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Habitat for Humanity of Laredo receives $10K donation
June 6, 2021
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Habitat for Humanity of Laredo received a $10,000 donation Tuesday from the BBVA Foundation. The funds will be used to support an upcoming Women Build Day.Courtesy photo
The Habitat for Humanity of Laredo, an organization focused on building and rebuilding, received $10,000 toward those efforts with a check presented Tuesday by the BBVA Foundation.
According to Habitat for Humanity of Laredo Executive Director Carol Sherwood, the money will be used for their Women Build Day, which is a day when women from all around the community go out and help build a home for a local family.
Shiyou-Woodard to deliver keynote address
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Chipola Area Habitat for Humanity announced Monday that Julie Shiyou-Woodard, president and CEO of SmartHome America, will deliver a keynote address on May 6 at the inaugural Women Build Advocacy Luncheon, to be held at Shiloh Baptist Church in Chipley.
Shiyou-Woodard serves in a pivotal role for a national, not for profit whose mission is to build resilient and sustainable communities, often by providing homeowners with information useful for reducing insurance costs and mitigating damage from severe storms and floods. She has developed and managed environmental and hazard mitigation funding and projects in collaboration with federal, state, and local agencies throughout her career.
After Build Day 2021, all Worcester elementary schools now have playgrounds
Until next week.
Working for Worcester, a nonprofit organization driven by College of the Holy Cross students, returned from a COVID-19 hiatus Saturday in style, erecting playgrounds at the last two elementary schools on its long-running list, McGrath and Columbus Park.
The organization, started by two Holy Cross students nearly a decade ago, has been building or revitalizing playgrounds for years to ensure no students go to a school without one.
The endgame was reached Saturday, when more than 200 volunteers, all wearing masks on an unseasonably warm day, finished playgrounds at the schools and beautified nine other sites citywide.
Corner Bakery Donates More Than $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity
January 11, 2021 · ·
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Corner Bakery kept the spirit of giving alive throughout its communities by raising funds for its national charity partner,
Habitat for Humanity, and also continuing to give back to local non-profit organizations.
In fact, through multiple efforts, including a Build Day sponsorship and various fundraisers conducted both in-cafe and online throughout 2019 and 2020, Corner Bakery surpassed its fundraising goal and donated a total of $103,758 towards Habitat for Humanity’s mission of bringing people together to build homes, community and hope.
“We’re thankful for Corner Bakery’s generosity and shared commitment to protecting the well-being of our communities,” said Julie Laird Davis, vice president of corporate and cause marketing partnerships at Habitat for Humanity International. “Their unwavering support throughout our partnership will help more families b