Memphis Habitat celebrates milestone with 500th house

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: October 06, 2018 4:00 AM CT | Published: October 05, 2018 2:15 PM CT
<strong>FedEx employee Dan Ost (right) and other FedEx employees volunteered Friday, Oct. 5, for Habitat for Humanity&rsquo;s three-day 35th annual Building Blitz,&nbsp;constructing 12 homes in the Christine Circle neighborhood in Oakhaven. The 500th home will be built by FedEx volunteers. That milestone home, along with the 11 others, will be dedicated Saturday, Oct. 6, at noon.</strong> (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

FedEx employee Dan Ost (right) and other FedEx employees volunteered Friday, Oct. 5, for Habitat for Humanity’s three-day 35th annual Building Blitz, constructing 12 homes in the Christine Circle neighborhood in Oakhaven. The 500th home will be built by FedEx volunteers. That milestone home, along with the 11 others, will be dedicated Saturday, Oct. 6, at noon. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis has two reasons to celebrate, and the organization is recognizing those milestones by working.

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Dwayne Spencer FedEx Corp. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis TEKsystems
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Christin Yates

Christin Yates is a native Memphian who has worked in PR and copywriting since 2007. She earned her B.S. in public relations and M.S. in mass communications from Murray State University.


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