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Habitat aims to raise awareness through home show

Do the gray, cold days of winter have you longing for spring? Wish you could find a way to remodel or spruce up your home for the new year? If so, mark your calendar for Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, for the fourth annual Shelby Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show to be held at the LeGrand Center in Shelby.
The Cleveland County chapter of Habitat for Humanity and its ReStore are partnering with Shelby's Dragonfly Marketing to plan and implement the show.
"There is no charge to get into the show, and there will be special gifts for the first 200 guests," says Habitat ReStore Manager Scott Mull. "There will also be contests throughout the day for lots of really terrific prizes."
Show hours are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
"We will have Habitat staff on hand to answer questions about their organization's vision and mission," says Kim Davis of Dragonfly Marketing. "In addition, we will also have Cleveland County Extension Master Gardeners at the show throughout out the day to answer questions, and there will be a video running with helpful home, garden and lifestyle tips."
A free Tabata (Interval Training) class will also be offered, and the Cleveland County Arts Council (CCAC) is sponsoring a "Paint and Sip" class. (Visit the CCAC website, www.ccartscouncil.org, to preregister for the paint class.)
"We have a wide variety of vendors registered, from a garden center to a nutritional club," says Davis.
Organizers hope that this event will raise public awareness about the Habitat and ReStore mission and will help raise funds for future homes.
"We really want people to know about us and the work we do in the county," says Mull. "Many people are under the mistaken impression that we give away the houses that we build, but actually we provide a 20-year interest-free mortgage. This is still a great deal, but it is not free. Also, every adult family member has to provide 'sweat equity' - 200 hours of work on Habitat projects."
Cleveland County Habitat for Humanity was affiliated in 1987 and built its first house in 1988. The local Habitat was reorganized in 2002 and increased its building capacity, having built 20 houses in the last 10 years. Habitat has built individual homes and has been involved in community development in the Ezra Bridges Neighborhood.
"The project in this neighborhood exemplifies the impact Habitat wants to make all over Cleveland County," says Mull. "Working with faith, corporate and community partners, Habitat has built a total of 25 homes in Cleveland County."
Habitat for Humanity ReStores are nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers that sell new and gently used furniture, appliances, home accessories, building materials and more to the public at discounted prices. ReStores are independently owned and operated by local Habitat for Humanity organizations. Proceeds are used to help both local and international Habitat efforts. The Cleveland County Habitat ReStore opened more than 10 years years ago and is located at 323 W. Grover St., Shelby.
For more information about attending the event, visit the show page on www.habitatforhumanitycc.com.

By April Hoyle Shauf, Special to Community First Media


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