Meet the Brown Family - HELP THIS FAMILY BUILD!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

We'd like to introduce: Flora Brown and her son and their cat, Bobby.

Family sponsored by: The Roy and Ana Zellars Foundation In Memory of John B. Zellars

Help them build their home in: St. Petersburg
We are still raising money to fund the building of this home. If this family inspires you: Donate TODAY!

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In a sunny St. Petersburg neighborhood, a sad little house sits in a row of well-tended homes. Inside and just through a door covered in football helmet stickers, electric blue carpet looks like it might have been plush before stains and age took their toll. From the outside, pale peach paint peeks through the black mold that masks the front walls. A large oak stands watch, as the abandoned house slowly becomes a neighborhood eyesore.

Flora Brown, however, looks at this house and sees “a palace.” “It sure needs some love,” she says. Flora is about to earn sweat equity working with volunteers to turn the house into a beautiful, happy, Habitat home -- her home.

Flora works two jobs to support her family, to be able to pay utility expenses and buy groceries. She has moved a lot, trying to escape areas where she fears her son Michael, who loves football and airplanes, is being exposed to violence and drug abuse.

“It’s been a roller coaster. The ups and downs,” she says.

For Flora, the Habitat program has been “a gift from above.” She says,“This has been a positive experience with a positive outcome.”  

“We are surviving and striving for a better life,” says Flora, “It’s made me a stronger person.”

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“My home will be a masterpiece of love and pride.”
“It has been exciting to take part in creating someone else’s blessing.”
“Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to experience home ownership!” -- Flora Brown

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By: Jamie Cataldo