Source: ireport.com
What a fantastic accomplishment. 16 newly built homes completed in 16 days with reasonable 30 year mortgages for 16 families in Virginia. Report includes video.
Source: ABC News
The foreclosure crisis that has forced thousands of families from their homes has given something good to the nation's best-known housing charity: Cheap properties for sale in communities around the country.
Source: The Washington Post
I was pretty excited to read this in the Washington Post Small Business blog. The guys who do the Experiential Marketing podcast that I listen to got some kudos for the charity work they're doing. Way to go Todd and John!
Source: starherald.com
A Gering family received an early Christmas gift Saturday as Habitat for Humanity volunteers presented them with a new home.
Source: Habitat.org
Habitat has set up what it calls ReStores, where surplus building materials are sold at discount. The funds then are plowed back into Habitat for Humanity homes.
Source: mtv.com
Just over a week ago, the members of Relient K and Switchfoot sat down to write a song called "Rebuild" in honor of their current tour in support of Habitat for Humanity.
Source: The New York Times
With "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains," Jonathan Demme points his camera at the tribulations of a former president.
Source: Military.com
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County is looking for qualified families for 27 homes to be built in San Juan Capistrano, California over the next few years.
Source: renewableenergyaccess.com
Albany, New York [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] You might think you were viewing a scene from the past if you had recently been in Albany, New York, to watch Habitat for Humanity and the Vermont-based company groSolar build a new solar-equipped home in only one day.
Sitting there, enjoying a welcome bit of shade and a brief moment of quiet, I started to think, Sometimes, we forget to be thankful. I took a sip of water, and looked around at the dirtied, tired men and women sitting around me near a small construction site.
Source: The New York Times
Residents of a Florida development built by Habitat for Humanity say that their houses are crumbling and infested, and that the charity has been unresponsive.
Source: enewschannels.com
Who says wishes don't come true? Call it a fairytale ending, the ultimate Christmas gift, an answered prayer, or just good karma, but something magical happened at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (TCHFH) this past holiday season.
Source: The New York Times
WHEN Dave Kelly decided to head to New Orleans from his home in Clinton, N.J., to help rebuild this sodden city, it was a choice of the heart, not the head. "My wife thought I was pretty nuts," he said.
Source: The Detroit Free Press
Lynn Hartung sees more than just an empty lot with a bunch of weeds and old tires at the corner of Pike and Williams near downtown Pontiac. She sees hope and an opportunity to help others.
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A co-worker of mine is spending this week in New Orleans in the Chalmette area (St. Bernard Parish), volunteering with Habitat for Humanity to aid in the clean-up effort. She has been blogging her experiences.