May 20, 2024

The West Tallahatchie Habitat for Humanity Chapter got started some time after Sr. Anne Brooks came down to run the Tutwiler Clinic. After recovering from a longterm physical condition that left her unable to walk, Sr. Anne was encouraged by her doctor to go to medical school. To pay back the government funding for her tuition, she had to work for several years in an underserved community. She wound up in Tutwiler, where she remained for the next thirty-five years or so.

https://www.tutwilercommunityeducationcenter.org/

And from there the West Tallahatchie Habitat Chapter was born. We are currently working on House #49. Sister Anne has since retired and Sister Maureen became the head of her order, but the work they started goes on. Among the things the community center does is provide space for the Tutwiler Quilters.

https://www.tutwilercommunityeducationcenter.org/blank-page-2

I have purchased a bunch of those cell phone pouches, some given as gifts and several to replace the ones I have lost.