All-Female construction crews build homes

Contributed By:The 411 News

Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana will work alongside Lowe’s volunteers and all-female construction crews for Habitat for Humanity’s 10th annual National Women Build Week, May 6-14. Habitat’s National Women Build Week invites women to help make a difference and devote at least one day to help build decent and affordable housing in their local communities.

More than 17,000 women, including Lowe’s Heroes volunteers, are expected to volunteer at construction sites across the country as part of Habitat’s 2017 National Women Build Week.

“Volunteers will work to raise walls, set trusses, and install siding among many other tasks in order to build this 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home. This will be our 1st Women Build home in Lowell, Indiana and have multiple groups already signed up to build for a day,” said Dan Klein, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana. “Our Women Build last year was in Hammond, IN and everyone who participated had a great time volunteering!”

Lowe’s helped launch National Women Build Week in 2008 to empower women to advocate for affordable housing and spotlight the homeownership challenges faced by many. Each year, Lowe’s provides the support of their employee volunteers, Lowe’s Heroes, and conducts how-to clinics at stores to teach volunteers construction skills so they can feel equipped to take part in the builds. Lowe’s Heroes will be among more than 200 volunteers joining to help build decent, affordable housing in the Lowell area as part of National Women Build Week.

Lowe’s donated nearly $2 million to this year’s National Women Build Week, including a $5,000 store gift card to Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana. Since 2003, Lowe’s has committed more than $63 million to Habitat’s mission and helped more than 6,500 families improve their living conditions.

Habitat’s first Women Build event was held in 1998. Since then, all-women construction crews have helped build more than 2,500 homes in partnership with families.

For more information on Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program and to learn about Women Build events in communities across the U.S. year-round, visit Habitat.org/wb.

Story Posted:04/19/2017