AmeriCorps NCCC Team Volunteers with Habitat for 14th Year in a Row
An AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team arrived in Portland on March 19 to spend seven weeks with Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East, helping local affordable housing efforts. This marks the fourteenth year an AmeriCorps NCCC team has included Habitat on their tour of service. AmeriCorps NCCC is a full-time, residential, national service program in […]
Read MoreLocal Habitat Staff and Volunteers Plan Trek to Ethiopia and You’re Invited
Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East has built over 220 homes in the Portland Metro area, but did you know that our affiliate has also built over 230 homes worldwide? To help support the work of Habitat for Humanity International, our affiliate tithes 10% of undesignated contributions to Habitat affiliates in El Salvador and Ethiopia. We […]
Read MoreFrom Bags to Riches – ReStores Create Handy Carryalls from Habitat Banners
When Habitat wrapped up our recent From Here. For Here. campaign and offered our billboards to the ReStores, ReStore Managers Shel Reinwald and Alex Bertolucci saw an opportunity. “We looked at Alex’s messenger bag made from a banner and started figuring out how to craft tote bags from the material,” Said Reinwald. With the ReStore’s […]
Read MoreSurvey of Habitat for Humanity homeowners shows increases in self-esteem, well-being and family health
Habitat’s Women Build program and Whirlpool Corporation co-sponsored Habitat homeowner survey conducted by Center for Applied Research at the University of Southern Indiana ATLANTA (March 8, 2012) – A recent survey of Habitat for Humanity homeowners indicates significant increases in areas of homeowners’ self-esteem, well-being, overall family health and neighborhood pride. The survey reflects input […]
Read MoreHabitat’s Largest Build in Oregon Begins in East Portland
Excavation is happening now for the first 22 homes at Southeast 171st and Division Street, prepping for foundations at the end of March. Laser levels, earth movers and foundation forms have been hard at work breaking ground on Oregon’s largest Habitat development: 45 homes at Southeast 171st and Division Street. This development is part of […]
Read MoreCentennial Schools Welcome Habitat and Neighborhood Stability
“The most common cause of student mobility is poverty. It’s the ability for a family to afford a place to live in… ” – Sam Breyer, Principal of Butler Creek Elementary Located on the edge of southeast Portland and bordering west Gresham, the Centennial neighborhood has long been the gateway for both urban and suburban […]
Read MorePhotographer Helps Habitat Families Picture Themselves
Volunteer photographer, Raina Stinson, helps capture portraits of Habitat partner families and their children. These photos are often the first professional photographs families have ever seen of their entire family or themselves. Sometimes, the best photos are the ones made behind the scenes as we get to know our partner families more like our own […]
Read MoreNotice for Volunteers During Inclement Weather
Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East builds rain or shine! However, our area sometimes gets weather that makes traveling and construction unsafe. If you are signed up to volunteer when the weather turns for the worse, please read the following information on what to do. In the event of an unscheduled closure of our construction sites […]
Read MoreIt Takes a Community — plus tools, roofing shingles, windows, doors, licensed tradespeople and builders
More families than ever need a hand up. My company may be small, but this is one way we can really make a difference. Everyone here at the company loved doing it. Because it’s fun. These are just a few reasons why Portland and Gresham based businesses support Habitat’s mission through in-kind contributions of home […]
Read MoreHabitat Office Gets Much Needed Makeover Thanks to Grant
When passing by NE Killingsworth and 15th, you may notice that the Habitat office building is finally getting a much needed makeover. A grant from Portland Development Commission’s Storefront Improvement Program will allow us to fix windows and siding, paint the building and make other modifications that will protect this circa 1927 neighborhood landmark. We […]
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