SALISBURY – In their ongoing support of Habitat for Humanity, members of the Coastal Association of REALTORS® (CAR) volunteered their time last week to help build a home on Naylor Street in Salisbury.
Construction of this year’s Habitat REALTOR® Build started in March and is expected to wrap up in the coming month. The one-story, three-bedroom, and one-and-a-half-bathroom home in Salisbury’s Church Street Neighborhood will be owned by Wayne and Susie Zickafoos, currently of Crisfield.
The CAR volunteers were Jeff Chapman, Colleen Deptula, Erik Dowell, Ann Hammond, Chris Jett, Grace Masten, Susan Megargee, Sarah Rayne and Courtney Wright. They were assigned a number of jobs, including installation of siding, caulking, and general cleanup, among others.
Megargee, owner and broker of RE/MAX Crossroads in Fruitland and Immediate Past President of the CAR Board of Directors, is a major sponsor of this project and has coordinated the REALTOR® Build. Other CAR members who are major sponsors of the build are ERA Martin & Associates and Ginnie Malone.
In addition to the build day, CAR has worked this year to fundraise for both the Wicomico and Worcester County chapters of Habitat through 50/50 raffles at some of the association’s after hour Business Card Exchanges as well as a Paint Nite fundraiser at Brew River Restaurant in Salisbury.
“We are so proud of our members for banding together this year to support Habitat’s mission of helping local families realize the dream of homeownership,” said Vicki Harmon, president of the CAR Board of Directors.
The Zickafoos Family first applied for a Habitat home in 2007. Since then, the couple has managed to save over $1,800 to cover their closing costs and have logged over 350 hours of sweat equity towards getting their new home.
The Naylor Street home will be Habitat’s 61st home built in Wicomico County and 14th home built in the Church Street Neighborhood.