The Davis family got the keys to
their new home on Friday, March 15, after a three-year wait and 300 hours of
work – what Habitat for Humanity calls “sweat equity.” After the well-wishes
from Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity and the Clinton branch of the State
Employees Credit Union, two words rang out above all of the others.
“I’m excited!” shouted Treshon
Davis, 8, with both fists thrust skyward.
The family had traveled a long path
to get to this day. But now, Treshon and his three brothers; his mother Mandy,
a full-time mother; and father Jeremy, who works at a Clinton tire dealer,
planned to begin moving in that afternoon.
The Davis home is part of the Fayetteville-area affiliate’s plans to build five homes at the Williams Street site.
The house is part of the
Mountains-to-the-Sea Challenge, a $10 million initiative of the State Employees
Credit Union Foundation to build a Habitat for Humanity home in each of North
Carolina’s 100 counties. Once the family assumes a zero-percent-interest
mortgage from SECU, the funds are returned to the Habitat affiliate so that
another house can be built. The Fayetteville-area affiliate plans to put five
homes on the Williams Street site near the Davis home.
For the Davis family, the home
means stability for their sons and the financial security that comes with
home-ownership; the monthly mortgage payment is $250 less than the rent on the
house they had been living in “right around the corner.”
Treshon Davis raises his hands and shouts “I’m excited!” at the dedication of his family’s new home March 15 in Clinton. From left are his mother, Mandy; brothers Jaevion, Cameron and Raeqwon. At right is their dad Jeremy.
And all of her children are
excited, Mandy says. “That’s all they talked about. When will it be ready?”
After the dedication ceremony,
Treshon and his grandfather, Franklin Gaines, enjoyed some cake and a moment
together. “They were in it for a minute,” Gaines says with understatement. “But
good things come to those who wait.”
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The Davis family got the keys to their new home on Friday, March 15, after a three-year wait and 300 hours of work – what Habitat for Humanity calls “sweat equity.” After the well-wishes from Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity and the Clinton branch of the State Employees Credit Union, two words rang out above all of the others.
“I’m excited!” shouted Treshon Davis, 8, with both fists thrust skyward.
The family had traveled a long path to get to this day. But now, Treshon and his three brothers; his mother Mandy, a full-time mother; and father Jeremy, who works at a Clinton tire dealer, planned to begin moving in that afternoon.
The house is part of the Mountains-to-the-Sea Challenge, a $10 million initiative of the State Employees Credit Union Foundation to build a Habitat for Humanity home in each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Once the family assumes a zero-percent-interest mortgage from SECU, the funds are returned to the Habitat affiliate so that another house can be built. The Fayetteville-area affiliate plans to put five homes on the Williams Street site near the Davis home.
For the Davis family, the home means stability for their sons and the financial security that comes with home-ownership; the monthly mortgage payment is $250 less than the rent on the house they had been living in “right around the corner.”
And all of her children are excited, Mandy says. “That’s all they talked about. When will it be ready?”
After the dedication ceremony, Treshon and his grandfather, Franklin Gaines, enjoyed some cake and a moment together. “They were in it for a minute,” Gaines says with understatement. “But good things come to those who wait.”
Bill DuPre
Habitat for Humanity of North Carolina
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