Father's Day with Habitat for Humainity

More than 8,700 hours are contributed annually to Habitat home building in Saline County, and of that total approximately 85% of those hours are contributed by men. This June Habitat for Humanity of Saline County will be honoring men, while raising awareness about poverty housing in Saline County. Habitat for Humanity will be hosting a Personalized Hammer Fundraiser, a Tool Drive, and a Build with Dad Construction Day.

On Saturday, June 8 Habitat for Humanity of Saline County is inviting fathers and sons and daughters, 16 and up, to participate in a “Build with Dad Construction Day.” Saturday, June 15 and Saturday, June 22 volunteers from Saline County including Lowe’s Heroes will participate in a Tool Drive, designed to raise awareness and eliminate poverty housing by building simple, decent, and affordable housing in Saline County. Tools will be donated to the Habitat construction site or sold in the Habitat ReStore. Throughout the month of June Habitat will be selling personalized hammers to be used on the construction site. All proceeds will go towards eradicating poverty housing in Saline County.

WHAT:           Local Habitat honors men throughout the month of June.

WHEN:           Saturday, June 8 – Build with Dad Construction Day

8:00 Construction begins

8:15 Remarks and Key photo ops, such as families raising walls and decking a house.

3:00 Construction ends

Saturday, June 15, 22 – Tool Drive

10:00 – 4:00 Tool Collection, future Habitat Homeowners raise awareness about Habitat.

WHO (INTERVIEW/PHOTO OPS):

·         Associate Director, Amy Bennett and her father, Chuck Bennett from Bossier City, Louisiana.

·         Habitat for Humanity of Saline County

·         Future Habitat homeowners Bernadine Walker, Ella Stokes, Haley Hicks, and Susan Myers

·         Rowan Phillips of Lowe’s of  Bryant

WHERE:         Saturday, June 8: Partnership Village Neighborhood

Exit I-30 on exit 117. Turn right on Market St. Go South on Market St. Cross over the railroad tracks, stay to the right as the road splits, and Partnership Village will be on the right.

                        Saturday, June 15, 22: 2330 N. Reynolds Rd, Bryant, AR

WHY:              Habitat for Humanity recruits, educates, and motivates volunteers to build and advocate for simple, decent and affordable houses in their communities. Lowe’s, a national partnership with Habitat for Humanity has donated more than $1.75 million to 300 Habitat affiliates across the United States.

About Habitat for Humanity of Saline County

Habitat for Humanity of Saline County, AR is a non-profit, Christian based housing ministry dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in Saline County.  Since 1999, Habitat for Humanity of Saline County has broken ground on 55 homes in Saline County for well deserving low income families. For more information on how to apply for a home, volunteer, or donate please contact the Habitat office at 501-315-5434, visit our website www.habitatsalinecountyar.org, or follow us at

www.facebook.com/pages/Habitat-for-Humanity-of-Saline-County/120237801332463 or at www.twitter.com/HabitatSalineCo or join Habitat’s blog community at www.habitatsalinecounty.blogspot.com

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs that focus on K-12 public education and community improvement projects. The company’s signature education grant program, Lowe’s Toolbox for Education^®, has donated more than $34 million to 7,500 K-12 public schools, benefiting more than 4 million schoolchildren. Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers support local community projects and our national nonprofit partners such as Habitat for Humanity, Rebuilding Together and the American Red Cross. In 2012, Lowe’s and the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation together contributed more than $30 million to support communities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. To learn more, visit Lowes.com/SocialResponsibility.