundation luncheon at the annual conference, Leslie Chapman-Henderson, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes CEO and President and Managing Consultant for the ICC Foundation, announced new ICCF programs, including “ICCF Cares” (working title) — a volunteer initiative that will support, identify and celebrate volunteer service activities of ICC chapters and members across the country. To kick off the new program, Chapman-Henderson challenged ICC chapters to collectively identify and donate 250,000 total hours of volunteer service during the coming year—the in-kind equivalent of $5 million. To energize the challenge, the Foundation is establishing a national day of service as part of the Code Council's Building Safety Month celebrations in May.

"Raising the profile is about getting the message out that you are the community safety officials in your towns and counties," said Chapman-Henderson. She also announced that the Foundation is partnering with Rebuilding Together, a nonprofit organization with a 20-year history of more than 100,000 home repairs and upgrades, to help lead and direct the Foundation's Project H.E.R.O. program. "We have found the organization to help make Project H.E.R.O. happen," said Chapman-Henderson. T.J. Cantwell of Rebuilding Together then highlighted some of the organization's recent projects and accepted a check of $50,000 from the Foundation.

Chapman-Henderson closed by quoting former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan: "'If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we need the engagement of volunteers now more than ever before.' I think those words were written for us." Contact the ICCF team at ext. 4223 or email to sarah@iccsafe.org and be sure to check out the new ICCF web pages for FAQ’s, volunteering ideas and upcoming details on this initiative, including recognition program details and opening of the volunteer hours “calculator” for chapters.