Volunteer Spotlight: Carole Hedstrom
Carole Hedstrom’s warm smile is a welcoming beacon to volunteers as they arrive at Habitat’s Brooklyn Pines build site in SE Portland. As a volunteer site host, Carole ensures that volunteers are properly checked-in, suited up with safety gear and ready for the day ahead, while helping keep the build site tidy and organized. Carole’s […]
Read MoreA Morning of Hope and Inspiration
There are not many opportunities these days where people can come together for an hour to make big, positive changes within their community. The Habitat for Humanity HopeBuilder Breakfast is the perfect event for such monumental change. Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of donors and business sponsors, last week’s 18th annual HopeBuilder Breakfast raised […]
Read MoreFrom Neighbor to Life-Long Friend
DeAsha Russell visits her family’s home country of Jamaica often. She loves her homeland, but is a determined young women with dreams of building something for herself here in America. Her mother, Dahlia, immigrated to Portland while she was pregnant with DeAsha. The family spent the first two years in Portland living with her grandmother. […]
Read MoreThe ReStore Now Open 7 Days a Week!
At the ReStore, your old stuff can help build homes, too! Did you know that every donated sofa, chair, lamp, sander and sawhorse sold at the ReStore helps raise funds for local Habitat homebuilding projects? You may be tired of the style, but it looks pretty darn good to us! This month we’re making it even easier to […]
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Bob Bailey
After a long career spent as a doctor practicing internal medicine in Gresham, Bob Bailey’s retirement was right around the corner. He remembered chatting with a patient about Habitat for Humanity and how this person was learning new skills as a Habitat volunteer. He decided to give it a try, saying “I wanted to get out of the […]
Read MoreNews Release: Local Habitat for Humanity Honors 50th Anniversary of Fair Housing Act
Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East mobilizes local, affordable housing work. (April 5, 2018)—This April 11th marks the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. The act, passed just a week following the tragic death of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., laid out an ambitious vision: to eliminate housing discrimination and residential segregation. Habitat for […]
Read MoreThe History and Impact of the Fair Housing Act
The Fair Housing act was passed on April 11, 1968, only days after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The legislation attempted to end growing segregation by making long standing discrimination practices by housing providers illegal. Upon signing the bill into law, President Johnson proclaimed, “At long last, fair housing for all […]
Read MoreA Challenging Past Leads to a Hopeful Future
Ten years ago, Pa Kay and Tway Lay made a pivotal decision that would change the course of their lives. After moving back and forth between Myanmar and Thailand and enduring the struggles of daily life within the walls of a refugee camp, they made a move to the U.S. to escape a grim environment […]
Read MoreLending a Hand, Near and Far
Jene Cates may be a new face on the build site here in Portland, but her experience with Habitat for Humanity spans years, states and even countries. It was nearly 15 years ago that she first picked up a hammer with Habitat’s Women Build program in Anaheim, California, and spent a year as a family […]
Read MoreNews Release: EAT DRINK BUILD – Dine out in April and support a local family’s Habitat for Humanity home
Local restaurants participating in April’s Eat Drink Build event (March 26, 2018)—Join Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East’s Women Build Committee on Wednesday, April 4th for the 6th annual Eat Drink Build, an all-day fundraising event for a local family in need of a stable, healthy Habitat home. Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East’s Women Build […]
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