Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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our Headquarters is a place that we will utilize s well as our offices..we are mapping out neighborhoods to help with repairs and with revitalizing neighborhoods..all together..

with that in mind we move ahead..we will revitalize communities together all over this county as well as getting foreclosed homes, and being blessed in our Repairers of the Breach mission. Join us..The Excitement is building!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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Happy valentines day to all…

 

No question to all who  help us…we are so blessed to be part of this ministry of LOVE! It certainly is..a ministry of Love..each wall is one of love, of sweat of tears, of joy..of changing families lives! This ministry is amazing!!!! Everyday is Valentines with Habitat and you!  The best job so many have in their lives..is when they come and they help on a Habitat site in love..the love of the Torah, the Koran, the Bible, love of humanity..love of life, love of helping..

So remember…Everyday is Valentines!!!!!! We love you!!!! Thank you!!!!!! 

Monday, February 13, 2012

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Its early Saturday…many groups out..the light snow won't stop habitat volunteers…building in Greenburgh, White Plains, Yonkers. And more

Its a day of great work to be done, much accomplish across the country and the world…

We continue to pray for our partners Claude Jeudy and the gang for their work, for their needs in Haiti..Kembe Fem Claude!

We also realize we can help change the face of this county with your help.

Thanks to the Breakfast club of N Westchester, a business group I spoke at yesterday..at Bedford Lighting, what a strong group..they are not the "Builders Club" 

With in mind, in all we say and do we give thanks to God for you!  Stay strong..habitatwc.org like us on Habitat for humanity of Westchester FB

Thursday, February 09, 2012

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On the way to DC…for  a meeting Habitat on the Hill..veterans..caring about the face of home ownership in this country..I dedicate this to Millard Fuller…Jim Lasser..a veteran and Mary Bonner..may she feel better..as well as to my uncles and cousins all Vets..

We take for granted not getting bombed, not getting hurt, no one chasing us..we take so much for granted..in our lives..that we need to be grateful to our Vets..to our soliders to those who cared, and died for us, to those who protect us now!

We build and rebuild homes for families, we fight for the right to end poverty and have the American Dream come true here, we beg for your support to keep it all going! God bless you..Donate today..jjk

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Back from Washington DC...last nite on the train..i thought about the two quick days..in and out..meeting people from acrosss the country..and the world..sitting in a Senators office..working with Vets groups..amazing..

we are very excited about our work and the way in which we can change the future of Home ownership in this country.

 

I had watched the show on the Freedom Riders..i thought how they almost got killed for riding on a bus...I thought about Abraham Lincoln going to Peekskill, about FDR on train stops..about the last ride for the Kennedys to Arlington..  about the drivers from Ethiopia in Washington where in 1984 I was fortunate to help the country with supplies for famine..

 

Where are we in this country today..do we need Freedom Riders again..in the country..in Westchester..

the train drove through the S Bronx...where i used to volunteer on 163rd and Shakespeare..i saw the beautiful river, then a fire going on with six hooks and ladders...a family member calls me..Jim there is a fire on Orchard St ..in Yonkers next to our house..someone had a fire in the room..a great response by Yonkers Fire Dept.   Vinyl siding melted on the home, not ours..but our Hardy Plank..a durable better product did not...the house was where we donated furniture and food for a family that for three months had lived on a floor...

 

I arrived back in new rochelle where our headquarters is..to think of the recent crime in a downtown with no walking police..our walking neighborhood needs great walking police...do we need Freedom Riders?  You tell me.

the Excitement is Building...

 

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

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As we work on  a day that almost hits sixty in January.we are great to go..big to build.happy to hammer…because its been a mild winter…families also save utilities monies..and volunteers feel stronger

What are you waiting for..

Before it was in vogue, we have been doing the Superbowl Build for years…we realize that millions will be spent…on one game..how about Millions in one day being spent on building…THE SUPERBUILD DAY!

Well in June we have builders coming from all over the country…and from here helping us to blitz homes in Yonkers, White Plains, Greenburgh, somers and more…

DC 9 blitzes with us every time they go out to a site..we keep on keeping.

For that matter, we say thank you…we say lets go..lets make it happen…come out and build..like Silverstein, Rogers, Universal Building supply and more…Zwicker electric…they all help.

God bless all of you…those who build are the real heroes..those who help in their community…join us…donate to us..we need it to get foreclosed homes in our hands, to make it happen!

 

Monday, January 30, 2012

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An interesting and great week…we are blessed to attend so many things..

Tonite we have our volunteer orientation…at 6pm…

We then move onto our work for the St. Pats day parade..

We also prepare for our Superbowl buildathon! Amazing, this coming Sunday..everyones a winner.

From there we then meet with the World Trade Center Silverstein Properties, who sponsor a thank you for us, for Zwicker electric, Rogers construction and more!

Thank you!

And we remember Millard fuller, the founder of Habitat, who passed into heaven Feb 3 three years ago..Feb 3, 2009..Millard we love you..Linda and the Fullers..

What a blessed week it is..

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what a day…the Interreligious council of New rochelle comes and volunteers with us..then I speak at our friends Haitian Church to youth this evening, after a interfaith discussion in Iona.we are blessed to be able to h help others, to work together, in an interfaith way, in the theology of the hammer..join us in all we do..join us in the mission to end division and heal with hammers, God bless you!

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Habitat is a ministry..our witness is every home of love, every changed life, every family member, every volunteers life..we are so blessed.

I wa shonored to have breakfast with co founder Linda Fuller. We reminisced about all of the times we had..the Millard and Linda stories.. The Holy Spirit blessing..the singing of happy birthday for Clarence Jordan when he passed by Lindas children..into heaven..the trips to Paterson and NY, and Boston the habitat family member who is now a Doctor, and the volunteer who is now a Habitat homeowner…from Harlem. God has blessed this journey, we have only just begun.

Friday, January 20, 2012

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Each second is gift…our great volunteer board president Mary Bonner has been hit with a stroke..Mary dedicated to helping so many is one person who has dedicated her life to service..we pray for Mary and ask you to join us in this vital prayer..

 

At the end of the day, what we have is a life filled with love and goodness, helping one another, giving to one another…with that in mind, we continue…we move we build we pray..and take each second as gift..