Lady of Lourdes Volunteers Offer Gift of Time & Labor

Working with Habitat for Humanity, almost a dozen members of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Mountainside, NJ, picked up hammers, and shovels to help build a home in Plainfield on Sat. Dec. 10, 2011.

As part of the Greater Plainfield Habitat for Humanity’s “Adopt a Day” program, the parish community of Our Lady of Lourdes in Mountainside raised more than the $2500 required to sponsor the day.

The construction site was a beehive of activity until around noon when a group of Girl Scouts from Mountainside arrived with lunch for the volunteer crew. 

Once fortified with sandwiches and cookies, the volunteers continued their work until the volunteer work supervisor called it a day.

Habitat for Humanity is one of the largest home builders in the United States.  Since its founding, Habitat has built, rehabilitated, repaired or improved more than 500,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 2.5 million people.  Homes are built "in partnership" by the homeowner families and volunteers. 

Each homeowner family must contribute 400 hours of sweat equity in the building of their home.  Habitat provides a "hand up" not a "hand out".  The volunteers from Our Lady of Lourdes are honored to lend a hand toward making home ownership a reality for a worthy family.

For information on volunteering for Habitat for Humanity or to contribute, call (908)769-5292, or go to:  http://www.gphabitat.org/home