During her lifetime, Debbie Crouch touched a multitude of people through her work with the East St. Tammany affiliate of Habitat for Humanity. To commemorate her service, a classroom at the organization’s new headquarters was dedicated to her memory on Sept. 15.

“Debbie was a great advocate of homeowner education as being important during her time here. She embraced the idea that our prospective homeowners were receiving a hand up, not a hand-out,” said Kentrell Jones, executive director of East St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity. “She was dedicated to providing resources and education for our homeowners to help them succeed. She helped instill that thinking in me, so it was natural that we dedicate (to her) the room where people will come and learn.”

At the reception, dozens of volunteers

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