Habitat World Blog
A car from you means a lot of homes
View a slideshow of vehicles that have helped Habitat build with more families.
More Posts from the Habitat World Blog
Stories from Jordan
My greatest source of joy in working at Habitat is sitting down with families who partner with Habitat and listening to their stories. Those stories can motivate.
A child’s thrill
Mother and daughter share their reactions to 7-year-old Kenzie Jackson’s photo gracing the cover of Habitat for Humanity International’s 2010 Annual Report.
A world of possibilities
A young girl looks out the window of her new house. The sun shines bright on her smiling face and the promise of a better future — thanks to the selfless gifts of her community and its generous volunteers.
The gift that gives
When I was 13 years old, I remember coming to New York City from Little Rock, Ark., to visit relatives. On Christmas Eve, we went ice skating at the rink below the Rockefeller Christmas Tree. It is one of my fondest childhood memories. And ever since, the Rockefeller Christmas Tree has held a special place in my heart.
Lessons learned from an international build
I have volunteered with Habitat for nearly two decades, at home and abroad. As rewarding as U.S. volunteering is, my curiosity about volunteering internationally was too great to ignore. How would building Habitat houses overseas on a Global Village mission trip be different?
Joyful service, strong relationships
St. Luke's Lutheran Church has set aside a week in May to help with Milwaukee Habitat's Blitz Build Week and selected summer Saturdays to help complete those houses.
How I became a part of Habitat for Humanity
When I was 9 years old, my life changed. My mom came to pick me up at school and said, “We have to go somewhere safe, away from the house.”
Advocacy is needed more than ever
As Habitat’s director of congressional relations, it’s my job to help Habitat work with the federal government on housing issues.
Volunteer spirit makes Habitat special
I recently spent time in Cairo, Egypt, with a group of very dedicated Habitat volunteers: the members of our international board of directors.
‘A tremendous complement to our homebuilding’
I first realized there was a huge need for a program like A Brush with Kindness when I was working with two local home renovation programs in 1997 and saw how many families we had to turn away because they did not fit our work scope or fell outside the targeted population we were serving.
