built with love

The new home located at 4298 Pine Parkway S. in “The Pines” neighborhood of Fargo is the end result of months of planning, countless phone calls to trade partners and suppliers and, ultimately, years of ongoing partnership between Verity Homes of Fargo and a nonprofit organization known as Homes for Hope, a Hope International project.

Since 2014, Verity Homes, a North Dakotabased home builder serving Bismarck, Fargo and surrounding communities, has been partnering with the Homes for Hope project to support its mission of empowering entrepreneurs in thirdworld countries to lift themselves out of poverty via low-interest microloans. Each year, Verity teams up with its trade partners and suppliers, who generously donate their time, talent and materials, to build a home (sometimes two) and then donate 100% of the sale proceeds. Half goes to Homes for Hope and half goes to local pet rescues like 4LuvofDog in Fargo and Furry Friends Rockin’ Rescue in Bismarck.

According to Matthew Baehr, executive director of Homes for Hope, Verity has been able to donate more than $180,000 to date. “Over the course of Verity Homes’ partnership with Homes for Hope, you’ve enabled Hope to serve 265,067 families in their fight against generational poverty!” Baehr exclaims. “And that doesn’t include any donations that might come before the end of the year! Mind boggling.”

This year, Verity chose to build two Homes for Hope charity homes, one in Bismarck and one here in Fargo. With a list price of $550,900, each home sale will no doubt enable Hope to serve tens, if not hundreds of thousands more families to build better lives.

It’s such an honor to partner with an organization like Homes for Hope,” says Aaron Tackett, chief people officer for Verity Homes. “They have an impeccable record as a nonprofit, truly doing God’s work year after year, serving folks who deserve a helping hand — not a hand out — to realize their dreams of starting a business and supporting their family.”

The ongoing relationship between Verity Homes and Homes for Hope is a testament to Verity’s founder and current CEO, Arthur Goldammer, and his servant-leadership approach to business. Despite a global pandemic and a very shaky supply chain, Goldammer remained committed to utilizing Verity’s resources to continue the Homes for Hope mission. And as one of North Dakota’s most prominent builders, Verity was well positioned to utilize its network to make this yearly tradition as impactful as possible.

“Everyone involved that supports us through donations, labor or material discounts enable all of us to do what we normally do every day and are good at, while helping those in need both locally and globally,” Goldammer says. “It’s been a great partnership for Verity, and we plan to continue working with Hope to put our homebuilding skills to great use for the benefit of our local communities.”

Bismarck’s Home for Hope charity build has already been sold, so if you’d like a chance to tour Fargo’s home, contact Verity Homes soon. Call or text 701-566-0215.

The decked out three-bedroom, twoand-a-half bath rambler with more than 2,400 square feet is a south Fargo showstopper worthy of the cause for which it was built… and it won’t last long.