LBW baseball team helps with new Habitat House

Published 1:00 pm Friday, October 25, 2024

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

LBW baseball players were among those on hand this week for the early phases of constructing the latest Habitat House.

Covington County’s Habitat for Humanity will begin construction of its 10th house this weekend, and help is needed.

The Building Blitz began at 9 a.m. on Wed., Oct. 23, when Habitat volunteers unloaded the wall panels and trusses at the build site, 421 Mock Street in Andalusia.

The volunteer work to stand up the house began at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, with a goal of having exterior and interior walls set and some if not all of the trusses in place. Work will continue on Sat., Oct. 26, and on future weekends.

As in all Habitat builds, there’s work that can be accomplished by skilled laborers, novices, and those who serve lunch or work to keep the site clean.

Habitat families must be able to make a modest mortgage payment on their homes, and must put in 300 hours of sweat equity in other homes and their own before moving in.

For additional information, contact local Habitat president Dale Pancake at 334.504.4287.

Those willing to provide financial support can send contributions to Covington County Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 1034, Andalusia, AL 36420.