On Saturday, November 1, 2025, the Daybreak Rotary Club of Marble Falls represented by President, Steve Eckstein and Public Relations representative, Becky Lange, helped at the home construction by "Habitat."
Pictured are Daybreak Rotary members Steve Eckstein and Becky Lange along with Shelby Huggins for whom (and with whom) the home is being built. The others are workers who enjoyed the lunch brought to them by the Daybreakers.
These "Daybreakers" delivered a Kentucky Fried Chicken lunch to the Habitat for Humanity crew building a home in Granite Shoals, Texas for/and with Shelby Huggins. This project is anticipated to last through March 30, 2026. Two Rotarian volunteers can sign up each Wednesday and Saturday between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. (assuming there is activity at the build site). Rotarians will be providing lunch for the work crews on the 2nd Saturday of each month during the project. For more information contact Habitat for Humanity coordinators Harry Born (512) 417-3136 or David Waldo (713) 325-3074.
Pictured (L to R) Geoff Murphy, Steve Eckstein, Shelby Huggins and Becky Lange.
Marble Falls Rotary -- Daybreak, and the Marble Falls "Noon" club have entered into a joint project to help with this project. Club members volunteer to help in the construction and, perhaps most importantly, to get lunch delivered to the workers. How does Habitat for Humanity work?
Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) is a nonprofit housing organization that helps low-income individuals and families become homeowners through affordable mortgages, sweat equity, and community volunteer labor. It is not a giveaway program — homeowners pay for the home, but on terms that make ownership realistic for people who otherwise couldn’t qualify. Some more details follow.
🏡 1. How Habitat Gets Land, Materials, and Labor
Land
Purchased at reduced cost, donated by individuals, cities, counties, or churches.
Occasionally acquired from surplus property programs.
Materials
Donated by hardware stores, building-supply companies, national corporate partners.
Purchased with donations or grant funds.
Labor
A mix of volunteer labor (community volunteers, churches, corporate groups).
Licensed trades (plumbing, electrical, HVAC) are paid professionals due to code requirements.
Homeowners themselves must provide “sweat equity.”
👷 2. Sweat Equity (Homeowner Labor Requirement)
Future homeowners contribute 100–300 hours (varies by affiliate).
Sweat equity can include:
Working on their own house or another Habitat house.
Helping in Habitat’s ReStore.
Attending financial literacy and home maintenance classes.
This promotes pride of ownership and lowers construction cost.
