Making dreams of home owner- ship come true for families is the business Houston Habitat for Humanity is in. Their only fundraiser to help construct is coming up. Houston Habitat for Humanity is proud to announce their annual Building a Dream Luncheon on October 18, 2022, at The Briar Club from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Gaynell Floyd Drexler will receive the Carl Umland Award and Natosha Reid Rice will be the keynote speaker. The event is one of the highlights of the year as the organization gets to tout their accomplishments. In addition, one of the families who has been fortunate to receive a home from the organization gets to speak about how their own dreams came true because of the work of those at Houston Habitat for Humanity.

Honoree Drexler knows all the work that goes into granting dreams of home ownership as she has worked with Houston Habitat for Humanity for a decade. Servicing twice as the co-chair of the luncheon, Drexler is a member of the Houston Habitat for Humanity Endowment board and served on the Houston Habitat for Humanity board of directors for a decade and as chair from 2015-2017. Her dedication to this organization is evident in her years of commitment.

Drexler has a been a staple in the Houston community for more than 30 years lending her time to other organizations. She currently serves on the Houston Public Library Foundation board and the Buffalo Bayou Partnership board of directors, where she is vice-president. Gaynell is an advisory board member of the University Museum at Texas Southern University and CoolxDad, a non-profit uplifting fathers in black and brown communities. Serving other is just in Drexler’s blood. The Natchez, Mississippi, professionally is an attorney earning a BA in political science from Spelman College and a Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law.