Habitat for Humanity Choptank's house dedication ceremony Saturday morning proved once again that every affordable home the organization establishes is much more than simply a house.
"It's an example of what a community can do when it pulls together to achieve a common cause," said Steve Clineburg, board president of Habitat Choptank, to an audience of more than 40 people, who each, in some way, helped make the house a reality. "Speaking as a St. Michaels resident myself, I'm very proud of what our community has done and I'm hoping it can be repeated many times."
The quaint, cream-colored house, which sits along the nicely-shaded Brooks Lane, was dedicated to its new occupants Lori Whitehead, her two children, Becca and Robert; and, the most recent addition to their family, an American husky named Roxy.
"You don't realize what a difference you've made. I never thought I'd be able to afford to live here in a house of my own," Whitehead said, with a slight tremble in her voice and tears welling in her eyes. "A great big thank you to everybody involved, not just in my house build, but every Habitat house."
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