STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM DAVID WEEKLEY HOMES BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE

CHICAGO, IL (September 17, 2015): David Weekley Homes hosted a Back to School Supply Drive benefiting the Walter & Connie Payton Foundation, an organization that helps abused, neglected and underprivileged children in the state of Illinois.

“We are so thankful that David Weekley Homes hosted a school supply drive for us,” said Nancy Hewlett, office manager, Walter and Connie Payton Foundation.

Approximately 23 backpacks filled with school supplies were collected during the two-week drive. After collecting the donations, Team Members spent 20 hours sorting the supplies and delivering them to the organization to ensure the supplies would be distributed in time for the students to begin school with the tools needed to be successful.

"Our team members were delighted to be involved in the back-to-school drive that will help children have a successful year in school,” said April Sjoholm, a marketing coordinator with David Weekley Homes.

The drive was an initiative of the company’s CARE program, which is a charitable and volunteer program that partners Team Members with homeowners, homebuyers and community partners with nonprofits to make a positive impact in the lives of everyone it touches and in all the communities it builds through its purpose, Building Dreams, Enhancing Lives. This is accomplished by company team members volunteering countless hours to different organizations in their communities and by the Weekley Family Foundation donating more than $100 million to a variety of organizations through the U.S. and abroad over the past 20 years.

About David Weekley Homes

David Weekley Homes, founded in 1976, is headquartered in Houston and operates in 20 cities across the United States. David Weekley Homes was the first builder in the United States to be awarded the Triple Crown of American Home Building, an honor which includes “America’s Best Builder,” “National Housing Quality Award” and “National Builder of the Year.” Weekley has also appeared nine times on FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For®” list. Since inception, David Weekley Homes has closed more than 75,000 homes. For more information about David Weekley Homes, please visit the company’s website at www.davidweekleyhomes.com.