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Habitat home built, and furnished, for Bay Shore family

Originally published: November 6, 2009 8:06 PM
Updated: November 6, 2009 9:19 PM
By ELLEN YAN  ellen.yan@newsday.com

Quick ReadHabitat for Humanity built and furnished a home for Georgia Barnes and her three children.

Dietary aide Georgia Barnes and the youngest of

Photo credit: Newsday/Joseph D. Sullivan | Dietary aide Georgia Barnes and the youngest of her three children, Barachel, 13, helped build their Habitat for Humanity house. (November 6, 2009)

Dietary aide Georgia Barnes and the last of her three children, Barachel, 13, helped build their Habitat for Humanity house in Bay Shore, but what they didn't know when they prepared to move in Friday was that stagers and several businesses - from feng shui experts to sod suppliers - had donated everything to stock the home.

"They knew my tastes but they didn't even know me," said Barnes,...

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