COVERING YOUR COMMUNITY THIS THURSDAY IS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. GREATER PALM BEACH COUNTY’S WOMEN BUILD. IT’S A CHANCE FOR WOMEN TO COME TOGETHER AND HELP BUILD HOME FOR FAMILIES IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. JOINING ME NOW IS CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER JULIA MURPHY AND DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT KRISTEN BARTON. LADIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. LET’S TALK FIRST ABOUT WHAT THE WOMEN BUILD IS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED. WE HAVE OUR WOMEN BUILD COMING UP. IT WILL BE MARCH 14TH AND 15TH. SO THIS WEEK THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WE HAVE OVER 300 LADIES AND MEN COMING OUT TO BUILD AND LAKE WORTH BEACH. WE HAVE THREE HOUSES ACTUALLY, THAT WE’RE BUILDING IN THAT AREA AND WE WILL BE DOING NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT AND DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THAT COMMUNITY ALSO TO BRING UP EVERYBODY TOGETHER. SO WE LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE 300 PEOPLE BUILDING. WE HAVE ANOTHER 50 PEOPLE COMING OUT FOR THE EVENT TO HELP WITH THE EVENT AND PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER. UM, AND COME TO FIND OUT, WE ARE ACTUALLY THE LARGEST WOMEN BUILD IN THE NATION. SO WE JUST RECENTLY WENT TO AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND THEY SAID WE HAVE THE LARGEST WOMEN BUILD AND AND WE RAISED ACTUALLY THE MOST FUNDS THROUGHOUT, LIKE IN THE NATION. SO WE ARE SO PROUD OF IT. WELL, I KNOW SEVERAL OF US FROM FROM WPBF WILL BE OUT THERE WITH YOU GUYS ON THURSDAY, MYSELF INCLUDED, OUR FABULOUS FLOOR DIRECTOR, TIFFANY WILL BE THERE AS WELL. TIFFANY, WE’RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. UM, TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR FAMILIES WHO WILL GET THESE HOMES ONCE, ONCE THEY’RE CONSTRUCTED. AND I THINK THAT’S THE MOST UPLIFTING PART ABOUT WHAT WE DO. WE DO HAVE CRITERIA TO APPLY. WE HAD OVER 250 APPLY FOR THESE SELECTIVE HOMES. WE FINALLY ARE DOWN TO THE BEGINNING STAGES OF END STAGES OF THAT. AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE HOMEOWNER POSSIBLY ON THURSDAY. SO THAT’S REALLY EXCITING. IT’S A LIFE CHANGING MOMENT. YOU DON’T HAVE TO STRUGGLE THE WAY YOU DID BEFORE WORKING SEVERAL JOBS. NOT SURE IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE AT HOME WITH YOUR CHILDREN. NOT BEING ABLE TO REALLY BALANCE LIFE AND WORK TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD, YOU KNOW, A HOME AND JUST BASIC NEEDS. SO FOR HABITAT, HOMEOWNERS, THEY’RE NOW 30% OF THEIR INCOME IS GOING TOWARDS THEIR MORTGAGE, WHICH IS GOING TO REALLY BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR THEIR FAMILY TO BUILD A LEGACY MOVING FORWARD. AND THAT’S REALLY WHAT THE FUTURE OF HABITAT IS. WE ARE LOOKING AT EXPANDING BUILDING RIGHT NOW. WE BUILD 14 TO 20 HOMES AND WE WANT TO DO MORE AMAZING THING. SO WHAT WAS THE IDEA BEHIND THE WOMEN’S BUILD? I MEAN, I KNOW HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAS DONE SO MUCH, BUT WHY FOCUS ON A WOMEN’S BUILD? WE USED TO DO IT IN MAY AROUND MOTHER’S DAY AND IT’S TOO HOT HERE. SO WE SWITCHED IT TO MARCH AND WE LOVE THAT BECAUSE IT’S WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH. SO IT’S MEN AND WOMEN COMING TOGETHER AND WE NEED OUR COUNTERPARTS TO SUPPORT US. SO REALLY IT’S AN INITIATIVE TO SHOW THAT WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING WE ARE STRONG, WE ARE POWERFUL. AND WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, WE MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. THERE’S NO STOPPING US. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO STOPPING. AS I TOLD MY THREE YEAR OLD, WE RULED THE WORLD. SO ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE THAT. SO IF PEOPLE MAYBE CAN’T MAKE IT OUT TO THE EVENT, WHAT CAN? HOW CAN THEY HELP? HOW CAN THEY TAKE PART? YOU KNOW, IN FUTURE EVENTS? YEAH. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY VERY BLESSED TO SAY WE ARE SOLD OUT THIS YEAR. WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, THOSE 300 LADIES, WE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE ANY MORE ON A JOB SITE RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT THERE IS SO MANY OTHER WAYS TO PARTICIPATE AND TO SUPPORT HABITAT. SO ONE, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO IS CALLED TO ACTION TO PLEASE GO OUT AND AND SUPPORT VIA VISITING OUR WEBSITE, HABITAT GREATER PBS.ORG. YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION TO THE WOMEN BUILD UM, FOLLOW US ALONG ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU CAN FOLLOW AT HABITAT GPC ON ANY OF THOSE PLATFORMS. SHARE, RESHARE, FOLLOW ALONG WITH US AND REALLY JUST HELP US SPREAD THAT MESSAGE AND COME OUT MAYBE NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? COME AND JOIN A TEAM. PUT A TEAM TOGETHER. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SHARE ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, RIGHT? AND SOMEONE ELSE SEES IT AND THEY COME OUT AND THEY SPONSOR NEXT YEAR, YOUR TEAM SPONSORS THIS NEXT YEAR. AND IT JUST IT’S A RIPPLE EFFECT. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, WOMEN ARE STRONG AND WE WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER. SO UM, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO THAT. AND THEN THERE’S ALSO OTHER CAMPAIGNS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO IF YOU MISS THE SWIMMING BUILD, IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. WE HAVE VETERANS BUILD. WE BUILD A HOME FOR VETERAN. WE DO AN EXECUTIVE BUILD. SO THERE’S A LOT OF DIFFERENT OTHER WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH US AND OR JUST START AGAIN WITH US THIS YEAR. RIGHT. LAST YEAR WE STARTED IN OCTOBER WITH EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE BIG, YOU KNOW, WOMEN BUILD IN MARCH. BUT YOU KNOW, WE’RE NOT A YOU KNOW, WE’RE ONLY A FEW MONTHS AWAY FROM GETTING BACK ON THE TRAIN FOR THE NEXT CAMPAIGN. SO THANK YOU LADIES SO MUCH. THAT WEBSITE THAT YOU JUST HEARD IS ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. WPBF.COM. JUST HEAD THERE AND YOU’LL FIND ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. AND AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO SE