Habitat for Humanity Day declared
Homeownership changes families – changing children and providing them a healthier place for them to live, said Richard Church, executive director of Aiken County Habitat for Humanity.
In 1985, he said, “The United Nations started World Habitat Day to bring attention to the plight of millions of people living in poverty housing.”
In conjunction with World Habitat Day on Monday, Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh issued a proclamation declaring Monday as “Habitat for Humanity Day” throughout the City and encouraging all residents to support and get involved with the organization.
“We have partnered with Habitat many times,” Cavanaugh said. “I just applaud Richard and his staff and all the volunteers for what they’re doing countywide, not just in the City. They’re finishing their 76th house, and what better thing can we do than help people who need help the most?”
A press release on World Habitat Day indicated that as many as 100 million people in the world are homeless. Millions more live with inadequate sanitation and security and have limited or no access to electricity and water. The numbers include many families in America, South Carolina and Aiken County, Church said, and many are paying exorbitant amounts for poverty-level housing, he said.
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Habitat raises the walls on a new home.
Sharon Jackson and her three children got the chance to watch their dream become a reality at a Habitat for Humanity wall-raising ceremony Saturday.
Jackson and her daughters Lameisha and Katrina and her son Randall gathered with representatives of the Aiken chapter of Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans on Saturday at the work site on St. John’s Place. Together with the day’s work crew, they raised the last wall’s framing and held it into place while the crew secured it with hammer and nails.
“I found out about Habitat for Humanity through the newspaper. Every time I’d read about a Habitat house I’d think about it, and I’ve got two friends who got Habitat houses,” said Jackson. “Christina Lewis at Security Federal Bank really encouraged me to go through with it, so I filled out an application. I really thought I wouldn’t get approved.” Full story..
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