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Habitat for Humanity from page 1
One of the 21 Women Build teams who raised hammers, power tools and paint brushes to collectively fundraise more than Sprucing up a playhouse for a Habitat family during Women
$225,000+ and roll-up-their-sleeves to help construct the home for the Michel family. (note future Habitat homeowner Build 2021 are Marci Yunes (painting the inside) and Shari
Suzie Michel is on the far right) Notowitz (painting the roof).
Because no construction experience was required, the
organization’s Women Builders spanned business, civic,
community and philanthropic sectors.
“It is so gratifying and inspiring each year to witness
the power of mission-driven women, stepping out of
their comfort zones and rolling up their sleeves to make a
profound, indelible impact on one family for generations
to come,” said Tom Moraca, founder and president of
presenting sponsor Moraca Builders, Inc. who has served on
the local Habitat’s Board of Directors since 2018. “Moraca
Builders is proud to support Women Build and the Michel
family.”
South Palm Beach County native Suzie Michel, a
widowed mom with four young sons ages 4 to 11, currently
lives in an overcrowded, unsafe neighborhood where the
rent is unaffordable. She has been working as a property
manager in Delray Beach for three years and is committed
to fulfilling 300 “sweat equity” hours and 100 hours of
financial literacy and homeownership curriculum required to
qualify for a zero-interest HFHSPBC mortgage to purchase
her Habitat home.
Returning as Mother/Daughter WOMEN Build Co-
Chairs, Beverly Raphael Altman and Robyn Raphael-
Dynan, who are women builders every day as the CEO
and President of RCC Associates, welcomed those building
Women Builders team up inside the Women Build 2021 house to raise power and measuring tools to install drywall. onsite, all there to help transform their community by
building strength, stability, and self-reliance for the Michel
Habitat Partner Family.
Monies raised from the Women Build initiative
underwrite the construction materials for the home being
built for the Michel family, as well as for low-income
families in the South Palm Beach County community
General Dentistry who have been unable to get ahead with other Habitat
homes. This funding helps hard-working families qualify
Cosmetic & Laser for traditional bank mortgages. Habitat homeowners earn
their homes through sweat equity programs to qualify for
interest-free mortgages – changing the trajectory of entire
families for generations because they are the first in their
family line to achieve homeownership.
In addition to presenting sponsor Moraca Builders Inc.,
sponsors include Town Center at Boca Raton, Saks Fifth
Avenue, Oceans 234, Truist, RCC Associates, Vertical
Bridge, The Home Depot Foundation, Investments Limited,
Akel Homes, Aldora Aluminum and Glass Products,
Kaye Communications PR & Marketing, First Republic
Bank, Florida Peninsula Insurance Company, Paradise
Bank, Allegiance Home Health, FPL, Comerica Bank,
GRS Community Management, AEP Affirm Educational
Dr. Rosenbusch has been Planning, Dejoux Holdings, Cohen Laser & Vision Center,
practicing dentistry for 32 years Spine Institute of South Florida, and Women’s Exec Club
of SPBC.
and has extensive experience in To learn more about Habitat for Humanity of South Palm
many aspects of dentistry. His Beach County, its fundraising events, volunteer opportunities
and sponsorships, visit www.HabitatSouthPalmBeach.org
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