On Wednesday, Jan. 10, Habitat for Humanity broke ground on a new home being built in the Lafayette, La., community by Habitat's Women Build program, KADN-TV reports.
Women Build brings women volunteers from the community together to help build a house for a deserving member of the local community.
The volunteers are going all out this year, with plans for the biggest home the organization has ever built. It has five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
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