35th Habitat house dedicated tonight

July 15, 2011 at 10:06p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

The “Welcome Home” banner hanging on the porch railing not only welcomed Charity and Cassandra Leavell’s family to its new Habitat for Humanity-built home, it also welcomed them into the bosom of their immediate and extended family.

Cassandra’s parents, Dane and Geneva Crosby, and her grandparents, Frank and Lula Scroggins, who donated the lot on which the house is built, all live on Berwick Avenue about a block away.

“I’m overjoyed. I get to help raise my grandchildren and watch them grow up and live life,” Geneva said of the Leavell children, Aaliyah, 9, Lorenzo, 5, and Andre, 3.

The Leavells’ home, at 1316 Dryden Ave. — the 35th built by Habitat for Humanity of Mahoning County, was dedicated Friday evening.

“I’m grateful. I’m just amazed at how good God is. Through Him anything is possible,” Cassandra said.

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