Bonners Ferry, ID

By: R,J, Cohn
Editor

For Charlene Lyle, the thought of owning a home in rural north Idaho as a single mother with three young children was only a pipedream that happened to other people on TV reality shows.

But thanks to Boundary County’s Habitat for Humanity, dreams like Lyle’s are coming true.

Ringed by the Purcell Mountains on five acres with a sweeping view of the Kootenai River, Lyle’s nearly-completed 1,200-square foot home in Paradise Valley is almost the stuff of dreams.

But it’s as real as it gets for the 32-year-old Boundary Community Hospital employee raising two daughters and a son ranging from 7 to 12 years of age.

“She was elated and thrilled when she learned she was chosen as the recipient of a new home from 17 applicants,” said Habitat for Humanity board member Sherrie Hendricks. “It’s like a dream come true.”

When completed in early July, Lyle’s home will be the seventh built by the nonprofit affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International since its inception in Boundary County 15 years ago.

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