Habitat going Greene with 1st Parking Lot Build
On Saturday September 20th at 8:00am Habitat for Humanity Greater Dayton and Beavercreek Church of the Nazarene will come together for the first parking lot build in Greene County.
Habitat going Greene with 1st Parking Lot Build
On Saturday September 20th at 8:00am Habitat for Humanity Greater Dayton and Beavercreek Church of the Nazarene will come together for the first parking lot build in Greene County. Over 200 volunteers including the WSU Baseball team, WSU Women’s basketball team, and the Beavercreek Rotary Club, will work together to frame a three bedroom, two story house at the Church of the Nazarene parking lot. The house will be erected and on display in the church parking lot through Sunday afternoon. Saturday’s community build will also offer children’s entertainment and a food truck rally during lunch!
Habitat for Humanity of Greene County merged with Dayton Ohio Habitat for Humanity in January of this year. Executive Director, Diane Graham explains the merger; “The merger was a strategic restructuring that will allow us to leverage resources, enhance services and become more cost effective day-to-day operations. Bottom line, it’s better for the families we serve. ” The parking lot build is the official public kick-off as one team building to make their community a stronger, safer and more affordable place to live.
It takes over 2,000 volunteer hours to construct a Habitat home. If you would like to work side-by-side with other volunteers to build a home for a local family in need of decent, safe, affordable housing visit our website for a list of available build opportunities. Worksites are open to men and women, 18 and up, weekly Tuesday through Saturday. No experience is necessary, basic construction skills are taught on the job by the worksite leaders. If you have any questions feel free to contact Brad Roediger at volunteer@daytonhabitat.org.
About Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton
Dayton Ohio Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1983 as a non-profit, volunteer-driven Christian ecumenical housing ministry dedicated to providing decent, affordable housing to families in need throughout Montgomery County. Greene County Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1985 dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies for families throughout Greene County.
Every family accepted into Habitat’s homeownership program is required to work 275 hours of sweat equity. They work alongside volunteers on build sites, including their own home, as well as in the Habitat ReStore and offices. The families must complete 40 hours of homeowner educations classes on everything from financial management and nutrition to home maintenance and the legal responsibilities of homeownership. Using what they learn in financial management classes, the family must save $50 a month to pay their closing costs. They purchase the home with an affordable, interest free mortgage. The partner families’ mortgage payments are used to build future homes.
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