The week is meant to highlight the specific challenges women who own homes face.
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National Women Build Week aims to empower women through housing.
Every year, Habitat for Humanity reaches out to the women in their community to get them involved and learning about home builds, as well as the importance of affordable housing.
Dr. Deborah McAlister, orthopedic surgeon at W.W. Hastings Hospital; Dr. Tracey Childers, ear, nose and throat specialist; and Dr. Holli Patton, OB-GYN with Eastar Clinics, are the VIPs for the Tahlequah Area Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s Heroes National Women Build Week.
“The folks that we serve are, -they’re low income people, but they’re working hard to make a difference for their families”, Cooper said.
As apart of the initiative, a home was entirely funded and built by women of the Big Bend. The two new homes will be going to single moms in our community.
With hammers, nails, saws and determination through teamwork, volunteers with Wells Fargo, MetLife and Bank of America started construction of three Habitat for Humanity homes in Charlotte’s Lakewood Neighborhood Friday.
“I’ll be able to provide for my kids the home that I never had”. And although Graham doesn’t fit in that category, she said that without Habitat for Humanity, homeownership wasn’t a possibility. “They don’t want me to get hurt and stuff, but I do my part”, said Darleene Kaniho, owner of the house.
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The group hopes to finish the family’s new home in twelve weeks. However, a group of women are celebrating the holiday in a unique way: building houses.
