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of Habitat for Humanity
They and 10 other Webster County-based citizens have joined together to establish a local Habitat for Humanity Chapter. The public is invited to the ceremony the Board will hold this coming Saturday, January 6 at
The Board consists of these 15 individuals: Daphane Williams, Darrell Holbrook, Desiree Gardner, Dianne Abercrombie, Donald Brown, Elaine C. Nealy, Floyd Brown, James E. Slaughter, John A. Strand, Raymond and Joy Marchbanks, Rev. Rendell Day, Rev. Rick Hamilton, Ronald Brown, and Stan Roberts.
The 15 new Habitat Chapter Board members have each agreed to serve a two-year renewable term which can be extended for two additional terms for a total of six years. Their responsibilities will include selecting and mentoring local families in need of decent housing who want to be Habitat homeowners, finding land to build Habitat homes on and gathering the volunteers and financial donations needed to build Habitat homes in Webster County. The Board is off to a good start. To date they have accumulated over $2,000 in their building fund. Donations have come from as far as Iowa and as close as some local churches and their members. The Board hopes to start building their first house this summer.
"That's what Habitat is about - building homes for families in need with the help from people who live in the community," says board president, Jim Slaughter. "We rely on the resources provided by willing volunteers who will be neighbors of the families in the program."
Slaughter has a home in Preston and owns his own property management business. He is joined on the Board by Darrell Holbrook, who was elected chapter vice president and is head of Webster County's Emergency Services Department, and by Elaine Nealy who was elected Chapter secretary. The family selection committee members are Donald Brown, Dianne Abercrombie, Desiree Gardner, Darrel Holbrook, Elaine Nealy and Joy Marchbanks.
The fundraising committee includes Board President Jim Slaughter as well as Floyd Brown, Ronald Brown, John Strand, Darrell Holbrook, Stan Roberts and Ray Marchbanks, who have all volunteered to work on the committee.
The volunteer committee includes Daphane Williams, Joy Marchbanks,
The chapter is part of New Horizons Habitat for Humanity, the area Habitat affiliate located in Sumter County. New Horizons Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sumter County Georgia, an ecumenical Christian housing ministry, has built more than 487 homes in Sumter and surrounding Counties since 1979. The Affiliate now works with local chapters in Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley and now Webster Counties. In 2006, New Horizons completed Habitat homes in every county that it serves with the last home completed in Dooly County this past Christmas Season. The Affiliate expects to begin construction on a home in Macon County for the Baldwin family starting in February 2007.
Anyone wanting to support house building in Webster County should send their check to New Horizons Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sumter County, 512 Spring St., Americus, Georgia 31709. Individuals can learn more about New Horizons by contacting the web site at www.newhorizonshabitat.org or by calling the affiliate at 229-928-9577.
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