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A Letter from Hayden

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EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEER

“Thank you, Virginia” HOURS (SINCE 2017)

Whether it’s offering

Over thirty years ago, my parents, Robert and
Virginia Watson, founded Hayden Homes on the homeownership to
belief that homeownership should be within reach
for every hardworking man and woman. I lost both hardworking families
my parents in early 2002. I miss them dearly, but
their legacy lives on at Hayden Homes. I think about
my mother’s spirit of generosity every day, and through First Story,
adhering to her philosophy of giving more than you
get.
providing major
At Hayden Homes, we build quality homes that
transform the lives of our home buyers across the gifts to charitable
Pacific Northwest, we foster economic development in towns both big and
small, and we help to solve the housing availability crisis facing so many
communities in our region. We know this is a valuable contribution, but we causes through
believe we are so much more. As a gateway to giving, Hayden Homes is
building the next generation of givers. A generation that shares our belief the foundation, or
that when we Give As You Go™, the world is a better place.

This giving spirit is the inspiration behind First Story, the non-profit I started giving directly to
in 1998, which has since propelled 82 deserving and capable families into
homeownership across Oregon, Washington and Idaho. For every Hayden
Home that is sold we make a donation. For every paycheck we write to our local communities,
valued employees, they can choose to make a 100% company-matched
donation. And for every year that goes by, we contribute 10 percent of our Hayden Homes is
profits as our commitment to our Give As You Go™ philosophy.
I hope many things for this company, but most of all, I hope that Hayden not just building
Homes becomes a company that is synonymous with giving and inspires
others to do the same. Not for the accolades or recognition, but because homes, we’re
we’ll have lived up to that tenet that it’s up to all of us to give more than we
get. And when that happens, I hope you’ll join me in hoisting a glass and
offering a rousing cheer of, “Thank you, Virginia.” building the next $53,711,356

generation of givers. TOTAL SALES TAXES

CONTRIBUTED
Hayden Watson
Chairman

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