Habitat for Humanity
"Women Build" Hands-On Project
Members of Soroptimist International of Oceanside-Carlsbad took a Saturday in September, 2008, to help build an 11-unit condo project in Carlsbad for Habitat for Humanity.
SIO-C members, many of whom were new to building skills, cut and bent rebar and worked on other aspects of completing the foundations of the two buildings. At the end of the day, they were sore and tired, but feeling very accomplished and rewarded.
Members worked alongside one of the women who will buy one of the completed condos. Rachel is a single mother with two young boys, and she will put in a considerable amount of work to build her home. The expected completion date is summer of 2009.
SIOC sponsored Habitat For Humanity on this build for $5,000. With this sponsorship the club received four tickets to Habitat's annual Hats Off Luncheon, including an ad in the program, which is a major fundraiser for Women's Build. Also with our sponsorship we were able to hang our banner at the jobsite, which has been there since about April of 2008. We also had our logo on the Habitat For Humanity Women Build banner and on the back of the pink T-Shirts.
Any member is eligible to come anytime to the jobsite and work on the project. Some who worked on the official Women's Build day said they would like to come back and work.
