Last modified: Saturday, October 10, 2009 3:12 AM CDT
Catholic Holy Family Society gets to work
About 70 Catholic Holy Family Society members, staff and trustees are spending this weekend building a home for a military mother and her three children with Habitat for Humanity of St. Charles County in St. Peters.
This marks Catholic Holy Family Society's 16th build and Habitat for Humanity of St. Charles County's first blitz build.
Plans for the three-bedroom home include a walkout basement and attached garage. The project site is located in The Enclaves at Eisenhower at 118 Eisenhower Drive.
All volunteers are members of Catholic Holy Family Society, a member-owned life insurance organization.
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, volunteers were working on exterior walls, roof trusses, shingling, siding, and window and door installation.
In addition, Catholic Holy Family Society was to present Habitat for Humanity with a $5,000 donation to help with building costs.
Other home sponsors include Immaculate Conception of Dardenne, Laclede Gas and the IBEW L.U. 1.
Families are selected to partner with Habitat for Humanity on the basis of income and need for affordable housing.
After an extensive qualification process, the families must complete 350 hours of "sweat equity," purchase the home at construction cost through a 30-year, interest-free mortgage, and make monthly mortgage, insurance and tax payments of $475 to $550.
For more information or to make a donation, contact Habitat for Humanity of St. Charles County by visiting www.habitatstcharles.org or calling 636-978-5712.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
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