• Mayor MacKinnon greets the new family who will move into the home on Bacon Street.
    Mayor MacKinnon greets the new family who will move into the home on Bacon Street.
  • IPS volunteers and Habitat family members– back row: Lori Larson, Leticia Hernandez, Chase Mouch, Mason Thompson and Tom Bigelow. Front row: Jessica Abbey, Gina Moon, Gabby Payne, Carrie Bowers, Abby Williams and Ron Eckel.
    IPS volunteers and Habitat family members– back row: Lori Larson, Leticia Hernandez, Chase Mouch, Mason Thompson and Tom Bigelow. Front row: Jessica Abbey, Gina Moon, Gabby Payne, Carrie Bowers, Abby Williams and Ron Eckel.

    Habitat for Humanity of Wood County held a project blessing ceremony June 18 in Rossford to welcome a new homeowner.

    Mark Ohashi, executive director, shared the history of the Habitat home at 223 Bacon Street constructed in 2015 in partnership with Penta Career Center.

    “The previous homeowner was blessed with a life event that made it possible for her to sell the house back to Habitat so that a new …