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Women Volunteers Needed for Habitat for Humanity (Blog)
Cedar Valley area women are invited to grab their hammers and volunteer during Habitat for Humanity's sixth annual National Women Build Week.
Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s invite women to volunteer during National Women Build Week
Women to build homes in partnership with local low-income families on May 10th, 2013
Waterloo (April 30, 2013) – Cedar Valley area women are invited to grab their hammers and volunteer during Habitat for Humanity’s sixth annual National Women Build Week. During the week of May 4-12, more than 300 Habitat affiliates nationwide will host women build projects in partnership with Lowe’s, the underwriter of Habitat’s Women Build program.
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National Women Build Week challenges women to come together and devote at least one day to building simple, decent and affordable housing in their local communities. More than 41,000 women volunteers from all 50 states have participated in previous years.
“We are so excited to participate in National Women Build Week,” said Linda Morgan, executive director of Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity. “This is a great opportunity for women of all skill levels to come together to help a family in need.”
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To date, women volunteers have helped construct more than 2,100 Habitat houses nationwide. Locally, Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity has built more than 4 Women Build houses.
Lowe’s contributes more than $1.75 million to National Women Build Week and provides $5,000 Lowe’s gift cards to more than 300 participating affiliates. National Women Build Week is one of the major initiatives supported through Lowe’s five-year, $20 million pledge to Habitat. As the underwriter of the Women Build program since 2004, Lowe’s also conducts “How-To” clinics at local stores to teach women key construction skills that will empower them to support Habitat projects across the country.
No construction skills are necessary. Construction date is Friday, May 10th, from 8:30am-3:30pm. To volunteer or donate to this project, please call 235-9946, email volunteer@heartlandhfh.org or visit www.heartlandhfh.org
Visit www.habitat.org/wb for more information on National Women Build Week.
About Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity
Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1990 as an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International and is a nonprofit organization seeking to eliminate poverty housing, build stronger families and improve neighborhoods. IHHFH currently builds in three Iowa counties – Black Hawk, Bremer and Butler.
Habitat invites people from all walks of life to work together in partnership to help build homes with families in need of better housing. Locally, Iowa Heartland Habitat completes 10-12 homes annually. Houses are built with volunteer labor, homeowner Sweat Equity hours and tax-deductible donations of money and materials.
The Habitat houses are then sold to Habitat families with affordable ZERO interest mortgages. These mortgage proceeds are then used by the Habitat affiliate to build more affordable homes with more qualified families. Visit www.heartlandhfh.org.
About Lowe’s
Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs that focus on K-12 public education and community improvement projects. The company’s signature education grant program, Lowe’s Toolbox for Education®, has donated more than $34 million to 7,500 K-12 public schools, benefiting more than 4 million schoolchildren. Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers support local community projects and our national nonprofit partners such as Habitat for Humanity, Rebuilding Together and the American Red Cross. In 2012, Lowe’s and the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation together contributed more than $30 million to support communities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. To learn more,visit Lowes.com/SocialResponsibility.
About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International is a global nonprofit Christian housing organization that seeks to put God’s love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. Since 1976, Habitat has served more than 600,000 families by welcoming people of all races, religions and nationalities to construct, rehabilitate or preserve homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. For more information, to donate or to volunteer, please visit www.habitat.org, or follow us at http://www.facebook.com/habitat or at http://www.twitter.com/habitat_org or join Habitat’s blog community at www.habitat.org\blog.