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Students from Huntington and Hauppauge high schools will join forces with Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk County tomorrow to start construction on an East Patchogue home for a single mother and her two sets of twin sons.

Work on exterior walls is expected to begin by 9 a.m., says Les Scheinfeld, Habitat's associate director for development. Along with the labor donated by the high school students, the home is being sponsored by Astoria Federal Savings Bank and Habitat.

The recipient will be Denise Nicotri, a single mother with two sets of twin boys. Josh and Jonathan, 18, and Jared and Jordan, 13. “I feel truly blessed to have this opportunity," Nicotri, a shop manager for Cancos Tile
, says. "We have been residing with my parents in Holbrook for many years. Without Habitat and the sponsors and many volunteers, this would not be possible. "

Habitat for Humanity has affiliates in more than 2,250 communities nationwide, including the Suffolk branch, and more than 100 nations. The nonprofit has built more than 250,000 homes to partner families with no-profit, zero-interest mortgages.