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4 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Sarah Adams <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Sarah Adams <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 206 S. Nash St. Unit 191 <br /> Hillsborough NC 27278 <br /> Phone: 919-671-9359 <br /> Email: Sarahadams.pm@gmail.com <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2020 <br /> Township of Residence: Hillsborough <br /> Zone of Residence: Hillsborough Town Limits <br /> Gender Identity: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: White <br /> Age Range: 35-59 <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> A community and economic developer by trade, I e been in the non-profit community <br /> space for 5+ years working for Habitat for Humanity advocating for affordable housing in <br /> Wake Co, at the National level with various programs in D.C. and internationally; namely <br /> Cambodia but also Africa, Mexico, and Honduras. Did disaster recovery work rebuilding <br /> little league fields in Puerto Rico (with a grant from several celebrities and the MLB after <br /> Hurricane Maria) and managed a healthy housing stabilization grant from the American <br /> Red Cross in Rural Southeast Texas after Hurricane Harvey, and fundraised for housing <br /> repair, deployed funds, and volunteered on the NC coast after Hurricane Matthew. Now <br /> I'm managing a relief/resiliency grant fund for small businesses. While living in Pittsboro I <br /> was super involved a community lunch feeding program as a volunteer and have been <br /> looking for ways to use my professional skills and personal passions here closer to home. <br /> We moved here in 2020 and it was so hard to get involved during COVID but now I'm <br /> starting to branch out and meet people and get involved. I put up a free little art gallery in <br /> west Hillsborough where we live and are building a home and I'd like to continue to <br /> connect with the larger community. <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Affordable Housing Advisory Board <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> A community and economic developer by trade, Ive been in the non-profit community space for <br /> 5+ years working for Habitat for Humanity advocating for affordable housing in Wake Co, at the <br /> National level with various programs in D.C. and internationally; namely Cambodia (working <br /> directly with their government and volunteering in informal settlements to make sure the people <br /> understood their land use rights) but also Africa, Mexico, and Honduras. Did disaster recovery <br /> work rebuilding little league fields in Puerto Rico (with a grant from several celebrities and the <br /> MLB after Hurricane Maria) and managed a healthy housing stabilization grant from the <br />