WINNESHIEK COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TURNS 40!

Winneshiek County Habitat for Humanity (WCHfH) was established in 1992 to help lowincome families in Winneshiek County break the cycle of poverty. And it has done exactly that for the past 40 years.

Last November WCHfH – one of some 1,500 Habitat for Humanity International affiliates throughout the United States – dedicated its 34th home. And with the expected dedication of its 35th home in Fort Atkinson in 2023, WCHfH will have built homes in every town in the county: Burr Oak, Calmar, Castalia, Decorah (including Freeport), Fort Atkinson, Hesper, Ossian, Ridgeway, Spillville, and Ridgeway.

As its website (winneshiekhabitat.org) notes, WCHfH homes are built through a partnership with selected families. Partner families must have sufficient income to pay a 25-year interest-free mortgage and must give 150 volunteer hours of “sweat equity” per adult family member to a WCHfH build. For more information about the organization, including how to serve as a volunteer, email wchfh1@gmail.com.