Nearly 20 percent of Ellie Mae's in-house staff volunteers for one-day
charitable housing project
PLEASANTON, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Ellie Mae, the award-winning
provider of software and services for the mortgage industry, is supporting
the East Bay affiliate of Habitat for Humanity by sponsoring a corporate
volunteer day program. On May 7, 2008, 24 Ellie Mae employees spent the day
giving back to the community by working at a 54-home Oakland Habitat for
Humanity "green" development construction site, all on company-paid time.
Nearly 20 percent of Ellie Mae's in-house staff participated in this
volunteer effort.
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"We have enjoyed great success here in Alameda County, and we love
giving back to the community," states Sig Anderman, chief executive officer
of Ellie Mae. "We selected Habitat for Humanity as a beneficiary of our
charitable giving program, not only for its mission of generosity within
our own community, but also because we share a common commitment to helping
families realize the American dream." Over the past 10 years, users of
Ellie Mae software have processed over 40 million mortgages for homes
across the U.S. "We also appreciate that this volunteer effort allows us to
be direct contributors to a community that's right in the backyard of Ellie
Mae's corporate headquarters," adds Anderman.
The work assigned to Ellie Mae's 24 volunteers incorporated a number of
homebuilding tasks, most involving the installation of exterior siding for
a home at the construction site. "Habitat for Humanity provided information
on the family whose house we're helping to build," says Anderman. "That
personal touch makes our efforts feel even more tangible. It's nice for all
of us to feel that we're really making a concrete difference in the life of
a very deserving family."
Ellie Mae also made a $2,500 contribution that will go directly to
purchasing building materials and supplies used in construction. The 24
Ellie Mae volunteers represent virtually every functional group within the
company, including marketing, customer support staff, executives, product
development, sales and quality assurance.
"We're really excited about our new partnership with Ellie Mae and
we're grateful for their generous donation and support to the community we
both share," says Eliza Schissel, resource development manager for Habitat
for Humanity East Bay. "Ellie Mae is setting a great example of how
smaller, growing organizations can make a huge impact by extending a
helping hand."
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit nondenominational organization that
seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world. Through
volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and
rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner
(partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no
profit and financed with affordable loans. The homeowners' monthly mortgage
payments are used to build more Habitat houses. Habitat has built more than
250,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1 million people in
more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.
"We're very pleased to be supporting Habitat for Humanity by sponsoring
a corporate volunteer day program," says Anderman. We're hoping to once
again raise the bar and set an example for other companies, no matter how
large or small, that everyone can make a difference."
About Ellie Mae
Ellie Mae is an award-winning provider of software and services for the
mortgage industry, offering comprehensive business solutions for mortgage
brokers, mortgage bankers and lenders. The company's key offerings include
the flagship Encompass(R) Mortgage Management Solution, Encompass
CenterWise(TM) and Encompass Closer(TM). More than 160,000 mortgage
professionals use the Encompass mortgage management solution, including
two-thirds of the nation's top 300 brokers and eight of the top 10. One
third of the nation's almost $2 trillion in new mortgages originated every
year pass through the ePASS platform, enabling mortgage companies to easily
conduct electronic business transactions with dozens of leading lenders and
thousands of settlement service providers. Ellie Mae was founded in 1998
and is based in Pleasanton, California. To learn more about Ellie Mae,
visit http://www.EllieMae.com or call 877.355.4362.
(C) 2008 Ellie Mae, Inc. All rights reserved. Ellie Mae, Encompass, and
ePASS are registered trademarks and Encompass CenterWise, and Encompass
Closer are trademarks of Ellie Mae, Inc. in the United States.
Press Contact
Rosalie Berg
Strategic Vantage for Ellie Mae
(305) 971-5352
PR@StrategicVantage.com
SOURCE Ellie Mae
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CONTACT:
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