Habitat AmeriCorps profile: Brian Lafferty
“It really meant a lot just to be with like-minded AmeriCorps members... A year of service was the right thing to do.”
“It really meant a lot just to be with like-minded AmeriCorps members... A year of service was the right thing to do.”
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Thank you to the generous sponsors of the 2017 Carter Work Project.
Habitat for Humanity’s 34th Carter Work Project begins in Canada July 9. During the week that follows, hundreds of volunteers will build homes alongside 150 families, including Indigenous families, at sites across Canada.
Join Habitat in pledging to make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a Beloved Community of justice, equal opportunity and love of fellow human beings a reality.
In January 2017, a former corporate executive and 32-year Habitat volunteer from Bloomington, Indiana, hitched up a camper to his truck with a goal of volunteering with Habitat in all 50 states — in a year’s time.
A tsunami is a series of large ocean waves created by major earthquakes, underwater volcanic activity or landslides into the ocean. It may take a tsunami hours or mere minutes to reach shore, so it is important to be well-prepared and know how to respond quickly and effectively.
“My time in AmeriCorps has really reinforced that helping people is what I want to be doing.”
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, which contains a provision supported by Habitat that would authorize a competitive grant program for national nonprofits providing weatherization services.