Mother – Daughter Team Demolish Houses for Housatonic Habitat for Humanity

Ridgefield, CT residents Anna Zukowski and her mom, Lisa Gillingham, have launched a brand new project to benefit Housatonic Habitat for Humanity.

Anna and Lisa are putting together a team in their own hometown that hosts demolition sales based on a model used by a coastal New Jersey Habitat for Humanity,.  In short, the pair arranges with homeowners who are either demolitioning or renovating their homes.  Contractors are allowed to enter the home, and remove any usable items such as:  appliances, light fixtures, counter tops, cabinets, trim work and just about anything else that might be valuable.  Contractors bring their own tools to remove items such as trim and the entire business is "cash and carry."  The team is initiating the project in Ridgefield, Wilton and New Canaan and hopes to gain the support of homeowners, contractors, realtors and town officials.  Expansion plans eventually will include all sixteen towns covered by Housatonic Habitat for Humanity.

Housatonic Habitat Executive Director, Mary Aly, wholeheartedly endorses the project.  "We expect this to be a truly viable revenue stream that will allow us to build more houses for deserving families," she states. 

Housatonic Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization.  HHFH seeks to eliminate poverty housing from sixteen towns in western Connecticut and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.  In view of that vision, HHFH mobilizes the local community to provide responsible homeownership opportunities to families with limited income. 

Housatonic Habitat for Humanity covers New Canaan, Wilton, Weston, Redding, Ridgefield, Danbury, Bethel, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Sherman, New Milford, Bridgewater, Roxbury, Gaylordsville, Newtown and Washington.

Anna and Lisa are active members of a mother-daughter National Charity League in Ridgefield involved in philanthropic and leadership activities.
Anna is a sophomore honor student at Ridgefield High School where she plays on the varsity soccer and tennis teams. She plays on the Beachside Soccer Club and with the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association Olympic Developmental Program.

Lisa is the Senior Vice President of Customer Service and Operations at Priceline.com, an online travel company headquartered in Norwalk, CT. She is also a Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau of Connecticut.

If you would like to join Anna and Lisa and their demolition team, please call 203-744-1392 or email http://us.mc800.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=info@housatonichabitat.org .