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You never know who you will end up working beside on a Habitat for Humanity build site.
Since 1976, the global housing nonprofit has worked alongside more than 62 million people around the world.
Every spring, the Milwaukee Habitat ReStore turns part of its indoor space into an art gallery packed with triumphs of imagination and whimsy: everything from paintings and jewelry to a camera tripod transformed into a floor lamp or a chess set made of polished finials.
“We get to see despair transform into hope over and over,” President Carter once said. Take a look back at the kinds of inspiring moments that spark when homeowners, volunteers and supporters come together under a common mission.
In 2015, 29th Street Road in Evans, Colorado, was a plot of undeveloped land. In 2019, it is a growing neighborhood of Habitat homes, 14 so far, transformed in part by high school students who are changing lives — including their own.
Proceeds from our nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers, otherwise known as ReStores, help fund Habitat for Humanity’s worthy cause.
Barbara and Crystal Gotay talk about their experiences building their Habitat home and the community around them.
When T.J. graduated from college he faced all of the same questions and opportunities that so many graduates face, but he says he “chose a much more fun route” by serving with AmeriCorps.