Meet the family!

Mikki and Eli are the mother and son who are working on their Habitat House in Freeport! They have been living in Freeport for 2 years now.

Mikki is a manager at a fitness club and Eli is in school.

When asked how she got involved in Habitat for Humanity, Mikki responded that she wanted to volunteer to help build houses for families and after getting the information she realized she and Eli might be good prospects for getting their own Habitat house. She filled out the paperwork and attended the classes required (see post about how the family selection process works) and started to dream about owning her own home.

Not content to sit and wait to see if they would be the family chosen for the house in Freeport, Mikki started going to the house site and doing some small jobs on the site...raking and other outside chores.

Once they were notified they were the family chosen for this house, Mikki and Eli picked up the pace and started doing more work on the house with the teams.

Mikki is excited about owning a home and Eli is thinking about getting a dog.

Good luck to Mikki and Eli during the construction phase and after they move in!