Meet our New Partner Families
The Guerreros
Elizabeth Guerrero and her two children have been selected as our new partner family for the home located at 128 Doxey Street in Ogden. Elizabeth is a single mother, and her family currently lives in a very substandard 1-bedroom apartment in Ogden. Elizabeth moved to Utah in 2008 and works at a local manufacturing company as a telephone operator. Elizabeth is extremely excited to have the opportunity to become a Habitat for Humanity partner and is eager to have her own safe and decent home for her children to grow up in. Her children--- daughter, Jaylin (age 6), and son, Joshua (age 3)---are looking forward to having a yard to play in soon.
The Millers
Cora Miller and her 4 children---Natasha (age 17), Dylan (age 12), Bryer (age 11), and Devyn (age 2)---were selected as our new partner family for the home we are building at 706 21st Street in Ogden. Cora is a single mom, and her family currently lives in an overcrowded 2-bedroom apartment in Layton. Cora has worked for a local financial services company for many years. She is very excited about having the opportunity to help build her family's new home, and when construction is completed, she will buy the home from Habitat at a no-profit price, and with a no-interest loan that offers affordable monthly payments. The entire family is looking forward to having more spacious accommodations.
Meet Our Current Habitat Homeowners
The Allens
Tina Allen is a single mother of six children. Although Tina works full-time as an elementary school teacher in the Weber School District, she had failed to qualify for a conventional loan for even the most modest home for her family. When we first met the Allen family, the seven of them were living in a terribly run-down and unsafe two bedroom trailer in Roy. With the generous help of our Layton home sponsor, Ogden University First Stake, and many other volunteers and donors, the Allens moved into their new Habitat home on Cowley Street in Layton during April 2006.
The Barnetts
When we first met Bill and Denise Barnett, they were living in an older two bedroom home in Ogden with their four young children and Denise's ailing father. There were many problems with their rental home, but more than anything, the Barnetts really needed a one-story, wheelchair-accessible home so that their youngest son, who is challenged by spina bifida, could move around the house as freely as his siblings. During August 2004, we completed a new, wheelchair-accessible home for the Barnett family on Pingree Street in Ogden. Bill, Denise, their three sons and one daughter now live there. Bill works as an auto technician in Ogden.
The Cabreras
When we first met Fernando and Lizeth Cabrera, they were among eleven extended family members living in Fernando’s parents’ one bedroom home in Ogden. With the help of hundreds of volunteers, as well as generous donations of money, building materials, and professional labor, we completed the renovation of an older home in Ogden during April 2004 for the Cabrera family. Fernando, Lizeth, and their two daughters now live in their renovated Habitat home on Pingree Avenue in Ogden. Fernando works in construction, while Lizeth works as a hostess at a local restaurant.
The Barnetts and Cabreras proved to be great partners with Habitat, each family contributing hundreds of hours of "sweat equity" towards the construction of both homes. The two families are now neighbors.