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Media Contact:
Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth County
Diane Kinnane
Phone: 732-728-0441 ext. 301
Email:  dkinanne@habitatmonmouth.org  


 
Habitat for Humanity International   
 
Caroline Driebe
Phone: 404-962-3453 

Lowe's Companies, Inc. 
Jenny Popis
Phone: 704- 758- 2157 

Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth County and Lowe's team up for 10th annual National Women Build Week
Freehold, NJHabitat for Humanity in Monmouth County will work alongside Lowe's volunteers and all-female construction crews for Habitat for Humanity's 10th annual National Women Build Week, May 6-14, building on May 6, 10 and 12. Habitat's National Women Build Week invites women to help make a difference and devote at least one day to help build decent and affordable housing in their local communities.
 
More than 17,000 women, including Lowe's Heroes volunteers, are expected to volunteer at construction sites across the country as part of Habitat's 2017 National Women Build Week .
 
"We are excited to join in this year's Women Build activities, this is the 4th year we have participated and each year we look forward to engaging women volunteers in our community," said Diane Kinnane, executive director, Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth County.
 
All three build days will be hosted in Keansburg. Volunteers will be on site of a few small projects that the affiliate is currently working on in this community. In the last several years, Habitat has worked within Keansburg and the rest of the Bayshore area to partner with families for Sandy repair, wheelchair ramps and A Brush with Kindness projects. The affiliate works in 83% of the county to assist with and provide access to safe and affordable housing.
 
Lowe's helped launch National Women Build Week in 2008 to empower women to advocate for affordable housing and spotlight the homeownership challenges faced by many. Each year, Lowe's provides the support of their employee volunteers, Lowe's Heroes, and conducts how-to clinics at stores to teach volunteers construction skills so they can feel equipped to take part in the builds. Lowe's Heroes will be among more than 80 volunteers joining to help build decent, affordable housing in the Bayshore area as part of National Women Build Week.
 
"Through our partnership with Habitat and support of National Women Build Week, Lowe's empowers women to get involved in their communities, learn construction skills and make a meaningful impact," said James Frison, Lowe's director of community relations. "We're grateful to all the women in our Monmouth County community who will volunteer this week to help build and repair decent and affordable housing."
 
Lowe's donated nearly $2 million to this year's National Women Build Week, including a $5,000 store gift card to Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth County. Since 2003, Lowe's has committed more than $63 million to Habitat's mission and helped more than 6,500 families improve their living conditions.
 
Habitat's first Women Build event was held in 1998. Since then, all-women construction crews have helped build more than 2,500 homes in partnership with families.
 
For more information on Habitat for Humanity's Women Build program and to learn about Women Build events in communities across the U.S. year-round, visit Habitat.org/wb.

About Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth County
Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth County (HFHMC), serving Northeast and Western Monmouth County, is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity. The organization brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope and a vision of realizing a decent place to live. HFHMC seeks to eliminate sub-standard housing and help low-income families achieve the dream of homeownership throughout its service area. It works with communities to develop decent and affordable housing where people can live and raise their families. In 2013, the affiliate hosted a Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project site in Union Beach to continue Sandy Relief projects in the area. The combined affiliate has built 49 new homes and assisted over 110 families in Sandy related projects in Monmouth County. HFHMC currently services 83% of Monmouth County and includes the following towns and municipalities: Aberdeen, Allentown, Atlantic Highlands, Colts Neck, Deal, Eatontown, Englishtown, Fair Haven, Farmingdale, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Hazlet, Highlands, Holmdel, Howell, Keansburg, Keyport, Little Silver, Long Branch, Manalapan, Marlboro, Matawan, Middletown, Millstone Township, Monmouth Beach, Morganville, Ocean Township, Oceanport, Red Bank, Rumson, Sea Bright, Shrewsbury Township, Tinton Falls, Union Beach, and West Long Branch. For more information visit www.habitatmonmouth.org.

Twitter:  @HabitatMonmouth
Instagram: @HabitatforHumanityMC

About Habitat for Humanity 
Driven by the vision that everyone needs a decent place to live, Habitat for Humanity began in 1976 as a grassroots effort on a community farm in southern Georgia. The Christian housing organization has since grown to become a leading global nonprofit working in nearly 1,400 communities throughout the U.S. and in nearly 70 countries. Families and individuals in need of a hand up partner with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. Through financial support, volunteering or adding a voice to support affordable housing, everyone can help families achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves. Through shelter, we empower. To learn more, visit  habitat.org .

About Lowe's in the Community
Lowe's, a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company, has a 60-year legacy of supporting the communities it serves through programs that focus on K-12 public education and community improvement projects. In the past decade, Lowe's and the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation together have contributed nearly $300 million to these efforts, and for more than two decades Lowe's Heroes volunteers have donated their time to make our communities better places to live. For the latest news, visit Newsroom.Lowes.com or follow @LowesMedia on Twitter.

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