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Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity and Smuggler’s Enterprises, a group of local businesses that includes the Laishley Crab House, held a wall-raising Wednesday for the home of Carolyn Morales on Tropical Avenue in Port Charlotte. Smuggler’s is sponsoring six new construction homes, which are slated to be completed by the end of the year. Here, Morales, right, watches as Jeannie Santiago, a staff member at Laishley Crab House in Punta Gorda, hammers a nail into a wood frame on one of the walls to be raised on Morales’ new home.

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Barbara Frey of Port Charlotte adds a moisture barrier on the slab of her sister Carolyn Morales’ new Habitat home on Tropical Avenue in Port Charlotte before the walls were raised Wednesday.

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Tammy Beck, manager of Harpoon Harry’s in Punta Gorda, adds hurricane straps to the wooden frame of Carolyn Morales’ new home on Tropical Avenue in Port Charlotte. Harpoon Harry’s is owned by Smuggler’s Enterprises, which assisted with the building and raising of the walls on Morales’ home on Tropical Avenue and April Harriss’ new home on Jarvis.

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April Harriss hammers a nail into one of many walls to the home of Carolyn Morales, on Tropical Avenue in Port Charlotte. Harriss is also receiving a home through Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity on Jarvis Terrace in Port Charlotte.

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Carolyn Morales watches while staff of Smuggler’s Enterprises and Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity volunteers work on raising the wall to her new home on Tropical Avenue in Port Charlotte Wednesday morning.

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Thomas O’Neill, site supervisor for Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity, adds a support beam to the newly-raised wall of Carolyn Morales’ home on Tropical Avenue in Port Charlotte.

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New Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity homeowners (front row): Carolyn Morales and April Harriss stand alongside Thomas O’Neill, site supervisor for Habitat along with volunteers from both Habitat and Smuggler’s Enterprises, including (back row, left to right): Tammy Beck, staff member of Harpoon Harry’s; Kelly Corcoran, staff member of Laishley Crab House; Michael Harriss, April Harriss’ father; Tom Hofmeister, Habitat volunteer; Willy Mansfield, Habitat volunteer; Barbara Frey, Carolyn Morales’ sister; Macey Wadsworth, staff member at Laishley Crab House; Todd Smith, staff member of Laishley Crab House; Steve Kidwell, staff member at Laishley Crab House; Chelsea Ross, staff member at Harpoon Harry’s; Courtney McGuill, staff member at Harpoon Harry’s and Jeannie Santiago, staff member at Laishley Crab House. Other area restaurants owned by Smuggler’s include The Captain’s Table, John Hall’s Goal Post Grill and Muscle Car City Diner.

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Gabrielle Reineck, senior director of outreach for Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity, adds a sign to the front entrance to the new home on Tropical Avenue in Port Charlotte, for new homeowner Carolyn Morales. The home is one of six new construction homes which will be completed by the end of the year, sponsored by Smuggler’s Enterprises.