O-I employees team up with Habitat to build playhouses for children

(Submitted by Habitat for Humanity of Wood County)

As part of Habitat for Humanity of Wood County’s Project Playhouse program, O-I employees will join together to fundraise for and construct two brand new playhouses for children in need. The playhouses will be dedicated on Sept. 22 at O-I. The playhouses will be donated to The Cocoon Shelter in Bowling Green and the North Baltimore Community Learning Center.

Habitat for Humanity of Wood County partners with people in Wood County, Ohio and all over the world to help them build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. Since its inception, Habitat for Humanity of Wood County has built 37 homes. For more information, visit wchabitat.org.

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) is the world’s largest glass container manufacturer and preferred partner for many of the world’s leading food and beverage brands. The Company had revenues of $6.7 billion in 2016 and employs more than 27,000 people at 79 plants in 23 countries. With global headquarters in Perrysburg, Ohio, O-I delivers safe, sustainable, pure, iconic, brand-building glass packaging to a growing global marketplace. For more information, visit o-i.com.