<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif">For Immediate
Release</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif">Contact: Hannah
McDaniel, Communications & Grants Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:hannah@habitatmsla.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif">hannah@habitatmsla.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif">406-549-8210</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif">Habitat Celebrates Raising
Walls with 58<sup>th</sup> Partner Family</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif">New
home built in collaboration with refugee family of six</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif">Missoula (Thursday) August
27, 2020 – Habitat for Humanity of Missoula (Habitat) is celebrating a
transformative day in the construction process of the non-profit’s 58<sup>th</sup>
home in Missoula, a home with the Lumona family. Habitat builds multiple homes
each year in partnership with Missoula residents; these homes are then sold to
the families who helped construct them through a special mortgage program to
keep payments within the family’s means.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif">Traditionally,
Habitat’s Wall-raising Ceremonies are public events, but due to the ongoing
threat of COVID-19 in group settings, this ceremony is taking on a more
intimate arrangement. Future homeowners Kasse and Tosha Lumona, parents of
four, will be joined by a handful of family and friends as well as Habitat
staff and staff from another nonprofit, Soft Landing Missoula, who happen to be
volunteering on the site Thursday morning. The raising of walls is a visual and
experiential milestone for the future homeowners, and they are filled with
gratitude.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif;color:black">“Thank you, for
your help,” says Kasse Lumona to Habitat staff. “My family is VERY happy!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif">The Lumona
family, originally from the Congo, currently balance time working with Habitat
with family life and work at both local hospitals. “It’s been a remarkable
journey with the Lumonas so far,” says Habitat Executive Director, Heather
Harp. “Kasse and his family are strongly dedicated to each and every aspect of
our program, and wonderful to work with. Getting to know them has been a silver
lining to a very challenging year.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:NeueHaasGroteskText,sans-serif">Habitat is also
simultaneously building their 1<sup>st</sup> home in East Missoula (59<sup>th</sup>
home in Missoula) with the Grados family of three. For more information about
Habitat or to get involved, visit <a href="http://www.habitatmsla.org">www.habitatmsla.org</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><i>Hannah McDaniel</i></font><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Communications & Grants Director - Habitat for Humanity of Missoula, MT</font></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B86rzq-HA_DCTU13X1cwU2xDbXc&revid=0B86rzq-HA_DCWUVYeXFSUUNGUmZrcXppN24ySzVmbmNhTEhZPQ" width="200" height="35" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div>