BNP Media staffers raise the roof for Detroit family, Habitat for Humanity work called 'exhausting but very rewarding'
Now the home of Efrain and Damaris Guevara and their five children, the house was one of 31 built as part of Habitat for Humanity's Jimmy Carter Work Project in Detroit's Core City/Thurgood Marshall neighborhood June 17-24. Known as a Blitz Build, the annual project takes place in a single location and results in the construction of a large volume of homes in just one week. Low-income families receive the houses by committing to no-interest loans and agreeing to work on other Habitat structures.
According to Tim Fausch, publishing director of BNP's Plumbing Group, "The Habitat organizers ran the project with great precision, our volunteers worked with amazing commitment, and the Guevaras represented the ideal family that everyone wanted to help."