OK. Many of you who take the time to read my blog (thank you) are aware that I am a strong supporter of Habitat for Humanity, in particular my local affiliate, Habitat Cabarrus.
I'm chairing the 2007 Women Build house, which is supposed to officially start this coming weekend. This is a national project of Habitat for Humanity, which supports houses built by women. Our recipient family for this home is a single mom and her two children. She's been living in Section 8 housing-and in particular, her unit was very substandard. She's put in more than her required sweat equity hours to get qualified for the home. She's been through financial training to plan for budgets and for being a homeowner. And she really wants to get her kids into a stable environment.
Problem is, we're $30,000 short on being able to build this house. Purse strings are apparently tight here at tax time.
So I'm going to put my money where my mouth is.
For every dollar contributed to the Women Build project by April 30, 2007, I will match it-dollar for dollar.
(If you don't like my blog, you should be especially motivated to send money and bleed me dry!!!)
You can mail any contributions directly to the Habitat office at the address below:
Habitat For Humanity
Cabarrus County
P.O. Box 1502
8 Church Street
Concord, North Carolina 28026-1502
704-786-4001
Attn: Tiffanie Lord, Women Build House
On the memo line of your check, please put Leigh Brown Challenge, so I'll be able to track precisely how much money I'll be giving.
Please consider helping this family with a hand up instead of a handout!!!
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