Wednesday, May 17, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters Habitat hosts sixth annual Women Build
Rain, wind and snow didn’t
stop more than 50 women
from landscaping and build-
ing houses during Habitat for
Humanity’s National Women
Build Week last week.
Local women from around
Sisters, nine women from the
Redmond Lowe’s Local Hero
team and young women from
the Heart of Oregon Corps
YouthBuild came out to make
a difference, devoting their
time to building decent and
affordable housing with local
families.
The f ive- day event,
hosted by Sisters Habitat for
Humanity, provided an oppor-
tunity for the homeowners and
future homebuyers to work
alongside the volunteers.
For several days, the women
spent time planting aspen
trees and landscaping at Selah
Broderick’s and Alexandra
Lantaler’s homes. Broderick
and Lantaler purchased and
moved into their homes in
2016 through an affordable
mortgage with Sisters Habitat.
The landscaping of the homes
had to be delayed, however,
due to the severe winter.
“It’s amazing what a big
group can accomplish in
transforming rubble into an
efficient, aesthetic yard,”
volunteer Carolyn Platt said
while preparing the dirt for
the decorative rock and plants.
Ellie Hammond said she
first volunteered with Women
Build in 2014. Because of that
experience, she started vol-
unteering at the Habitat job
site and the Thrift Store once
a week. This year, she was a
team lead during two of the
days and she and her daughter
worked together a third day.
“I love the sense of com-
munity it builds for the women
and the homeowners. Women
Build inspired me to volunteer
regularly with Habitat and it’s
fun to see the results of all the
work at the end of the week,”
Hammond said.
Transformed yards were
not the only work results last
week. YouthBuild women
spent a day installing blue
board to Marla Brinkman’s
future home. Brinkman
was out there alongside the
women learning to cut and
hang the blue board. Blue
board is a form of insulation
and is installed once the fram-
ing is complete.
At the future home of
Sharyn Benson, the Lowe’s
local hero team installed wall
sheathing. It is estimated that
more than 17,000 women,
including Lowe’s Heroes vol-
unteers, volunteered across
the country as part of the 2017
event.
Lowe’s helped launch
National Women Build Week
in 2008 to empower women to
advocate for affordable hous-
ing and spotlight the home-
ownership challenges faced
by many. Each year, Lowe’s
provides the support of their
employee volunteers.
Sisters Habitat for
Humanity is a local affili-
ate of Habitat for Humanity
International. Since 1991 the
organization has worked with
60 families to get them into
affordable housing. Habitat
homeowners help build their
own homes alongside volun-
teers and pay an affordable
mortgage. Through financial
support, volunteering or add-
ing a voice to support afford-
able housing, everyone can
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Sketchy weather didn’t stop volunteers from getting their work done
during the annual Habitat Women Build event last week.
help families achieve the
strength, stability and self-
reliance they need to build
better lives for themselves.
Sisters Habitat for Humanity
offers volunteer opportuni-
ties at the job site, Thrift Store
and ReStore. Those interested
in volunteering are asked to
attend a volunteer orientation
the first or third Wednesday
of the month at noon at the
Habitat offices, 141 W. Main
Ave. For information and to
sign up, email Marie Clasen
at marie@sistershabitat.org.
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