Women Build 2012
Now we build them”
The need is great, but it can be met. Women can be part of the solution. Women Build challenges and empowers women to build secure, healthy housing where children can flourish.
Safe, decent housing is critical to a child’s health and development, yet children are the single largest age group living in poverty. In Washington County alone, more than 140,000 children - one out of every six - live in poverty. You can help change this statistic, one home at a time.
Women Build is not about excluding men; it is about including women. Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program enables women to discover for themselves that they can build Habitat for Humanity homes with NO construction experience necessary!
Through participating in the project, women have the opportunity to gain skills and confidence by working with an all-women team of crew leaders, volunteers and tradeswomen in a supportive and empowering building environment.
A Fortune 50 company with more than 58 years in the business of home improvement, Lowe’s® is the national underwriter of the Women Build program. Lowe’s is also expanding much-needed training opportunities for women by offering workshops at Lowe’s stores, where you will be able to gain hands-on experience in basic construction techniques.
Stacy Allison
Meet and be empowered by Stacy Allison, the first American woman to summit Mt. Everest!
Please join Willamette West Habitat for Humanity for a special event to benefit Beaverton’s first ever Women Build!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
7:00 pm Presentation/Dessert Reception
Valley Catholic High School
More information & reservations
Thanks to these sponsors, 100% of your ticket price, and any other donations, will go to build the Women Build home:
Forest City Trading Group
West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic
Cherry & Rick Williams
Thanks to these local companies for donating goodies for the dessert reception:
- Bliss Cupcake Shop
- Marcee Bakery
- Sweet & Savory Food Company
Lowe’s How-To classes were held:
- Saturday, January 7, 2012 “How to safely use hand and power tools”
- Saturday, January 14,2012 “How to frame for walls and roofs”
The site of the 2012 Women Build home is in our Huntting Park neighborhood, located in Beaverton off Hall Blvd. and Sussex St. The site will eventually house five Habitat families and adjoins another of our Habitat Neighborhoods, Leadership Row.
The foundation for this 2-bedroom home will be poured in November with the first walls raised in early 2012. Before the year ends, thanks to you, a hardworking family will be celebrating the holidays in their new home, in their new neighborhood you helped build.
Women Build Brochure Women Build Job Descriptions
built in 2006 in the Lindsay Lane neighborhood