Women in Dorchester and Talbot Counties are invited to volunteer on May 9 and May 10, 2014 during Habitat for Humanity’s seventh annual National Women Build Week. Habitat for Humanity Choptank is one of more than 300 Habitat affiliates nationwide hosting Women Build projects with the support of Lowe’s, Habitat’s longtime partner in the event.
National Women Build Week, held May 3-11, challenges women to devote at least one day to building simple, decent and affordable housing in their local communities. More than 52,000 women volunteers from all 50 states have participated in previous years.
“We are excited to participate in National Women Build Week,” said Nancy Andrew, executive director of Habitat Choptank. “This is a great opportunity for women of all skill levels to come together to help a family in need.”
To date, women volunteers have helped construct more than 2,200 Habitat houses nationwide. Locally, Habitat Choptank has hosted all women building crews for multiple years, has built one Women Build house and, with financial and volunteer support from the local community, will break ground on its second in May 2015.
Lowe’s helped launch National Women Build Week in 2008, and each year provides the support of Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers and conducts how-to clinics at stores to teach volunteers construction skills. This year, Lowe’s contributed $1.75 million to National Women Build Week as part of a new five-year partnership with Habitat that will bring Lowe’s total contributions to more than $63 million since 2003. In celebration of this renewed partnership, Lowe’s and Habitat launched Hammers for Habitat, a volunteer initiative inviting men and women across America to give one day to help make the dream of homeownership a reality for a family in their community. To learn more, visit Habitat.org/Lowes.
No construction skills are necessary. To volunteer or donate to this project, please call 410.476.3204 or email info@habitatchoptank.
Visit Habitat.org/wb for more information on National Women Build Week.
Since 1992, Habitat Choptank has empowered 62 low-income families from Talbot and Dorchester counties to build a better future for themselves through home ownership. Each family contributed 300-400 hours of “sweat equity” in the building of those houses and purchased their home with a 20 to 30-year no interest Habitat mortgage.
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