Multifaith Group Raises Habitat for Humanity Home

April 27, 2003

Source: The Charlotte Observer

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/5727163.htm

On April 27, 2003 The Charlotte Observer reported that "during the past two days, more than 30 Charlotteans from diverse faiths hung windows and rolled out roofing paper for a new Habitat for Humanity home... And they began laying the foundation for what they hope will be something bigger: a deeper understanding of people from all religious backgrounds... The home, now taking shape in northwest Charlotte's Lakewood community, is the first to be built as a joint project by volunteers from 20 diverse Charlotte congregations, including Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Baha'i... The terrorist attacks of 9/11 helped give birth to the project... Fred Griffith, a real estate developer who serves on the board of Mecklenburg Ministries and is also involved with Habitat, recommended the idea about two years ago as a way to build trust among people of different religions. He had been inspired by a project in Israel that brought Jews and Palestinians together to work on farms."