Posted Thursday, July 30, 2020 2:14 pm

By TIM SINIARD

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee, as well as Tennessee Service volunteers, will be visiting Cleveland on Friday to help construct a Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland home.

The event will take place on 1236 Franitza Way in Victory Cove subdivision.

According to Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland, Kyle and Kelley Mulcahy will be new homeowners this year and have been putting in hours of sweat equity in order to build a home that will be a safe and affordable place for their family.

Kelley Mulcahy said her father always told her that she “needed to be a leader instead of a follower.”

I never knew the impact that it would have had on my life,” she said. “It's amazing to me to watch God’s plan be fulfilled and to see it come full circle physically. I cannot wait to begin to be a co-leader to my children in our new home."

The goal of Tennessee Serves is to transform the state through service and by encouraging volunteers to serve their communities, according to Habitat for Humanity.

Hand-sanitizing stations will be available onsite. In addition, precautions will be taken to keep tools clean. Work gloves and masks will be provided. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own.

During the Friday event, up to 10 leaders will be working the morning shift from 8 a.m. to noon, followed by up to 10 leaders in the afternoon from noon to 4 p.m. 

To follow the CDC guidelines, boxed lunches with food stations at each build site will be available. 

First Lady Lee and homeowners will be speaking during lunch; however, six-foot social-distancing guidelines will be followed at all times on site.

For more information, contact Habitat’s Meta McGuire at 423-476-6947, ext 312 or by email at mmcguire@habitatofcleveland.org