CRESTVIEW — When construction next month begins on Jamie Peoples' Habitat for Humanity home, she'll have more than her family's labor poured into the project.
The Crestview Publix donated $60,000 to Habitat during the Rotary International Club's Nov. 18 lunch. The money will go toward the Peoples family's home, the 56th to be constructed by Habitat in Okaloosa County.
To celebrate its 85th birthday, Publix Supermarkets Charities chose to help Habitat for Humanity, store manager Tim Bryant said. Its grocery stores donated $4 million to the organization.
"I'm very fortunate to work for a company that gives back to the communities that we serve," Bryant said.
WORK IS UNDERWAY
Habitat for Humanity Community Outreach Director Melissa Forte said site clearing has begun for the Peoples family's Panagra Lane home near Live Oak Memorial Cemetery.
"We're hoping to get construction volunteers started at the beginning of December," Forte said. "Then we'll have three more homes we'll be working on in Crestview over the next years."
When Peoples and her three teenagers move in, they will be the first new homeowners to celebrate Habitat for Humanity's 25th anniversary in Okaloosa County, Forte said.
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