Habitat for Humanity Dedicates Homes for Two Families

Two more families have homes through the efforts of Habitat for Humanity–North Central Georgia at The Villages of Park Creek in Cherokee County, three miles up. GA 140 from Milton.

More than 70 staff members, volunteers and community members helped the families dedicate their homes on June 11.

The first home was built for the LaRocque family–mother, Christine and her four children ages16, 16, 9 and 7. Christine and her children worked side by side with Habitat staff, sponsors and volunteers to help build their home. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and the Lutheran Coalition for Habitat for Humanity sponsored the home. More than 30 family members traveled from as far as Miami to celebrate with the LaRocque family.

Christine LaRocque said “that her kitchen would now be a place where both food and love would be created for many Thanksgiving days to come.”

The second home was built for the Raymond family, consisting of parents Yvonne and Randolph and their two sons, ages 14 and 6. The home was sponsored by Publix Super Markets Charities, Cisco, Habitat for Humanity Youth United Program, State Farm and the Bike and Build Grant.

The Raymond family said they felt especially blessed as this event couldn’t have come at a better time.  Randolph had recently recuperated from a serious illness and he said that he “felt that the home was a gift that lifted their spirits and hope for the future.”

Habitat for Humanity–North Central Georgia is a non-profit, Christian housing ministry that builds simple, decent homes for purchase by low income families who demonstrate a capacity for responsible homeownership. Since its inception in 1995, 210 homes have been completed and more than 800 family members have been served in North Fulton, Cherokee and Forsyth/Dawson counties. Each family is required to attend 10 educational classes and perform 300 sweat equity hours. Families earn between 25 percent and 60 percent of the Atlanta area median income and purchase their homes from Habitat which provides them with a 30-year, no-interest loan. For more information on Habitat for Humanity – North Central Georgia, visit www.habitat-ncg.org.

Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity is a multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership between Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Habitat for Humanity International. Excluding government funding, Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity is Habitat's largest single source of funding, constructing nearly 2,500 homes in the U.S. and around the world since 2005. For more information, visit ThriventBuilds.com.