Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build Week is an annual event
held every year the week before Mother’s day where women across America
join together to help build new homes in poverty stricken communities.
The women’s comradery and the blessing of each other’s company made this
week’s event a huge success. Since the program
began, more than 2,300 homes have been built with
the help of National
Women Build Week. This year, Habitat for Humanity was joined by the
local St. Tammany Parish Lowe’s Home Improvement which donated close to
$2 million to the week-long event.
You do not have to be a builder to volunteer. Both Habitat for
Humanity and Lowe’s encourage women to volunteer for a day to not only
gain new construction skills but to make a difference in the lives of
new homeowners living in St. Tammany Parish. These volunteers impact the
lives of many families by providing them the chance at owning a newly
built home. Volunteers are not only giving their time to a good cause,
they themselves are learning the ins and outs of new home construction
which gives them new confidence in being able to handle small
construction projects on their own utilizing their building education.
Lowe’s’ how-to clinics also assist in giving women the opportunity to
learn the necessary skills for the volunteer jobs.
As a “life skills” learning experience, as well as an achievement and
self-confidence booster for the new homeowners who get to live in the
homes built by Habitat for Humanity, the construction of their new home
offers a valuable life lesson as well. The project requires that they
take pride in their new home by putting in their own time, energy, and
effort into the building project. New homeowners are required to put in
300 – 400 hours of time in not only building their own home but also
other Habitat for Humanity homes as well. During National Women Build
Week, the focus is on the challenges and obstacles poverty-stricken
women face when trying to reach the goal of home ownership.
More than 15,000 women volunteered during National Women Build Week
May 2-10 across America. Of those 15,000 women, more than 25 volunteers,
along with Habitat for Humanity St. Tammany West, and Lowe’s Home
Improvement (which contributed financially with a $5,000 Lowe’s gift
card to Habitat for Humanity St. Tammany West) helped with the building
of seven houses in the Mandeville affordable housing community just
north of Florida Street in Old Mandeville. The seven new homes under
construction will be dedicated to the home buyers in June and October of
2015.
Parish President Pat Brister, who was among those that volunteered,
said, “Over 400 children have grown up and/or are currently living in
Habitat St. Tammany West homes. That’s 400 children that now have a safe
and stable home to grow up in.” This new home construction project
brought life changing education as well as shelter for residents of
Mandeville, Louisiana, in St. Tammany Parish.
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