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Brittany Krug
Warren County Habitat for Humanity
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Warren County Habitat for Humanity receives $8250 grant from Lowe’s to support home repair projects in Washington, NJ
WASHINGTON, NJ (November 2024) – Warren County Habitat for Humanity (Warren County Habitat) announced today it has received a $8250 grant from Lowe’s to help repair a home in Washington, NJ.
The funding will support Warren County Habitat’s efforts to make homes safer and healthier and create stronger communities. With the support of the grant, a Home Repair recipient will be able to take comfort in knowing their roof and walls in the kitchen and bathroom will no longer leak severely and will provide warmth and safety once again. The grant will also assist Warren County Habitat with repairing other aspects of this recipient’s home, including replacing five smoke detectors after discovering not one of them was working, and replacing their water heater and furnace after it had caught fire and blown out, resulting in no hot water since September of 2023.
“Thanks to this grant, we were able to have an HVAC contractor come out to help us replace [the recipient’s] furnace and water heater, along with an old pipe in the basement. The project began as a severe roof replacement but grew into something bigger, and we’re so grateful to Lowe’s for helping to make not just the roof repair possible, but everything else [our recipient] needed to feel safe and comfortable in their home,” Peter Watson, Field Project Manager, commented.
The funding from Lowe’s is part of a two-year, $6 million donation to Habitat for Humanity International to support home repair and preservation efforts in owner-occupied homes. This year, funding will enable 110 local Habitat affiliates to complete 295 projects and impact nearly 700 families across the U.S. Since 2003, Lowe’s and Habitat have worked together to help more than 18,000 people build or improve a place to call home.
