Habitat for Humanity Weekend Recap: Sycamore High Students, Donnie Kemp Memorial Build Day

Sycamore High's Habitat for Humanity chapter started in the fall of last year (Photo: Submitted)

The Sycamore High School Habitat for Humanity Chapter came out to the Cheatham Habitat build site on Saturday, April 22, 2023.

Schools in Cheatham County have made a goal to get involved within their communities by supporting local nonprofits and Sycamore High School chose Habitat for Humanity as their nonprofit.

Sycamore’s Habitat chapter started in the fall of 2022. Since then, students have been learning about affordable housing in their community and how they can be advocates. The chapter is student led with goals being to learn leadership skills and how to fundraise. Since they wanted to also build, they chose to help sponsor their build day and have been hosting several fundraiser opportunities in their school to meet their goal and have a Givelively page where community members can help support here: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/habitat-for-humanity-of-greater-nashville/sycamore-high-school-cheatham-habitat-chapter-2023.

Sunday, April 23

The Donnie Kemp Memorial Build Day was Sunday, April 23. Volunteers came out the Cheatham Habitat build site in honor of Kemp who passed away Dec. 25, 2020 and who had been a longtime supporter of Cheatham Habitat for Humanity. Kemp was a 1973 graduate of Cheatham County High School and was a well-known and highly respected businessman operating Kemp's Foodland for over 30 years.

The annual Donnie Kemp Memorial Build Day was Sunday, April 23 (Photo: Submitted)

The Donnie Kemp Memorial Build Day has raised nearly $8,000 in memorial donations from all over the country in his memory. According to Jeff Bennett, Habitat director of regional operations, the funds will be used to purchase construction material for the build.