More than 225 supporters attended Habitat for Humanity of Boone County’s annual fundraiser Saturday night at the Golf Club of Indiana. Steve Furste, the Executive Director of HHBC, said the fundraiser generated enough money to build a home in 2014 for a Boone County family in need.
Ray Cortopassi, a television anchor for Fox 59 and a Zionsville resident, served as the emcee. Cortopassi conducted a live auction where guests bid on each component of a home – land, foundation, plumbing, windows, electrical, doors. The entire home was funded in less than an hour.
“Ray did a great job of creating excitement for everyone so we not only made our goal, we surpassed it,” Furste said.
HHBC built two homes in Boone County in 2013, one in Lebanon and one in Thorntown. In 2014, Furste said HHBC plans to build three homes in Boone County.
HHBC will kick off the 2014 building season in April with the first ever all women’s build on Lafayette Street in Lebanon. Under the supervision of Keith Teverbaugh, HHBC’s Construction Superintendent, twenty teams of fifteen women will build the house from the ground up. The house will benefit Phyllis McKinney and her great granddaughter, Bailey. McKinney and Bailey currently live in a converted barn near Thorntown. In addition to building the home for McKinney, the teams of women are raising all of the funds necessary to completely finance the build for McKinney.
At the fundraiser, HHBC also named Brandt Lawson as 2013 Habitat for Humanity of Boone County volunteer of the year. “We’re blessed to have Brandt as part of our team,” said Furste.
“It was a wonderful evening,” said Alan Townsend, President of the Board of Directors of HHBC.
“We’re overwhelmed by the support we’ve received from the Boone County community. With the support of our donors and so many hard working volunteers, HHBC built t
