Local Director Discusses Benefits of Habitat for Humanity
Monday, May 5th, 2014
Habitat for Humanity has spanned the planet over almost four decades building homes for low-income people. The nonprofit, Christian ministry actually was started in 1976 by Linda and the late Millard Fuller just up the road in Americus, and it still has offices there, although headquarters are now in Atlanta.
The Flint River Chapter of Habitat for Humanity was established in 1986, according to local executive director Jennifer Vanston, a fairly-recent newcomer to Albany. Vanston spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County about Habitat and its local activities.
The local chapter is finishing its 157th home in this area and has now incorporated Lee County into its program, a move about which Vanston said the chapter is excited. Five homes have been built this year, she said, and two more were rehabbed.
