Women volunteers and Lowe’s Heroes, all representing “The Build Generation,” raised their hammers on a Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity (KVHH) construction site today in recognition of National Women Build Week. National Women Build Week, held May 5-13, is a nationwide initiative of Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program developed in partnership with Lowe’s.
This year’s theme, “The Build Generation,” reflects the event’s goal to recruit and train women volunteers, as well as welcome the next generation of Habitat Women Builders – young women, ages 18-24 – to help support Habitat’s mission to create affordable housing. Today, women volunteers in Kalamazoo worked with the Habitat home buyer partner family on their new Habitat house. Lowe’s is providing Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity a $5,000 Lowe’s store gift card, as well as in-store volunteer training to support of this Habitat for Humanity Women Build home.