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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
For information contact:
Sarah Schaefer, Habitat for Humanity of Collier County
Tel: (239) 775.0036
Email: sschaefer@hfhcollier.com
Habitat Begins Construction on
1,000th Home in Collier County
Date: March 5, 2007
Habitat for Humanity will raise the
walls on its 1,000th home in Collier County tomorrow
at 10 a.m. in the community of Trail Ridge, located
on U.S. 41 just east of Collier Blvd.
Habitat for Humanity of Collier County
has helped more than 5,000 people move into safe and
decent homes of their own since 1978. Still, there is
an estimated need for more than 30,000 affordable homes
locally. Habitat receives 1,400 applications for homes
each year.
"This is a tremendous achievement,
but there is so much more to be done," said Sam
Durso, president of Habitat of Collier County. "We
need to build the next 1,000 homes in just seven years."
Collier has built 100 homes a year
for five consecutive years, and is only the second Habitat
affiliate to reach the milestone of 1,000 homes. Trail
Ridge will be home to 204 families when finished.
Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat International
in Atlanta, Georgia, will address the crowd of Habitat
homeowner families, donors, and volunteers as construction
begins on the home Tuesday morning.
"I am very fortunate to help raise
the walls on that milestone house," Reckford said.
"Beyond the number itself, however, are the thousands
of lives HFH of Collier County has impacted by making
low income families part of the housing solution."
Noel Garcia was four-years old when
his family moved into the first Habitat for Humanity
home in Collier County in 1978. Today, Noel is a college
graduate who lives in Lakeland, Fl, and his parents
still live in the simple, decent home that they helped
build 29 years ago.
About Habitat for Humanity
of Collier County
Habitat for Humanity of Collier County is the second
oldest and largest producing Habitat affiliate in the
nation. The local non-profit organization has built
more than 100 homes each year for the past five years,
making it Collier County's leading provider of affordable
single-family, owner-occupied homes.
Habitat for Humanity is located at
11145 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, FL 34113.
For more information about Habitat
for Humanity of Collier County, please contact Sarah
Schaefer at (239) 775-0036.
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