Morgan family raises the roof

PHOTO PROVIDED The group above came together on May 22 to officially raise the walls of what will be the Morgans’ new home. Everyone had a chance to write a welcome message to the Morgans on the walls and to see the direct impact that nonprofit First Story has on families. This will be Kees and Marie Morgan’s first home as homeowners, and they will receive their keys this fall. Photography by Rob Kerr

■ Nonprofit First Story will give the Morgan family a zero-down, zero-interest mortgage on a brand-new Hayden Home in Springfield’s Woodland Ridge community this October.

SPRINGFIELD – Marie, 25, and Kees, 26, Morgan, along with their now-6-week-old baby boy Everett, got their first taste of homeownership thanks to First Story: a nonprofit dedicated to providing affordable homeownership opportunities to under-resourced families to break cycles of generational poverty.

Marie is a resource coordinator at Douglas Gardens…

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