Meet Ms. Ruby Polite! She is the Outreach Coordinator for the Columbus Area Habitat for Humanity. She is originally from Cuthbert, GA. She’s U.S. Army Retired, and was in for 24+ years. She retired in Grapevine, TX and moved back to Columbus after 36+ years for family in September of 2014. She’s been working at Habitat for 3 years now. She got started with Habitat when she volunteered for Dallas TX Habitat for Humanity. Upon her return after 36+ years she looked for a Habitat for Humanity and found CAHFH (Columbus Area Habitat for Humanity). She started out volunteering in the ReStore in June 2016 and February 2017, she was contracted to work in the ReStore. Furthermore in April 2017, she
Meet Scott Cannon! Mr. Scott is the Construction Manager at the Columbus Area Habitat for Humanity. He has been working at Habitat for 4 ½ years. Mr. Scott has had the opportunity of helping between 60-80 people through different projects held at Habitat! When it comes to his job, his favorite thing is helping people, he says” it’s great to see smiles on faces. I love to see people having fun, smiling and being happy.” As well as having a passion for building homes! One of his memorable moments of working here, are finishing a house and doing a dedication for the homeowner. Seeing their expressions and how emotional they get of owning their first house. One of his favorite hobbies to do are
Meet Mr. Fernando Vega! He is the Columbus Area Habitat for Humanity Restore manager. He’s been working at Habitat for 3 years now. What he enjoys most about Habitat is its mission. Making sure everything in the Restore is sold at the right price for families is something that is important to him, since all the revenue from the Restore goes right back into helping the community. One of his most memorable moments from working at Habitat was his first dedication, which is where they finish a house and pass the keys and give a Bible to the family who will be living there. He is originally from Miami, Florida and ended up in Columbus due to the Army. He graduated from Post University (Waterbury
