I recently attended my first house dedications. In all the houses I have worked on I had never come back for the house dedication. I attended 4 house dedications in the past month. Three were new houses and one was a rehab. The older home was first. This house took more then the normal amount of time to rehab due to the amount of lead paint found in the house. But when it was done the Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity house leaders, Americorp, and volunteers had done an amazing job. Hundreds of hours were spent on the original woodwork, the end result was a beautiful house and a very proud and happy HOME owner.
The other 2 houses were next to each other. the third house was down the block. It was so fun to see all the families standing together to receive the keys to their new HOMES. Now the houses were indeed homes. Complete with new bicycles for the children and a new John Deer Mower for the yard.
And as a bonus the food was plentiful and delicious.
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