Golden Eagle Softball at Women Build

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Women Builders to "do it all" for
a Habitat for Humanity homeowner

Terry Wilson, 1st Vice President of Cookeville Evening Lions Club, presents a check to Gayle Haggard, Executive Director of Putnam County Habitat for Humanity, as a donation to the "Women Build" program.

Beginning this fall, Putnam County Habitat for Humanity will be inaugurating its first-ever Women Build event. Women from Putnam County will help create a solution to the problem of poverty housing by building a Habitat home.

The Women Build program empowers women to learn construction skills and positively impact lives by making homeownership a reality. Poverty is a severe threat to a child's health, growth and potential, yet over 12 million children are living in poverty. Women have the capability to be a part of the solution by participating in a Women Build event.

Women Build is not about excluding men. It's about including women and opening the door of opportunity. Construction is often a male-dominated field, and women may feel intimidated on a regular construction site to learn skills. As newly skilled volunteers are created, there will be an increase in the number of Habitat homes that can be completed.

Volunteers are now being recruited for the PCHFH Women Build program. Women of all ages, groups, and backgrounds are encouraged to volunteer their time, materials and finances to the Women Build home. Financial gifts and pledges are also being accepted. State Senator Charlotte Burks and County Executive Kim Blaylock are honorary co-chairwomen of the event. Construction will begin in mid-September. For more information about the Women Build event, call Putnam County Habitat for Humanity at 528-1711.

Women Build History

A group of women in Charlotte, N.C., completed the first women-built Habitat home in 1991, planting the first seeds for the Women Build program. In May of 1998, the Women Build department at Habitat for Humanity, International, was officially instituted. Since 1991, all-women crews have built more than 350 Habitat homes in the United States.