Women Build - Heels, Hammers, and Hair Curlers

I think it's safe to say that if Destiny's Child were still rocking the sound waves, they would send a shout out to Habitat's National Women Build program. How could they not with their Independent Women lyrics?- the house I live in, I built it  (Note: we used our creative license to make a lyric change, but we are pretty sure that if they couldn't buy it, they would have build it!) Despite the lyric change, their anthem has inspired us to grab a hammer, ditch our heels and hair curlers for work books and hardhats, and empower lady friends to take action against poverty housing.

Women Build, an initiative of Habitat for Humanity International, empowers women to be part of the solution to end the poverty housing crisis. Women Build nurtures, recruits, and trains women to build simple, decent, and affordable houses. Lowe's, whose goal is to never stops improving, made one of their greatest improvements by partnering with Women Build. (Well we think it was their greatest improvement.)  Lowe's how-to clinics have "put hammers in the hands of thousands of women" by teaching women basic construction skills. Join us and empower women to make a difference in Saline County.

• Join us for Construction 101 on Thursday, May 9, 6 pm at Lowe's Home Improvement, 2330 N Reynolds Rd, Bryant, AR.
• Join us at the Construction Site - Partnership Village on Saturday, May 11, 8 am for Women Build Workday.

In a sea of daisies be a hammer. Behind every great house stands a women and a hammer.