This year, Wesco is supporting the installation of safe, durable flooring in homes across Brazil, Chile and Mexico, with each national Habitat organization receiving $60,000 to advance this critical work.
Steven watched his mother work alongside volunteers to build their home with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, and now he builds with Habitat, too.
Meet just two of the women whose lives are changing, thanks to this annual event.
“Every day I when wake up in this house and I sit in the back warming up my car or I sit in the front or I’m shoveling a sidewalk, I just look up at it and sometimes still can’t believe that I own this. This is mine!”
You can help strengthen communities in your area or across the country through a year of service with Habitat AmeriCorps.
Theresa made this love wall art from light switches at Habitat for Humanity’s Philadelphia ReStore. See step-by-step instructions on how she created this work in the blog.
“No matter where my kids go, when we talk about home, everybody’s heart is here,” says Peggy, a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran who was able to repair her family home with the support of Habitat and The Home Depot Foundation.
As we work to create sustainable transformation in communities around the world, it’s inspiration — and involvement — that we most need.
For more than three decades, Rosalynn Carter and her husband President Jimmy Carter donated their time and voices to help Habitat build with more families around the world.
During Habitat on the Hill, advocates from 47 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico will meet with nearly 300 congressional leaders about the challenging housing affordability issues facing communities everywhere.