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Habitat for Humanity of Rockland County Asking for Donations to Help Build Home for Local Family in Need

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Spring Valley, NY – We are currently in the process of locating land for our next new build. This new home will eventually be paired with a Partner Family from our community in need of safe, affordable housing for their family. You can help Habitat by making a donation towards the purchase of the land! Do you have an old car you can donate to Habitat? All proceeds from donated cars go towards the purchase and building of affordable housing. Together we achieve neighborhood beautification and build a stronger tomorrow for our entire community. Please consider donating to Habitat today.

Wheelchair Ramp Program – Habitat for Humanity of Rockland has a handicapped ramp program for disabled, low income and fixed income homeowners. The program sends someone out to evaluate your house and to review your need for the home modification. The homeowner supplies the materials for the builds or sometimes they can be donated and Habitat supplies the volunteer carpenters to build the ramp. We are proud to report that we recently completed TWO handicap ramps for a single mother with a disabled teenager who was mostly house bound and for a woman whose son was killed in the military.

Please donate what you can so that TOGETHER we can help a Rockland family in need.

Habitat of Rockland P.O. Box 329 Spring Valley, N.Y. 10977 (845) 354-5635 [email protected]

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Women’s History Month Celebrate And Honor the Trailblazing Women Who Help Shape The World

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According to brittanica.com, “International Women’s Day was first conceived at the Second International Socialist Women’s Conference in 1910. Its leaders, notably German activist Clara Zetkin, wanted to mobilize working women in a setting apart from the mainstream feminist movement, which they felt overlooked working women.

By the 1970s American feminist groups extended the now-mainstream International Women’s Day to Women’s History Week, an effort to amplify women’s history in schools. In 1975 the United Nations moved to formally sponsor an annual celebration of International Women’s Day. The force behind the movement made itself irresistible, and, as more and more groups began celebrating the full week—as well as lobbying for it to be nationally recognized—President Jimmy Carter designated the first National Women’s History Week, the week including March 8, in 1980.

Women’s history observations snowballed from there. By 1986, 14 states recognized March as Women’s History Month, and the next year the U.S. Congress established Women’s History Month as an annual federally recognized observance. Each sitting U.S. president since 1995 has issued a yearly proclamation honoring the role of American women in history.”

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Share A Smile Day Boost Your Health And Spread Joy With A Simple Smile March 1st

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Share a Smile Day, observed every year on March 1, encourages people to spread joy by smiling. Established in 1997, this day motivates individuals to share a smile with everyone they meet. Smiling not only has emotional benefits but also offers several health advantages. It helps you feel relaxed and happy, which can lower blood pressure, reduce stress, improve endurance, and even boost your immune system. If you’re not feeling like smiling, try being the one to make someone else smile, and you may find that it brings a smile to your own face. Smiling is contagious, as it often prompts others to smile back, creating a chain reaction. This simple act can reduce blood pressure, heart rate, and stress, while increasing productivity, creativity, and overall well-being. Additionally, smiling can strengthen the immune system.

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