Farmville Area Habitat for Humanity Print

star-24px 2017 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Housing
The funding supported a mobile repair trailer for storing and transporting tools used to make safety improvements in homes that, in many cases, have been in families for generations and are in need of significant repair.

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Interior of new tool trailer.
Exterior of new tool trailer.

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