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Habitat Announces Completion of Home Project

Completed Habitat for Humanity Home on Green Lake Road
Photo courtesy of Habitat for Humanity

ROCKINGHAM – We have a great story that we would like to share with you. We are both proud and excited to tell you that we are almost complete with the Habitat Home for Nankeen on Green Lake Road.

We have invited all the volunteers, vendors, and homeowners that worked on this home for the Dedication on Thursday, May 24th at 6:00 p.m.  Our goal is to have at least 100 local supporters join us in celebration of a community united together for the goal of affordable housing. We have prepared posters, postcards, and social media, but we really need the paper’s help in spreading the word. Please consider publishing an article that will help us reach that goal. The need for affordable housing in Richmond County is abundant but we need to ignite the momentum for participation within the county. 

We are celebrating Nankeen Burch’s journey to home ownership and her commitment to 300 hours of “sweat equity”.  We would like to thank all the volunteers who help to build this quality Habitat home and made this dream come true for Nankeen.  Habitat is honored to work with this hardworking family and the community who made it all possible.  Nankeen has worked for FirstHealth for many years and is raising her family in Rockingham.  The Traveling RVers, led by Bob Hammer, broke ground in the fall and had the house weathered in within in two weeks. Dedicated teams of volunteers have continued to work on home including a group of “Finishers”, led by Frank Pacifico, who traveled from Aberdeen weekly to lie to the floor, put in cabinetry, and molding.  Once Nankeen is in her home, her affordable mortgage payments will pay the opportunity forward to another hard working family in our community. 

On the heels, of this build we have launched the Richmond County Women Build which will be building a Habitat Home in Hamlet. We hope to break ground in September, but prior to that there is work to be done, so, we have formed a Women Build Committee lead by Christian Lilies of NC Farm Bureau Insurance. This committee will focus on raising awareness, money, and muscle! They already have several events in the works and are beginning to book volunteer days for the fall. Christian already has 15 super energetic women on board but is looking to build this to a committee of 25. Again, we need the publicity to help us reach this goal. 

Please feel free to call if you have any other questions. Thank you for your support.

Thank you,

Stacy  

 

Stacy Kelley Lebak

Marketing and Communications Manager

Habitat for Humanity of the NC Sandhills

2268 NC Highway 5, Aberdeen, NC 28315

O: 910-295-1934 | sandhillshabitat.org

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