Phoenix Rising YouthBuild Wall Raising


Members of the Phoenix Rising YouthBuild team are silhouetted as they help raise a wall during the Habitat For Humanity Phoenix Rising YouthBuild Wall Raising ceremony on Pecan Road in Silver Springs Shores, Fla. on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. The 1,100 square foot 3/2 home is being built for Jimarie Cruz-Sanchez, who has two sons, ages 9 and 14. Habitat For Humanity is building six homes for families this year, four of them are active construction sites. The Habitat home for Cruz-Sanchez is being built by Phoenix Rising YouthBuild through a community housing development grant administered by Marion County Community Services, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Neighborhood Housing and Development Corp., Florida State Housing Initiative Partnership, Equal Housing Opportunity, Silver River Mentoring and Instruction, the College of Central Florida, Eckerd Connects Workforce Development and CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.

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Posted September 18, 2020 | Photos By Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette

Members of the Phoenix Rising YouthBuild team help raise a wall during the Phoenix Rising YouthBuild Wall Raising ceremony on Pecan Road in Silver Springs Shores, Fla. on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. The 1,100 square foot 3/2 home is being built for Jimarie Cruz-Sanchez, who has two sons, ages 9 and 14. Habitat For Humanity, a partner with Phoenix Rising YouthBuild, is building six homes for families this year, four of them are active construction sites. The home for Cruz-Sanchez is being built by Phoenix Rising YouthBuild through a community housing development grant administered by Marion County Community Services, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Neighborhood Housing and Development Corp., Florida State Housing Initiative Partnership, Equal Housing Opportunity, Silver River Mentoring and Instruction, the College of Central Florida, Eckerd Connects Workforce Development and CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.

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