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Habitat for Humanity has groundbreaking Saturday for Myrick home build

Posted at 9:26 am June 2, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Tim and Teresa Myrick and Habitat for Humanity

Tim and Teresa Myrick are pictured above. (Photo: Jason Richards)

Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County will have a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday for a home build that will pay tribute to Tim and Teresa Myrick.

The ceremony starts at 10 a.m. Saturday on Valley View Lane in Heiskell.

“We are about $20,000 away from our goal,” Habitat for Humanity said in an event flyer. “As soon as we reach it, we will begin construction.”

Habitat said Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, along with friends of the Myricks, have contributed or pledged more than $60,000.

Call (865) 482-7713 if you or someone you know would like to pay tribute to the Myricks by donating to this build. You can also visit the website at www.hfhac.org or mail a check to:

Myrick Build/HFHAC

111 Randolph Road

Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Here are directions to the build site and Saturday’s ceremony:

  • From Clinton Highway, take Wolf Valley Road
  • Turn right onto Heiskell Road (there will be balloons there on the day of the ceremony)
  • Turn left onto Den Lane
  • Turn right onto Valley View Lane
  • Lot #54 is on the left next to 115 Valley View Lane

The Honorary Committee for the Myrick Build includes Chair Jim Hardy and members Jim Bailey, Gerald Boyd, Linda and Walt Brown, Jim Campbell, Pat Fain, Dan Hurst, Andy Page, Bill Reis, Jeff Smith, Ray Smith, Bear Stephenson, Peggy and Dan Terpstra, and Tom Tuck.

Filed Under: Community, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: groundbreaking, Habitat for Humanity, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, Heiskell, HFHAC, Myrick Build, Teresa Myrick, Tim Myrick, Valley View Lane

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