Thousands of women across the country join together May 5 – 13 to build homes with local families
This year’s theme, “The Build Generation,” reflects the event’s goal to recruit and train women volunteers, as well as welcome the next generation of Habitat Women Builders – young women, ages 18-24 – to help support Habitat’s mission to create affordable housing. Lowe’s, Truckee Meadows Habitat for Humanity and the Junior League of Reno are looking for women to volunteer at a Habitat construction site for at least one day during this nine-day event that culminates on Mother’s Day. Construction or home improvement experience is not necessary.
Build days are Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 14004 Mt. Charleston Street in Stead.
To date, women volunteers have helped construct more than 1,900 Habitat houses nationwide. This is the first Women Build event for Truckee Meadows Habitat for Humanity.
National Women Build Week is held the week leading up to Mother’s Day because of its significance to Habitat homeowners and volunteers. Families with children make up a staggering number of those in need of adequate housing. More than 12 million children – one in six – live in poverty housing in the United States alone.
Lowe’s contributed more than $1.3 million to National Women Build Week, providing $5,000 Lowe’s gift cards to 275 Habitat affiliates. National Women Build Week is one of the major initiatives supported through Lowe’s five-year, $20 million pledge to Habitat. As the underwriter of the Women Build program since 2004, Lowe’s conducts “how-to” clinics at stores to teach women construction skills, enabling them to support Habitat projects across the country.
To volunteer or donate to this project, please call 775-323-5511, email [email protected] or visitwww.habitatforhumanityreno.org
