An MSU student volunteer discusses work plans with future Habitat homeowner, Laura Simmerman. Habitat for Humanity of Springfield on March 14 held a kick-off ceremony for a project to build a home for the Simmerman family. The house, 929 Lynn St., is the first new-home construction in the Project ReHabitat program. The project is sponsored by JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and students from Missouri State University are acting as build leaders. Photo submitted by Habitat for Humanity.

Chase Bank, MSU student volunteers and the Simmerman family raise the first wall of the family's future Habitat for Humanity home. Habitat on March 14 held a kick-off ceremony for the project. The house, 929 Lynn St., is the first new-home construction in the Project ReHabitat program. The project is sponsored by JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and students from Missouri State University are acting as build leaders. Photo submitted by Habitat for Humanity.

The Simmerman family – Laura and daughters Samantha, 16, and Teea, 8 – pose with representatives from Chase Bank just before the wall-raising ceremony. Habitat for Humanity of Springfield on March 14 held the ceremony for the project to build a home for the Simmerman family. The house, 929 Lynn St., is the first new-home construction in the Project ReHabitat program. The project is sponsored by JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and students from Missouri State University are acting as build leaders. Photo submitted by Habitat for Humanity.