ONE Chillicothe had the honor of partnering with our local Scioto Valley Habitat for Humanity this past weekend at the Third Annual Aaron Reed Benefit in Chillicothe Ohio. Aaron Reed, the son of Habitat for Humanity volunteer Sara Duvall, was killed in action in Iraq. The benefit helped raise support for causes Aaron cared about, such as Habitat for Humanity, a partner of the ONE Campaign.

I had the opportunity to talk with Sara about Aaron Reed and she spoke about his interest in building Habitat For Humanity (HFH) homes. She expressed that ONE was a wonderful organization that Aaron would have wanted to be a part of. In fact many of Aaron’s friends and family who organized the benefit are ONE members. ONE member Dottie Molebash, the volunteer leader for the local Habitat For Humanity, Aaron’s mother Sara and I are now working to establish an ongoing partnership between their local Habitat for Humanity group and ONE Chillicothe.

The Aaron Reed Benefit was one of those events, and his mother Sara is one of those people, that helps me to put things into perspective. I think I can speak for the rest of the Chillicothe ONE volunteers when I say that it was a great privilege to partner with such a great event.

-Chris Cooper, ONE member, Chillicothe, OH