During Wednesday, April 25 ceremony in Lexington, Kentucky a single mother of three children, Patsy Kozak received keys to a her new house that Veritas Christian Club volunteers were a part of building during their Spring Break Trip.
The official presentation took place on the front porch of the newly-constructed house with Lexington Habitat for Humanity officials, workers and volunteers who gathered to celebrate. Larry and Kitty Parker, local philanthpists who financially sponsored this and other houses built by Habitat for Humanity, officiated the ceremony.
According to the Lexington Habitat for Humanity website, Kozak and her three children proudly held keys and registration papers as new owners while onlooksrs clapped and congratualted the family.
Four students from Mongtomery County Community College (MCCC) in Pennsylvania and their leaders, Jerry and Hesed Ferroux, were not present at the ceremony but are glad to see the photos of the completed project as well as articipating in shared joy with the Kozak family. The college group spent entire week, March 12-17, 2007 (Spring Break) in Kentucky, working the construction of the house and the shed located in the back yard. The students completed painting rooms, siding the house, and laying the floor boards. It was the remaining work of Lexington Habitat workers and other college/university volunteers that completed the building project before the ceremony could take place. The volunteers from MCCC didn't had an opportunity to meet the Kozak family during their work week due to Patsy's busy work schedule, according to the Lexington Habitat officials.
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THE TEAM: Jerry and Hesed Ferroux, Sergei Blair, Elizabeth Trump, Jed Stalker and Alex Grant- volunteers for the Lexington, Habitat for Humanity spent their entire Spring Break week to help build a house for Patsy Kozak, a single mother of 3 children. | Alternative Spring Break Challenge Lexington, KY- Several students from Veritas Christian Club traveled to Lexington, Kentucky to spend their Spring Break week in helping change lives there. The group (worked side by side with students from University of New Hampshire) continued the construction of a house for a single mother of three children with the help of local Habitat for Humanity office. Shielding the siding, painting rooms, working on back shed, and laying flooring were among several jobs performed during the work week. |