Lapham-Hickey Steel has been a family owned business since 1926. After navigating their way through the pan‐ demic, the company is now counting its blessings and wants to give back to the com‐ munities in which it lives. After doing some research Lapham-Hickey Steel found Habitat for Humanity of Paulding County aligned with the impact the company was wanting to make.
Since its inception in 1999, Habitat for Humanity of Paulding County has built 11 homes and done numerous critical repairs in the county. All of this is done with volun‐ teers hours and through a lot of donations, either monetary or through materials. On Tuesday, April 11, Ryan Whitaker of Lapham-Hickey Steel, met with several mem‐ bers of the Habitat for Hu‐ manity board at the house currently being built on Water Street in Paulding, to present the donation.
“This donation will greatly help our efforts as we work to place deserving families in great homes. Our county, like many others. are facing a housing shortage. Donations such as this are more vital than they know.” HFH Trea‐ surer Lora Lyons stated.
Mr. Whitaker expressed that Lapham-Hickey Steel is also encouraging its employ‐ ees to give direct donations to Habitat for Humanity of Paulding County to help further the overall impact. Board member and prior Executive Director Laurie Lucas shared, “This is a generous gift that will help our Habitat affiliate continue to address the hous‐ ing deficiency in our county.”
The $15,000 donation will go directly into the house‐ building fund that will home a local family. If you would like to donate to Habitat for Hu‐ manity of Paulding County please mail the check to PO Box 328, Paulding, OH 45879.
