LowCountry Habitat for Humanity is pleased to announce its 2014 Family Orientation Meetings.

Attending a family orientation meeting is a first step in the process of applying to be a program family. At these meeting, Habitat will review the requirements for participation and the application process. All applicants must attend an orientation meeting.

The Family Orientation Meeting Schedule is:

<b>• Thursday, October 9</b> at 6 p.m. at Whale Branch Middle School cafeteria located at 2009 Trask Parkway, Seabrook

<b>• Tuesday, October 14</b> at 6 p.m. at Brick Baptist Church Fellowship Hall located at 85 Martin Luther King Drive, St. Helena Island

<b>• Saturday, October 18</b> at 10 a.m. at ARTworks located in Beaufort Town Center at 2127 Boundary Street, Beaufort.

Please choose only one meeting to attend and no children at the orientations. Meetings will start on time and late comers will not be admitted. If you have special needs requirements, please contact the office in advance at 843-522-3500.

In order to be considered, families have to meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Legal resident living or working in Beaufort County

• Currently living in substandard housing

• Ability to pay a no-interest mortgage; Earning less than 60 percent of HUD median income

• Willingness to partner: 250 hours of sweat equity for a single applicant.

LowCountry Habitat for Humanity is excited to begin the process of Family Selection for the coming year and looks forward to finding new family partners.

Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a simple, durable place to live in dignity and safety and that decent shelter in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all.  Habitat ReStores were developed to provide Habitat affiliates with another income stream for building houses while providing a place where still useful building materials and supplies can be recycled and gently-used home furnishings can be resold.

For more information about LowCountry Habitat for Humanity, visit www.lowcountryhabitat.org.
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