Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity Breaks Ground on 17th Home
On Saturday
, June 4, Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction on its latest new home build for Marjorie and her two children. This is the affiliate’s seventeenth new home and the fourth home to be built in Manitou Park as part of ongoing neighborhood revitalization efforts. Members of the community, including Mayor Amato of Berkeley Township, Reverend Doctor William A. Greene of the First Baptist Church and Councilman Jim Byrnes, joined Habitat staff, volunteers and partner families for the occasion.
The home will be built on a donated lot from Berkeley Township. “On behalf of the Township, we are excited to play a small role in Habitat’s mission of providing good, affordable homes for deserving families,” Mayor Amato shared. “I wish to congratulate Habitat for moving forward with the construction of another home for a very deserving family.” Under Mayor Amato’s leadership, the township also donated funding through Berkeley’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Northern Ocean Habitat prides itself on being a hand-up, not a hand-out. “The idea is to put hardworking families into affordable housing,” said Executive Director, Suzan Fichtner. Selected families must partner with Northern Ocean Habitat to qualify to purchase the home. As part of Habitat’s requirements, Marjorie and her family will work alongside numerous donors, volunteers and staff on the construction site of her home, as well as perform additional partnership requirements.
For more information about Northern Ocean Habitat and to find out how to get involved on this project, contact the volunteer coordinator at 732-228-7962 ext. 110 or volunteercoordinator@nohfh.com.
About Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity
Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit housing ministry that brings people together to build homes, communities and hope in northern Ocean County. To date, the Northern Ocean County affiliate has completed 16 new homes, 60 Hurricane Sandy critical home repairs and over 120 home repairs through its ‘A Brush with Kindness’ program. For more information and to find out how to get involved, ‘like’ Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity on Facebook, visit Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity at nohfh.com or call 732-228-7962, ext. 109.