Press release from Habitat for Humanity:
Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build dedicates new home
The first ever built in New HavenWomen helping women—that’s what Fort Wayne Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program is all about. On October 24, 2009 at 10 a.m., the Women Build program will dedicate the third house built through this program. The home, located at 583 Courtney Drive in New Haven, is the first house Fort Wayne Habitat has built in New Haven, IN. LaQueshia Brown, a single mother with two children, is the owner of this new home, built by local women from our community.
Women Build involves Fort Wayne area women—raising money, finding sponsorship, and doing the actual building—working on a home for another woman and her family. To build an average Habitat home, about $50,000 needed to be raised. The Women Build project used different events to reach their goal like a Nelson’s chicken sale, and “Give 50 to Raise 50” (women in the community are asked to give a $50 donation), as well as the “Girls’ Coffee Break” held at the Firefly Coffee House and Higher Grounds Coffee House sponsored by STAR 88.3.
Women in Fort Wayne and the surrounding areas are welcome and encouraged to get involved with the Women Build program! For more information about the dedication or about Habitat, please call HABITAT (422-4828) or visit the website.
About Fort Wayne Habitat for Humanity
Fort Wayne Habitat for Humanity is a 501(c)3 non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that uses volunteer labor to build simple, affordable homes through partnerships with low-income Allen County families. Once completed the homes are sold to the family with a $500 down payment and at no profit on a 20-year, interest-free mortgage. Because of volunteer involvement, the cost of a standard three-bedroom home is kept affordable at approximately $65,000, with the monthly mortgage payment around $350, which includes taxes and insurance. Mortgage payments are then reinvested in the community in the form of additional housing opportunities.
Photos from the construction (Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity):
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