Former Packers player Clay Matthews joins Habitat project to uplift Green Bay residents

GREEN BAY (WLUK) – A former Inexperienced Bay Packers participant joined a gaggle of volunteers to make a distinction in the neighborhood throughout NFL Draft week.

On Thursday, the NFL and Lowe’s partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Green Bay to assist construct a 14-home development on the town’s east facet.

The event has the potential to assist as much as 91 individuals.

Former linebacker and Packers all-time sack chief Clay Matthews stepped in to assist.

CEO of Higher Inexperienced Bay Habitat for Humanity, Jessica Diederich, says her group is actually comfortable the NFL selected them as one of many nonprofits they needed to be concerned with throughout Draft Week.

“It’s actually thrilling for us to have the ability to make clear what our neighborhood is doing when we’ve a nationwide highlight and we’ve individuals coming all around the world to go to so it’s actually neat for us to have the ability to share with everyone lots of the nonprofit missions within the space and it’s simply actually good publicity for our group,” Diederich mentioned.

Along with labor, the NFL and Lowe additionally donated $7,000 value of instruments.