Even when Denny Valerioâs work week is through, the hard work continues.
For the past year, he has spent most of his days off helping to renovate his future house in the 400 block of East Strawberry Street for himself and his two daughters, Davina, 5, and Dayanara, 11. They hope to move in by June, when the house â underwritten by Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent Financial â will be dedicated at a celebration, perhaps on the porch because of the pandemic.
In the meantime, Valerio and his daughters live with his mother, Bertha Valerio, stepfather, Basilio Castro, and four other relatives in a house nearby on Highland Avenue, where there arenât enough beds and only one bathroom.