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The Vasquez family stands in front of their completed home that was built in one week.
HARWICH – A celebration was held on Saturday in Harwich to dedicate a Habitat for Humanity home that was completed in just one week.
Volunteers from the Homebuilders & Remodelers Association of Cape Cod conducted the Blitz Build last week to finish one of seven Habitat for Humanity homes on a two-acre parcel of land on Oak Street.
Director of Construction for Habitat for Humanity Bob Ryley said the volunteers did much more than build a home in one week.
“What you have done is provide for this family security, shelter, independence, a safe place to raise their children, [and] a place to be proud to call their home,” Ryley said.
Local landscaper Alberto Vasquez, who purchased the home with his wife Olivia, was grateful for those who helped make this possible.
“We want to thank Habitat for Humanity, the Homebuilders Association, our family members for babysitting and thank you to all the volunteers that put their hard work [into] this,” Alberto said.
The Vasquez’s will now be able to raise their three young children on the Cape.
Olivia is a longtime employee at Bonatt’s bakery in Harwich and Alberto works for a landscaping company.
The two have been working on their required 500 hours of sweat equity at the other six nearby habitat homes.
The Home Builders & Remodelers Association plans on holding a Blitz Build on the Cape every two years to give back to the community.
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