KRMG’s Joe Kelley and Dan Potter recently had a chance to sit down and talk with Brittany Slaughter, the local recipient of a Habitat for Humanity home that will be built by local volunteers at part of Project Home.

Here are a few things you might want to know about Brittany (click here to listen to Brittany's story):

· Brittany is 23 years old, and is from Tulsa

· She graduated from East Central High School and played on the women’s varsity basketball team (and she still loves to play basketball)

· During her sophomore year, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor that turned out to be non-cancerous

· She underwent treatment at St. Jude in Memphis: She underwent 50 rounds of radiation, and a brain surgery to insert a shunt for fluid drainage that she still has

· She lives with her mother, three younger nephews, and her niece. All six of them live in a two bedroom, one bathroom apartment. Brittany pays all of the bills

· After graduating high school, Brittany went on to get an associates degree in medical assistance field. But, while she was paying for school, she found joy in working for Tulsa Public Schools as a bus driver

· She enjoys the job because it gives her an opportunity to help kids, and be a positive influence on them, and in many cases, the fill-in for an absent mother/father figure. She admits that in many circumstances, she is the first and last person some kids see each day.

· Being accepted into the Habitat program has helped Brittany in many ways. She talks about money management…and what she’s already learned about breaking her bad habits of being a junk-food connoisseur to a shoe-a-holic to saving and spending more wisely.

· But, most of all, she’s looking forward to having a place of her own, that she will share with her niece; a place where her family can gather for holidays and celebrations, and a place she can take pride. She calls this Habitat home her “dream home.”

The event will kick off on May 19th and you can be involved in many ways. Cash donations are being accepted as well as in kind merchandise and good old fashioned manual labor to help build the home.

KRMG will provide daily updates on "Project Home" at 7:40am on The KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley and 5:40pm on The KRMG Afternoon News with Dan Potter.