鈥楾his home will be yours鈥: 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 family breaks ground on 16th Maroon Edition Habitat home
Contact: Mary Pollitz
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擟hiquita Brown held her 5-year-old son Khalil鈥檚 hand while she stood on the foundation of her future home.
By this time next year, Brown and her son will have the keys to her home built by volunteers from 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 and the Starkville Habitat for Humanity.
鈥淚 feel really blessed and really grateful,鈥 she said. 鈥淚鈥檓 just excited for me and my family. I told my son when we get a house we鈥檒l get a dog. Well鈥攈e鈥檚 going to get that dog.鈥
澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 President Mark E. Keenum, along with Vice President for Student Affairs Regina Hyatt, Director of Student Leadership and Community Engagement Kathy Jones and Starkville鈥檚 Habitat for Humanity President Alyssa McKinley, celebrated the groundbreaking along with Brown Wednesday [Aug. 21] morning.
Once complete, Brown鈥檚 home will be the fourth Habitat house built in Kelly Estates, a former 11-acre dairy farm on 16th Section Road. In the coming years, area volunteers鈥攊ncluding 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 staff and students鈥攚ill transform the site into a 30-home Habitat community. The groundbreaking celebrated the 16th Maroon Edition Habitat home.
鈥淭hose are 16 families鈥 lives that have been impacted in a very significant way,鈥 Keenum said. 鈥淭hese families have a house鈥攂ut more importantly than that, a home鈥攈ere in this community.鈥
In addition, he spoke about the role the university has encouraging students to volunteer and serve others in the community.
鈥淚t鈥檚 great for us to be able to provide these opportunities for our students, to come out and see and experience firsthand the impact they can have in serving and helping others,鈥 Keenum said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 part of their educational experience with 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料. Jesus taught us to love our neighbor as ourselves and what a demonstration of love this is.鈥
Hyatt reflected on former President Jimmy Carter鈥檚 legacy of outreach through Habitat for Humanity and wished Brown and her family a life of joy, peace and excitement.
鈥淢y hope for you today is that this moment is the beginning of a new journey for your family,鈥 she said. 鈥淎 journey that will be filled with the joy of knowing this home will be yours, the peace that comes with having a place to call home, and the excitement for the laughter and fun you will share in this place.鈥
Brown, who works with Aramark, 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料鈥檚 dining services provider, will be the first person in her family to own a house. Even though it may be a year before she can call it home, she鈥檚 ready to get to work building her life in Starkville.
鈥淚 love Starkville. I love Mississippi State. I love my job,鈥 she said. 鈥淓veryone is really, really nice. I鈥檓 just thankful for it all, and we鈥檙e Mississippi State fans so that makes it even better. I鈥檓 just ready to help build.鈥
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