Media Alert: Celebrating Mother’s Day with Habitat for Humanity
What: Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program celebrates Mother’s Day by building affordable homes in Cully. Attendees: 30 Women Build volunteers and Habitat Homebuyers When: Saturday, May 11. Best time for media & photos: 10am-1pm Where: Habitat’s Cully Place build site, 5640 NE Killingsworth Street. VISUAL: Photo opportunities of women working on interiors and exteriors […]
Read MoreMedia Alert: Habitat for Humanity Celebrates International Women’s Day in NE Portland
Members of Habitat’s Women Build Program build affordable homes in Cully. What: Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program celebrates International Women’s Day by building affordable homes in Cully. Attendees: 30 Women Build volunteers and Lizet Molina, Habitat Homeowner When: Saturday, March 9. Best time for media & photos: Noon (Homeowner Speaker Lizet Molina at Noon) […]
Read MoreMedia Alert: Local Craft Breweries Raise Walls on Habitat Home in Cully
Habitat’s House That Beer Built Program brings local craft breweries together to fundraise and build an affordable home in Cully. Who: Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East and local craft breweries. What: Habitat for Humanity “House That Beer Built” Wall Raising. After months of fundraising, local craft breweries and beer-related businesses come together alongside Habitat homebuyers to […]
Read MoreNews Release: Theft at Local Habitat for Humanity Build Site Leaves Organization without Truck
Over $10,000 in mobility stolen from Habitat’s build site on NE 57th and Killingsworth (Portland, Ore.)— The Portland Police Department is responding to an auto theft at Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East’s Cully community, leaving the site without a truck used daily to haul lumber and other materials needed to build homes for local families. […]
Read MoreMedia Alert: Brooklyn Pines Dedication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 40 People Celebrate the Warmth of a New Home Just in Time for Winter Celebration to take place November 3 at 10:00 a.m. What: Celebrating over 40 people purchasing affordable, new homes at Brooklyn Pines, a 10-home Habitat for Humanity community located in the Jade District in SE Portland. […]
Read MoreMedia Alert: Top Portland Metro Business Executives To Build Homes at New Cully Habitat for Humanity Community
Local executives to build alongside Gerardo Lopez Silva, Habitat Homebuyer. Who: Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East Attendees: Local Portland Metro executives will work alongside Habitat CEO Steve Messinetti and Habitat Homebuyer Gerardo Lopez Silva to build homes at Habitat for Humanity’s newest community in Cully on Friday, August 17. Guests include over 20 Portland […]
Read MoreMedia Alert: 20 People Experience the Joy of Homeownership in Cully
Celebration and Barbecue to take place July 12 at 5:30 p.m. What: Celebrating 20 people receiving the keys to their new homes at Helensview, a 21-home Habitat for Humanity community located in the Cully neighborhood of Portland. Habitat homebuyers, staff and volunteers will be celebrating with a key ceremony and barbecue, provided by Parr […]
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 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 […]
Read MoreHabitat Portland Joins Nationwide “Beloved Community” Initiative
Building on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of the “Beloved Community,” Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East announced plans today to honor King’s legacy in Portland through a series of events.
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