Photo gallery from Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity:
Today Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity celebrated 13 years of Before the Jam, Lend a Hand, the two future homeowners of the Christmas Jam Houses, Holidaze for Habitat, and all the amazing ways music is supporting affordable housing right here in Buncombe County.
Volunteer Jim Mendenhall puts caulk on baseboard trim of a Habitat townhome Friday Dec. 13 during Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity’s Before the Jam, Lend a Hand- an annual event before the Christmas Jam activities where jam fans spend their morning building affordable homes. Mendenhall is from Ohio, and comes every year to attend the concerts and volunteer with Asheville Habitat. Photo courtesy of Asheville Area Habitat
Future Habitat homeowner Regina Lewis, left, and her sister laugh while people clap in congratulations during Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity’s event Friday celebrating Before the Jam, Lend a Hand, Christmas Jam, and music continuing to build homes. The Lewis’s home is one of the two homes in Shiloh that are sponsored by the W & S Foundation and with proceeds from last year’s Christmas Jam. Photo courtesy of Asheville Area Habitat
Brian Haynes hugs future Habitat homeowner Borys Doniev Friday Dec. 13, 2019 during an Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity event celebrating the Before the Jam, Lend a Hand volunteers and music continuing to build homes. The Donives home is one of the two houses sponsored by the W & S Foundation with proceeds from last year’s Christmas Jam, and Brian and Susan Haynes attended to represent Warren Haynes and Stefani Scamardo. The Donievs land was sponsored by Sierra Nevada Brewing. Photo courtesy of Asheville Area Habitat
Kent Doobrow, representing Merrell, poses for a photo in a selfie booth with a cut out of Warren Haynes Friday Dec. 13 during the Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity event celebrating the 13th Before the Jam, Lend a Hand and music continuing to build houses. Merrell has sponsored Before the Jam, Lend a Hand every year. Photo courtesy of Asheville Area Habitat
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