Reta Green

Reta Green and her six children

Reta was a hard working single mother who gave nearly everything to attend to the needs of her six children. She raised her children knowing that with love and aspiration, anything is possible. Reta knows what it is like to grow up with next to nothing and still remembers the days when she had to scratch to make ends meet. For this reason, she has fostered a sense of integrity in her children that has already taken root. Reta saw an opportunity for her family when she applied for a home with Habitat for Humanity. She saw the chance to have a little something to call her own; a place where she could rear her children with integrity. The family has done tremendously well in their new residence. Reta’s oldest child Lydia is now a freshman at Texas Tech University. She is able to afford such a wonderful opportunity because of the opportunity her mother was first given. It is evident that the rest of the children desire to follow in their sister’s footsteps. For Reta, Habitat for Humanity has already had a generational impact.