{"id":1665,"date":"2013-07-03T18:28:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T22:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodforforests.com\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2023-03-23T15:30:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T19:30:47","slug":"women-leaders-put-in-sweat-equity-for-local-aboriginal-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/women-leaders-put-in-sweat-equity-for-local-aboriginal-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Leaders Put in \u2018Sweat Equity\u2019 for Local Aboriginal Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

On perhaps the hottest, most humid day this summer, I led a diverse group of women leaders in a\u00a0Habitat for Humanity \u201cWomen in Wood\u201d Build Day\u00a0in Orleans. It was truly an example of \u201csweat equity\u201d!\u00a0Our mission was to help build a home for Ida Kakekagumick and her three teenage grandchildren. As members of the Ojibwa Cree First Nation, they are one of the first Ontario Aboriginal families to be helped through a Habitat for Humanity National Capital Region project. The project includes a duplex that will house two more families next door.
\n\"womenJoining me were leaders who work not only in the forest industry but in various government, business, environmental and social sectors, including: Donna Hicks, CEO, Habitat for Humanity National Capital Region (NCR); Joanne Laskoski, Editor in Chief, Capital Woman magazine; Kirsten Vice, Vice President, Canadian Operations, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement and Pamela Miles, Director at CUSO International.<\/p>\n

\"womenWe had a great day putting down flooring on the second floor of Ida\u2019s home, then building and together raising the first wall on the second floor. We also cut lumber and constructed two picnic tables for project volunteers working on the site that will then belong to the families.<\/p>\n

The day was brutally hot and humid \u00a0\u2013 but it was a productive and empowering day for us all nonetheless.\u00a0Much of the wood used for this Build Day was certified to the SFI Standard, including a significant donation of oriented strand board (OSB) from\u00a0LP Building Products<\/b>.\u00a0I was able to present Ida with our best wishes for her and her family along with an Irving Tissue gift basket; the company generously donated beautiful white bathrobes and a six-month supply of tissue and bathroom products certified to the SFI standard for the family. \u00a0The home will also be the first in the Ottawa area to be certified as a\u00a0Built Green Canada<\/i><\/a>\u00a0home.<\/p>\n

Kathy Abusow<\/a><\/address>\n
SFI President & CEO<\/address>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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