Photo by Ellen Ferrera
Habitat Ground Breaking
From left: the Rev. Don Lusk of Southern Baptist Church, David Conklin, Pat Conklin, Stacey Uphoff, Gary Smith and Bob Gillespie break ground for the Conklins’ new Moultrie County Habitat for Humanity home in Sullivan.

•September 5, 2018•

By Ellen Ferrera
for the News Progress

Moultrie County Habitat for Humanity volunteers, recently arrived Care-A-Vanners, Habitat board members and Pat Conklin and her family gathered with clergy September 2 to break ground for the 30th home build in Moultrie County.
The house under construction at 621 Eden St. in Habitat subdivision donated by Hydro-Gear will be the new home for Conklin and her son David who works at the Habitat ReStore. David is also on the Alpha Bears Special Olympics team, and 25 of his teammates will be volunteering to help build the home.
The groundbreaking took place at the Eden Street home site at 3 p.m. with Gary Smith, president of Moultrie County Habitat, offering the greeting and introductions. The Rev. Don Lusk of Southern Baptist Church gave the invocation and the scripture reading with litany.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.