Open Audio Article Player Annual campaign empowers female-led households with affordable homeownership
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Becky Lucas, Dominique, Trinity, Brian Lucas. -COURTESY PHOTO
Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties hosted its annual Thank You Party to honor Women Build supporters and to celebrate two local mothers who are achieving stability and security for their families through affordable homeownership.
Held on April 13 at the B Hive Event Center in Fort Myers, the Thank You Party brought together sponsors, volunteers and community leaders whose generous support helps empower local women through fundraising and volunteer efforts. Since 2011, Women Build has partnered with 33 female-headed families in Lee and Hendry counties, including 2026 Women Build homebuyers Trinity and Dominique. This year’s campaign surpassed its fundraising goal of $500,000, supporting the construction of two affordable homes for Trinity and Dominique and providing HUD-approved housing counseling for 10 additional female-led households.
Patrick Milkovich, Andrea Hayward, Linda Presley, Jude Falango, Mary Ann Brownstein, Connie Lizak, Morgan Windes, Kenleigh Buckingham, Ashleigh Droz. -COURTESY PHOTO
Women Build Team Dream ReStorers with 2026 Women Build Homebuyers Dominique and Trinity. -COURTESY PHOTO
“Your generosity, your belief and your willingness to invest in someone else’s future have changed my life in a way words can’t fully describe,” Trinity said in thanking Habitat and its supporters. “You didn’t just help build a house – you helped build stability, hope and a new beginning.”
About Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties
Habitat for Humanity is a faith-based, private nonprofit organization that is one of the leading affordable housing builders and developers in Lee and Hendry counties. Habitat for Humanity partners with families to realize their housing and financial goals through HUD-approved housing counseling services. The organization offers pathways to affordable homeownership, serves as a mortgage lender and restores homes to safe and whole conditions through repair services. Since 1982, Habitat has built more than 1,950 homes, repaired over 400 homes and counseled more than 3,000 families to achieve their housing and financial goals. Everyone who engages with Habitat’s mission is working to address the critical need for affordable housing in Lee and Hendry counties. For more information, visit Habitat4Humanity.org.
Talisha Faber, Jaime Patterson, Tiffany Ojeda. -COURTESY PHOTO
Dominique, Yvonne Torsok, Maria Mueller, Tammy Malanga, Lauren McIntyre, Trinity. -COURTESY PHOTO