Habitat for Humanity’s Pie Auction and Cakewalk on July 17 yielded more than $3,000 in contributions to build the next home for a family in need in Brown County.
“It’s a fun event and people were incredibly generous,” Habitat President Mary W. Cartwright said. “We had 23 pies and 20 cakes from some of the best bakers in the county; Tom Floyd served as the auctioneer, playing bidders off of each other and getting laughs and the best price possible.”
The event served to highlight the investment that many are willing to make in new and improved housing in Brown County — housing Cartwright said is sorely needed. Every “partner family,” or the new homeowner, purchases the home with a mortgage that is made affordable thanks to volunteer labor and people who invest financially in the community through Habitat.
A public meeting of the Habitat board also took place that day. Andrea Replogle was elected as the president. Replogle is a native of Indiana and a fairly new resident of Nashville. She lived in Muncie much of her life where she was active in the Greater Muncie Area Habitat for Humanity. She served as volunteer coordinator and was instrumental in the success of several Women Builds in Muncie.
She has been married to Joel Replogle for 30 years and they have four adult children. According to one of her former colleagues in Muncie, Replogle “brings great passion and energy to the work of Habitat.”
Other officers elected were Scott Mills, vice president; Sandy Higgins, secretary; and Sue Lindborg Fisher, treasurer. Other board members are Bill Bardes, John Werner, Mike Griffin, Michelle Chandler, Mary Cartwright and Jim Drum.
