About Rome and Floyd County Habitat for Humanity
Rome and Floyd County Habitat for Humanity seeks to carry out the vision of Habitat for Humanity in our local community.
As an affiliate, we are autonomous from Habitat for Humanity International. We work in partnership with HFHI, local churches, businesses, individuals and our partner families.
Decisions are made locally, and funds that are raised locally are spent only on houses built in Rome and Floyd County.
How does it work?
Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable, no-interest loans. The homeowners' monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat houses.
Habitat is not a giveaway program. In addition to a down payment and the monthly mortgage payments, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their labor -- sweat equity -- into building their Habitat house and the houses of others. What is our vision? As part of Vision 25/25, it is our goal to build 25 new houses in Rome and Floyd County by 2009, our 25th anniversary.
Who are we?
Executive Director:
Bruce Day
Board of Directors
Hollye Smith, President
Tom Sills, Vice-President
Jane McDonald,Treasurer
Diane Minshew, Secretary
June Aycock
Sid Blankenship
Ed Brewster
Chris Carey
Casey Garrett
Evelyn Hamilton
John Heneisen
Nat Massey
Kathy Richardson
Jane Slickman
David Smith