From left, Fredrick Otokunrin, who will live on the first floor of the house, Stephanie Vanderbilt, and Don Preston, president of Habitat for Humanity of the North Shore with the latest check for the Grover Street house in Lynn.

From left, Fredrick Otokunrin, who will live on the first floor of the house, Stephanie Vanderbilt, and Don Preston, president of Habitat for Humanity of the North Shore with the latest check for the Grover Street house in Lynn.

Rain turned to snow on Saturday, but luckily the volunteers working at the Habitat for Humanity North Shore build on Grover Street in Lynn were indoors. And that wasn’t their only blessing.

The project got a big boost with the help of former Lynn teacher Stephanie Vanderbilt, who now co-owns Coastal Windows and Exteriors, a home improvement company out of Beverly. Vanderbilt helped organize and raise $54,678.77, which she presented to Habitat North Shore’s president, Don Preston.

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