VHS students get to work on 2nd Habitat home of the year
September 14, 2024 Courtesy of The Villages Daily Sun. Written by Garrett Shiflet, Daily Sun Staff Writer.
With the sun just peeking over the horizon, 15 students from The Villages High School already were swinging hammers.
The VHS Construction Management Academy held a wall-raising ceremony Thursday in Bushnell in its most recent partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Lake-Sumter.
It is the second home the academy is building this year through the Habitat partnership.
“The families are the core of everything that we do,” said Danielle Stroud, president and chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity of Lake-Sumter. “Habitat simply comes up alongside them and helps them take the next step to obtain home ownership.”
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