Women Build Week – Making an Impact for Women in our Community.
Twenty-seven years in the making and still going strong! Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build Week is an annual event that continues to grow significantly each year. “The program invites women to devote at least one day to help families build strength, stability and independence through housing.” This build program shines the spotlight on how tough owning a home can be if you are a woman and it gives other women the opportunity to help make a change. A quick Google search solidified the fact that living in poor housing affects more women than men.
Why Women Build?
· Women empowering other women. The Berkeley Habitat Women Build allows women to come together with other women to help build a stronger and safer community. Community is everything.
·Help a family in our community receive safe and affordable housing.
·Help children thrive and live a better more secure life.
This year is even more special as we have set aside two full weeks on our construction sites for women to come out and make a real change for other women. It is a wonderful time to be a part of this event with us as we will have 3 houses under construction at the same time in various stages of construction. If you are not in the construction industry, this will be a great time to learn a new skill! Still 60 days out and the interest and feedback has been tremendous!
How can you participate?
· Donate your time and talent. We need it and so does our community.
·Donate building materials. We aren’t picky, but we do have a list of needed items!
·We need some cool “thank you’ gifts for all of the women who will be swinging a hammer.
·Can’t be there? No problem. You can always make a cash donation geared toward these two weeks.
We are grateful for the women in our community and we look forward to helping those who need our help at this time. We hope to see you on our build site soon! If you, a family member, co-worker, and/or friend would like to participate in Women Build Week please call Alex Dixon at 843-203-3749 or reach out via email at alex@berkeleyhabitat.org. You can also register online at www.berkeleyhabitat.org. Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to the event.
A special thank you to Lowe’s Home Improvement who made this event possible and continue to support this outstanding mission.
George
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