Over 50 community and businesses leaders in Tampa Bay are coming together to build a home for a local family in Pinellas this week.
Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco Counties kicked off the inaugural CEO Build event Wednesday evening at the Cordova Inn in downtown St. Petersburg.
The future home recipient, Jasmine Middlebrooks, is a nurse at Tampa General Hospital and has undergone multiple obstacles burdening her both financially and emotionally.
“This is a dream come true,” Middlebrooks said. “Without you guys, we wouldn’t be able to afford this and be in our forever home. I can’t thank you enough. I lost my mother, got a divorce, and have become a full-time mother while trying to work – it has been stressful. Affordable housing is so hard to come by.”
After a year of living with her mother and saving up money to support her family, Middlebrooks was in a car crash and had to purchase a new car. Two weeks later, her mother unexpectedly passed away and they had to move out of her home.
