Habitat hopes to build 27-minute home

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Last year, Habitat for Humanity built a house for a family in need in just 28 minutes. This year, it hopes to top that time at its annual Habitat Builds the American Dream!fundraiser.

The auction-style event will be March 2 in the Palomino Ballroom in Zionsville from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Attendees will be treated to dinner, drinks and music by the Wright Brothers. The main event will be the “building” of a house, where emcees will auction off parts of a house giving attendees the option to sponsor full parts of the soon-to-be-built Habitat house, such as pledging to pay for the deck or the front door.

“This year, we’ve opened up the event to the public for the first time ever. We hope to top last year’s event and raise enough money to build a house, which is around $150,000,” said Steve Furste, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Boone County.

“Last year, we were the first Habitat affiliate in Indiana to partner with Homes for Wounded Warriors. We had a lot of people that got really enthused and emotional about the event, since we were building the house for an injured Marine coming back from Iraq and his family,” he said.

That injured Marine was Sgt. Jesse James.

An Iowa native, James and his wife Nicole, 5-year-old daughter Keagan and 1-year-old son Levi moved into their Habitat house in October 2012, just as James was coming off his third and final tour as a Marine.

“Moving into the house has been wonderful and truly gave my family a foundation to work off of. It took a lot of stress off me knowing we had a place to live,” James said. “The house gives us our own space and a lot of privacy. My daughter just started kindergarten and loves her new school.”

Since moving in, James and his family are enjoying a quiet life in Zionsville, and James now volunteers with Habitat on other projects.

This year’s Habitat family has not been selected, but will be decided upon within the next month. Furste said it was not known whether or not it will be another military family.

To buy tickets to the Habitat Builds the American Dream! fundraiser, call Stacy at 931-2577. Tickets are $50 per person.


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