The Whirl: Habitat for Humanity Builders Blitz

On May 15, Habitat Wake hosted a mixer at the site of its Home Builders Blitz, an event that brings together builders and industry professionals to build a home from the ground up in seven days. This year they celebrated the completion of five homes built in just one week highlighting the organization’s 40-year legacy of providing housing in our community.

Tara Waters, Janet Cowell, Patricia Burch, Stormie Forte, Blair Usedom, Jacquie Ayala
Rod Mangrum, Tom Gipson


Gerry Felton, Rudy Upton, Marwa Ohag and family

This article originally appeared in the August 2025 issue of WALTER magazine.