Habitat for Humanity Women Build Set For Saturday
By J. Brewer // December 12, 2014
Meeting will take place on Sat. Dec 13 at 10 a.m.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Habitat for Humanity Women Build Project announces its 2015 Women Build Kick off meeting will take place on Saturday, Dec 13 at 10 a.m. at the Emma Jewel Charter Academy located at 705 Blake Ave. in Cocoa.
At this gathering, Women Build co-chairs will explain the activities, schedule and tasks associated with building a house with the Sanders Family.
Please RSVP to Women Build Volunteer Coordinator, Terry Quinlivan at terryqfl@yahoo.com
The wall raising for this house is slated to occur on Saturday, Jan. 10 at the 630 Altura Drive in Port St. John construction site.
Women Build is seeking volunteers to work Friday and Saturday from January through March. No experience is required.
Women with previous construction experience provide on-site training every work day.
If you are unable to attend the kick off meeting but would still like to volunteer please contact Terry Quinlivan.
Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc. is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian principles that seeks to put God’s love into action by building homes, communities and hope.
Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County Inc. is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes.
They help by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions.
Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a simple, durable place to live in dignity and safety, and that decent shelter in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all.
Since 1985, the Brevard affiliate has provided more than 325 families with the opportunity of home ownership in partnership with many individuals, businesses, organizations and members of the faith community.
Women Build is Habitat for Humanity’s program for women who want to learn construction skills, build homes and communities.
This program brings together women from all walks of life to address the housing crisis facing millions of women and children worldwide. No experience is necessary!
Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County Inc. has an open-door policy: All who believe that everyone needs a decent, affordable place to live are welcome to help with the work regardless of race, religion, age, gender, political views or any of the other distinctions that too often divide people.
In short, Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds and also serves people in need of decent housing regardless of race or religion. As a matter of policy, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliated organizations do not proselytize.
This means that Habitat will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must either adhere to or convert to a particular faith, or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.
Founded in Americus, Georgia in 1976, Habitat for Humanity today operates around the globe and has helped build, renovate and repair more than 600,000 decent, affordable houses sheltering more than three million people worldwide.
For more information, visit www.BrevardHabitat.com, or follow us at Facebook.com/HabitatBrevardCounty or at Twitter.com/BrevardHabitat
