Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS® (GLVAR) Volunteers To Raise the Walls on a Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas Home
WHAT: In collaboration with the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS® (GLVAR), Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas will raise the walls on its 107th home on May 3.
The three-bedroom home will be the 13th Habitat Las Vegas house that GLVAR has supported over the years. In addition to donating $100,000 for the construction, GLVAR’s members also will help build the home. The new home will be adjacent to the six single-family homes Habitat Las Vegas completed on Merze Avenue and Ward Drive, as part of Habitat’s neighborhood revitalization efforts in Henderson’s Pittman region.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 3
8 to 9 a.m. – Project kickoff and wall-raising with remarks from GLVAR, Habitat Las Vegas and family
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Build continues with GLVAR volunteers
WHERE: 1832 Ward Drive
Henderson, NV 89011
(Boulder Highway / Sunset Road)
OPPORTUNITY: Photo and video coverage of the wall-raising and house framing. Representatives from GLVAR and Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas will be available for interviews.
Scott Beaudry, President, GLVAR
Mike Borden, Chairman, Habitat Las Vegas
Meg Delor, Executive Director, Habitat Las Vegas
Marian Galinato, Habitat Partner Family
About the GLVAR
GLVAR was founded in 1947 and provides its more than 12,500 local members with education, training and political representation. The local representative of the National Association of REALTORS®, GLVAR is the largest professional organization in Southern Nevada. Each GLVAR member receives the highest level of professional training and must abide by a strict code of ethics. For more information, visit www.LasVegasRealtor.com.
About Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas
Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Established in Clark County in 1991, Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas is a not-for-profit organization that provides simple, decent, affordable housing with the help of volunteer labor and donated time, materials and funds. Each home is sold at no profit and with a zero-interest mortgage to local working families, who otherwise might be forced to live in substandard housing. Habitat partner families contribute “sweat equity” by helping in the construction of their own homes. For more information, visit www.lasvegashabitat.org.
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