Boca West Country Club Dedicates 14th Sponsor Home

Front Row: Arthur Schwartman, Bob Lerner, Cheryl Schulman, Jeanine Banks, Homeowners, Back Row: Matthew Linderman, Barry Roberts Christina Guilianti, Kathy Kohlhepp, Danny Schulman, Peter RubenThe Buzz Agency

Homeowner, Matthew Linderman, Jeanine Banks, Danny SchulmanThe Buzz Agency

Boca West Country Club recently helped cut the ribbon and dedicate a new Habitat for Humanity home to the deserving Baker family, led by Roshel Baker, who was born and raised in Delray Beach.

The home, located at 240 NW 6th Avenue, is the 14th local Habitat for Humanity home sponsored by Boca West Country Club over the last 12 years, helping to provide affordable homes earned by a hard-working family.

Roshel Baker was born and raised in Delray Beach, Florida along with five of her siblings.

She is a single mom of three adult children and a proud grandmother.

A pharmacy technician at Costco and CVS, Roshel works – and has always worked – two jobs to maintain raising a family on her own.

While her hard work and perseverance helped pay the bills, it cost precious times with her children and family over the years.

After learning about Habitat from a family member, Roshel decided to apply for the Homeownership Program to build a better life.

As she worked through the program requirements putting in the sweat equity, learning about budgeting and home maintenance, at times she felt not deserving of this opportunity and that the day when she became a homeowner would never come.

But everything changed when she received a call that the lot in Delray Beach became available.

Now, Roshel will be able to lay down the roots and build a strong foundation in the very place she was born and raised; and with the stability and affordability that a Habitat home brings, she will no longer have to work two jobs to pay for housing.

“We were so inspired by Roshel Baker and her family and were honored to help this deserving family achieve their dream of home ownership in partnership with Habitat for Humanity,” said Matthew Linderman, CCM, President, COO and General Manager of Boca West Country Club. “Investing in our local community is important to the members and team at Boca West and we have established a legacy of investing in community programs that have the power to change lives.”

Boca West also helped dedicate a home recently to the Murphy family in Lake Worth.

The home, at 360 North C Street, was built in part by Boca West Country Club members as part of community service during its Hope Week program in January.

Members volunteered their time in the construction project, doing landscaping, painting and more.

“As part of our philanthropic initiative, Boca West Cares, hundreds of our members volunteer their time for a number of local charities during Hope Week,” said Mr. Linderman. “Our volunteers love to dedicate time to Habitat, and it was rewarding to see the impact of their hard work at the home dedication for the Murphy family.”