News Release: 4/25/2024

Building Community by Building a Home

“The House That Angels Built” is an appropriate description for a new Habitat for Humanity home that was framed up on April 24.

Nearly 100 volunteers over three shifts rolled up their sleeves to frame an entire home at the headquarters of Madison’s historic Attic Angel Association, which is long known for its care for community. The parking lot transformed into a Habitat for Humanity of Dane County construction site, populated by members of the Association (called Angels), staff members, and residents of the senior community that the Angels founded.
Attic Angel volunteers built all of the interior and exterior walls for the Habitat home, which will eventually be located in Oregon, Wis. The home will be part of a 1.3-acre development that will serve eight families in that community.

“The frame-up allows our entire Attic Angel community to come together with a common goal of building a home for a family,” says President & CEO Michelle Godfrey. “The effort aligns with our community-minded mission as well as this year’s specific annual focus on collaborative efforts to prevent housing insecurity for families with children. We are excited and privileged to have the opportunity to support the larger Dane County community.”

After the morning-long frame-up, volunteers wrote well wishes and signed their names on the framework. Attic Angel’s efforts will support one of the 14 new partner families that joined Habitat’s homeownership program this spring.

Since 1987 Habitat for Humanity of Dane County has been building in partnership with low-to moderate-
income families in 18 communities throughout Dane County. Currently Habitat is building in Madison, Sun Prairie, Stoughton, and Oregon.

The April event allowed Attic Angel to combine its many constituencies (Angels, residents and staff) in a visible demonstration of the good work the Association has done for 135 years and counting.