THUNDER BAY – A special kind of architecture is helping raise funds for families in need of safe, and affordable housing.
Habitat for Humanity held their sixth annual Great Gingerbread Build competition Saturday at the Valhalla Inn, with eight teams constructing some gingerbread creations.
Habitat for Humanity Thunder Bay interim CEO Amber Prairie said this event has become one of Habitat for Humanity’s most successful events.
“I think it’s a really good corporate event,” Prairie said. “It’s a good team building event, and the fact that you can get together with competitors in your field and have a good time.”
Prairie added that it’s all in good fun, and it’s a good way for people to come together for a good cause.
The money raised for the event will contribute to helping Habitat for Humanity find family’s homes and eliminate poverty in the district of Thunder Bay.
Participants were required to raise $500, which provided teams with icing, a gingerbread kit, and one pound of candy to create the sweetest display.
Throughout the four hours teams have the opportunity to purchase building violations from the building inspector.
“Each violation or sabotage has a cost associated with it and they can pay to have someone else to do whatever that sabotage is,” Prairie said.
“We have the buh humbug violation where you have to sing Christmas carols, or the safety first violation where you have to wear work gloves, and secret ingredient, so you have to incorporate a secret ingredient in your build.”
Prairie hopes to raise more than $5,000 for the organization.
