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Habitat for Humanity celebrates special day with mortgage burning

Posted at 4:23 pm October 11, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Sherrea Seiber

Sherrea Seiber

Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County will celebrate World Habitat Day with a special mortgage burning ceremony on Sunday morning at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Oak Ridge.

The ceremony will feature Sherrea Seiber, who has paid her mortgage in full after 20 years, a press release said.

World Habitat Day was Monday, October 6. The Sunday morning ceremony starts at 11 a.m. at St. Stephen’s at 212 North Tulane Avenue.

The press release said Seiber applied for a house in 1993. At that time, she had two children living at home. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits Tagged With: Charlotte Bowers, Habitat for Humanity, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, HFHAC, housing, mortgage burning, Oak Ridge Housing Development Corporation, partnership agreement, Sherrea Seiber, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Tennessee Housing Development Association, The Episcopal Diocese, Thompson Charitable Foundation, World Habitat Day

First local Habitat for Humanity family celebrates mortgage payoff with mortgage burning

Posted at 3:07 pm August 28, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Habitat for Humanity Mortgage Burning

The first family to pay off its mortgage in the traditional manner through Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County celebrates with a mortgage burning ceremony last week. Pictured from left are homeowners Becky and Ray Seiber and HFHAC Executive Director Jennifer Sheehan.

The first family to pay off its mortgage in the traditional manner through Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, making monthly mortgage payments, celebrated with a mortgage burning ceremony last week.

Owned by Becky and Ray Seiber, the home just north of Oliver Springs in the Cove community was also the first house built by the then-new Habitat for Humanity chapter in 1992. The Seibers are considered the affiliate’s first family. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: Becky Seiber, Breeden Lane, Cove, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, HFHAC, Jennifer Sheehan, mortgage, mortgage burning, Oliver Springs, Ray Seiber, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

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