Habitat and Lowes call on Women Volunteers to Build Houses During Nationwide Intitative for Women.

National Women Build Week, May 4 - 10, to showcase
women's contributions to overcoming poverty housing.

Laying bricks, pounding nails, and raising walls to build a house is no longer the exclusive territory of men. Women have been joining the ranks of construction crews for years, and now, Lowe's and the Eastern Shore of Virginia Habitat for Humanity are looking for women volunteers to work just one day on a Habitat house construction site during National Women Build Week, Saturday, May 9th. Construction or home improvement experience is not needed.

Developed through the partnership between Lowe's and Habitat for Humanity, National Women Build Week celebrates the compassion, dedication, talents and abilities of women from all walks of life. The goal is to both showcase the accomplishments of Habitat's women volunteers and invite new women volunteers to join the effort to provide decent, safe, affordable housing.

The week leading up to Mother's Day was selected for its significance to many volunteers, as families with children make up a staggering number of those in need of adequate housing: more than 12 million children - one in six – live in poverty housing in the United States alone.

Lowe's underwrites the Habitat for Humanity Women Build program, bringing women from all walks of life together to learn construction skills and then use those skills to be part of the solution to poverty housing. More than 1,200 Habitat houses nationwide have been built by women volunteers.

There will be two shifts on May 9th, morning from 9am -1pm and afternoon from 1pm - 5pm. Breakfast will be available at 8:30am and lunch will be served starting at 12:30pm. All participants will receive a Women Build tee shirt and refreshments. There is a $20. fee to participate.

To volunteer or donate to this project, please call 757 442-4687 or email eshabitat@verizon.net or you can print registration and release forms and mail them in.