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Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County will dedicate its 80th home October 20th

Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County TennesseeClarksville, TN – Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County, TN will dedicate its 80th home to Nancy Medley and Sherman Meriwether in partnership with the Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors.

The community celebration will be held on Saturday, October 20th, 2012 at 2:00pm at the newly built home located at 428 Glenn Street.

“We’re very excited to welcome Nancy and Sherman as new homeowners to Clarksville as well as dedicating our 80th home,” stated Shelby Logsdon, Executive Director.  “Our own Habitat Board of Directors sponsored the home build providing their labor support, along with friends from the Montgomery County Emergency Management Services and local subcontractors.  Nancy and Sherman invested 500 hours of sweat equity to build their home, with the final hours spent working side by side with the Habitat board members.”

Habitat for Humanity will build three homes in 2012 with sponsorships from the Women Build 2012 project, Habitat for Humanity of Tennessee, THDA and the Building Tennessee program, and the Affiliate. Home sponsorships are an ideal way for organizations and business to invest in Clarksville’s homeownership future, develop team esprit décor while building stable housing in partnership with Habitat families.

About Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County, TN

Since 1992, Habitat has partnered with 80 qualified applicants who invest sweat equity into building simple, decent and affordable housing to achieve homeownership through a twenty-year, zero-interest mortgage. Habitat collaborates with faith, civic, and business organizations who envision neighborhood revitalization through new home construction.

Program applications are accepted daily. Contact the Affiliate office at 931.645.4222, on our website at www.habitatmctn.org or via Facebook/Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County, TN.

About Habitat for Humanity International

Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat has built, rehabilitated, repaired or improved more than 400,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 2 million people. Visit www.habitat.org

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