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Lowe's & Habitat Sponsor
Women Build Week
May 2 - May 10, 2009
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Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program is underwritten by
Lowe’s Home Improvement. It brings women from all walks of life together to learn
construction skills, who then use those skills to build simple, decent
affordable houses for qualifying low-income families.
Poverty housing is a severe threat to children’s health,
growth and potential. According to the Census Bureau, in the United States
more than 12 million children – one out of every six – is
living in poverty.
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Women have the capability and determination necessary to build
Habitat for Humanity houses, addressing the problem of substandard housing
in a concrete way so that families have safe, decent and affordable homes.
Women volunteers boost Habitat’s capacity to build more
houses and serve more families. More than 1,400 Women Build houses have
been built since the program began in 1998.
2009 marks the start of a new 5-year partnership between Habitat and
Lowe’s Home Improvement, the underwriter of the Women Build program. By
2013, Lowe’s will have contributed nearly $40
million to Habitat for Humanity's efforts.
Lowe’s provided a $5,000 grant to Richland County Habitat
for Humanity in support of our one-day Women Build. We give our sincere
thanks to them for their generosity, and a special
thanks to all who participated.
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