{"id":97079,"date":"2025-12-27T15:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/97079\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T15:53:09","slug":"habitat-for-humanity-announces-2026-women-build-initiative-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/97079\/","title":{"rendered":"Habitat for Humanity announces 2026 Women Build initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Women Build 2025 homebuyer Lissy and her son at her home dedication in Lehigh Acres. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n

Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties will host its 2026 Women Build Kickoff Party on March 2\u00a0at The Forest Country Club in Fort Myers, marking the start of its 16th season dedicated to empowering women through homeownership.\n<\/p>\n

Each year, Women Build brings together women and men to support safe, decent homes for female-led families in Lee and Hendry counties. This annual campaign raises funds for local home-building efforts to help women and their families, partnering with Habitat for affordable homeownership. Habitat\u2019s fundraising goal is $500,000 for the 2026 Women Build season.\n<\/p>\n

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2025 Women Build kickoff party \u2013 Habitat for Humanity Lee and Hendry. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n

Since 2011, Women Build in Lee and Hendry counties has partnered with 31 female-headed families to build strength and stability for their children through local fundraising and volunteer efforts. Last year, nearly 80% of Habitat\u2019s future homeowners were female-led households.\n<\/p>\n

Sponsorship opportunities for the 16th annual Women Build season are available, with sponsor levels starting at $5,000. Sponsorship benefits include engagement opportunities with the Women Build program and recognition through public relations, digital marketing and social media. To learn more, contact VP of Resource & Development Cece Willis at\u00a0CeceW@Habitat4Humanity.org<\/a>\u00a0or 239-652-1691.\n<\/p>\n

Tickets for the Kickoff Party will be available for purchase as the event approaches, which begins at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 2 at The Forest Country Club in Fort Myers.\n<\/p>\n

For more information about Women Build or how to get involved, visit\u00a0Habitat4Humanity.org\/WomenBuild<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open Audio Article Player SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY Women Build 2025 homebuyer Lissy and her son at her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-97079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}