CUTLINE: COHFH 2024 Honorary Women Build Chair Vicki Behenna visits with COHFH Chair/CEO Ann Felton Gilliland during the home dedication this summer of the Women Build house in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Steve Sisney)

Robin C. spoke during the home dedication celebration held by Habitat on August 28, 2024, in northeast Oklahoma City, along with the 2024 Women Build Chair and Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna. Robin C. said she can’t wait to see her son, Rashon, age 9, who has developmental disabilities, play and be “free to be himself” in their beautiful new home.”

CUTLINE: COHFH Chair/CEO Ann Felton Gilliland prepares to hug Co-Homeowner Robin C. during the home dedication of the Women Build house that the young mother bought with her mother, LaRonda C., this summer in Oklahoma City. (Photo Steve Sisney)

Just seeing him happy … that’s enough for me …” Robin said, smiling. Her mother said she’s grateful to Habitat and that not having to pay a down payment helps. Behenna, who helped frame a house last spring with her team from the DA’s office, said Habitat is a nonprofit that substantially benefits the community.

“To be able to see a home built from the dirt up to what it looks like now, it is a wonderful thing,” Behenna said.