Article: Habitat breaks ground for 600th home: ; Group hopes mother, children can move to house by May 2010

EVANS - Single mother Amber White and her children, Alexis and Addison, will soon be the owners of the 600th house built by Habitat for Humanity in West Virginia.

The home, which will be located in Evans, near Ripley, will be built in Evans Dale Farms subdivision.

It is the fifth Habitat home built in Jackson County and the 600th in the state. Habitat for Humanity has provided more than 300,000 homes all over the world.

A groundbreaking ceremony was Monday in Evans to celebrate World Habitat Day and the Whites' future home.

Donna DeHart, executive director of the Jackson County Habitat for Humanity, said the decision of who would receive the home was a difficult one to make.

"The meeting to ...

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