Youth for Christ, local officers and FW United teams up with Habitat for Humanity to build a home for a lucky family in as part of Habitat's 'panel build' initiative.
436 stop community leaders in fort wayne teaming up to put hammer to the nail.all for one lucky family.fox 55's mallory beard tells us more about habitat for humanity's home building project.trt: 1:42 nats leaders yne joined forces today.
Fort wayne united, youth for christ ministry, and city police joined with habitat for humanity to build a home for a family in southeast fort wayne.
Andrew gritzmaker//ceo habitat for humanitye reached out to to yfc, fwu, and fwpd, and said hey we know how to build homes do you guys be interested in coming to together and collaborating and coming to help us build a home together?ndrew gritmzmaker says the habitat build enables groups to leverage their resources and bring the community together during a time of racial and social divide.the habitat build is an initiative where habitat for humanity builds homes from ground up for families in need across the greater fort wayne area.chris todia says its especially important to be part of the effort this year.
Chris todia//ceo youth for christs you can imagine, this is a very important time for young people right now with school feeling like it up in the air.with everything feeling difficultwith the social unrest and the virus.
Todia says consistency is what young people need.
And he hopes the lucky family chosen for the house will receive just that.chris todia//ceo youto the christ bigge t thing that we seeing right now, is that when we create consistency in the lives of kids, god can move throe really and we fort wayne pd says this is a e- testament to what local officers committed themselves to: serving the community.sgt.
Sofia rosales-scatena//fort wayne police department ur officers are out there doing thine everyday.
They coace ng, mentoring, they tutoe doing all sorts of things in the commergeant sofia rosales scatena encourages residents to put their best foot forward and get active in social/community projects if they want to see city improvement.ctually engage in the community.
Be a mentor, be a tutor.
Be engaged in these kinds of organizations that help this community.
That the way we help make fort wayhe lucky .
Winner for the house has yet to be chosen.
Until then, the team will continue turning what was once an idea into a home... one nail at a time.
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In fort wayne i'm mallory beard fox 55 news by the end of fall, habitat for humanity plans to have completed ten of panel builds even amidst coronavirus delays.
Governor Bill Lee and his wife join a Habitat for Humanity home building in Cleveland on Friday.
