DirectBuy of Spokane Helps Build
Two Duplexes for Local Habitat for Humanity
DirectBuy helped Habitat for Humanity finish their Blitz Build project
in Spokane, WA.
Spokane, WA, September 17, 2008 -- Whether in the Club or on a Habitat
for Humanity construction site, the staff at DirectBuy of Spokane has the same
goal: “Helping people create the home of their dreams.”
This past June, Habitat for Humanity finished their Blitz Build project in
Spokane, WA, with help from DirectBuy. DirectBuy of Spokane owner Ron Cully
involved his staff by offering to pay them half of their regular wages for
any time they spent helping build the two duplexes. In addition, he gave
them the opportunity to donate their earnings to a charity of their choice.
For this event, the staff made a $300 donation to Habitat.
With the staff’s overall contribution of 150 hours, the interiors of
both units and the complete exterior of one unit were finished.
"Anyone can write a check to a charity and feel good about what they
have done,” says Cully. “But it takes time and human power
to make things happen. Until you have spent time and looked into the
eyes of the people you help, you can not fully understand what it means to
contribute."
The Spokane Club regularly donates merchandise to the Habitat store and
has donated products to the Blitz Build program for the past 2 years. This
year’s donation consisted of all the lumber, drywall, fasteners, cabinets,
sinks and faucets for one of the two duplexes (totaling just over $20,000 of
materials).
“We have always contributed to Habitat simply because of the program
goals of bringing the community together to build decent, affordable homes
for all God’s people in need,” says Cully. “I particularly
value that the program requires the inhabitants to contribute substantial time
of their own to earn their home. It gives them a stake in the outcome, pride,
dignity and a sense of self worth. And when you look at what Habitat and DirectBuy
both do, we both are about fulfilling people’s dreams - that parallel
just seems to make things a great match.”
On June 17, 2008 a dedication ceremony was held for the families and volunteers
of the two completed duplexes built through Habitat for Humanity.
"Being that this was my first time doing community service, I could
not have been part of a more outstanding opportunity,” said DirectBuy
Service Specialist Supervisor Devin Curry. “It was great being able to
work with the families that were going to live in the homes we were building.
The joy on the faces of the families was over whelming. It was a sense of fulfillment.
This is a program I will be a part of for many years."
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity works to build affordable, decent, and simple homes for
low-income families. Habitat helps create a neighborhood families can be proud
of and allows them to live a better quality of life.
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