Habitat Cabarrus Women Build 2023 underway

CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - The Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County Women Build project is a community favorite, and it’s back for 2023.

The initiative empowers women to raise funds and build homes.

Habitat Cabarrus has a goal of having one home each year built and paid for primarily by women. The 2023 Women Build home is for Aiesha King and her four children. She will be on-site at the kickoff and throughout the build as her work schedule allows.

“I’ll probably cry so y’all might see some tears. This is my future home and I am actually helping build it, raise the walls on it, my kids get to experience it..my older kids. It’s life-changing,” she said.

What is the Women’s Build? Any woman (and not excluding men) is invited to join. No experience is necessary. Volunteers work under the guidance of construction professionals, alongside other volunteers and future Habitat homeowners.

About 20 teams of volunteers began building around 8 a.m. Wednesday.

“I’ve been in the nonprofit world for a while so it’s just super to see women that I worked with and for in the past come together for one mission which is housing,” said Volunteer and Engagement Coordinator Willmarie Austin.

The build is scheduled to be completed in June.

The Women Build home is located at the Habitat Cabarrus community of Magnolia Crossing. This neighborhood is located off McGill Road near the intersection of Highway 29.

Organizers say the project sends a positive and powerful message - women helping women to build a better community, one house at a time.

According to the website, organizers have already raised over $35,000 toward their $50,000 goal.

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