Friday, January 30, 2009

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Superbowl Sunday coming up….right around the corner..many ready to watch, to play…bonuses, headlines, its all coming together, and OUR SUPERBOWL BUILDATHON TOO….imagine if you sacrificed a tenth of what you would spend Sunday for a donation to a house!!! Everyone reading this will help us build a home if you did…so here is our SUPERBOWL CHALLENGE, BE A SUPERHERO AND GIVE A TENTH OF WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SPEND…AND HELP US BUILD A SUPERBOWL HOUSE!!!!

Volunteers are lining up for Sunday…on our sites.. Pace university continues to join us with their football team. White Plains basketball team is interested, volunteers..Stew Leonards will give us free food…and yes you can come and join us at the tailgate Party…join us!!!!!!!

 

 

 

Thursday, January 29, 2009

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Amazing where we all live..take nothing for granted..look athe buildings, structures, apartments, homes..truly amazing..

Excited to hear about new initiatives out of the adminstrastion, we hope this will help more people live better…today we are honored to host a number of affiliates that are coming from around the region, to work together…to look at sharing, pujrchasing together, best construction practicies, from all over..a great thing for sure…also we will hold our downtown association meeting, one which we hope will help incorporate a model of integrating people into areas with public transporation and affordable homes…with green practices..exciting..

So join us on our Green train of homes, energy and love if you will for one another and the communities where we live in..we take so much for granted…

 

 

A note oin tithing and a note on our New Yorleans express.

First Tithing..we tithed this year already to help build homes in Argentina…a great thing  we have sent tithers there and recently to Kenya and to Ivory cost..we will be letting you more about this important aspect..we are being faithful in our work for sure….to God to tithing, and then here we are faithful to our local work..

 

Local:  yesterday we had a great cionversation with the Fire Commissioner of New Rochelle and development director…about a house we may save and get afamily into ….stay tuned, thank you Doc Kiernan and Craig King..

 

New Yorleans express:  the ship is running and the weekend before Fat Tuesday will be a fun one, before Mardi Gras where we will have an event at harley Davidson, a talk on New Orleans, a Mardi Gras party and more, for Sharon Carew and her son and mom..stay tuned..it all happens here..  God bless, jjk

 

 

 

                                                              

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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If we look at the snow today, we can celebrate..i think..God help us the day we don’t have snow…Last nite I was in a town in northern Westchester…a great town with a meeting held, that was talking about sustainable Somers…imagine no snow there or in our town..no rain, no weather..thats global warming…

Part of the discussion was focused on making the town green, saving energy, saving buildings..making awareness..  We are honored to realize that our knowledge in a number of these areas as resources for towns and cities is immeasurable, with our building style, our work, our partners, we are ready to come to your town or city and help share about going Green, buiding green and living Green…this is so important in lite of affordable homes, in light of seniors staying in their towns, in light of having a real sustainable town or city…so heres to Sustainable Somers, and building habitat homes, helping seniors stay in their homes…less commuting and less polluting and a better world for all….stay tuned…jjk

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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a call from the editor of Planning commissioners magazine in Vermont...

how do i amke a donation...in memory of Wayne lemmon....so many have contributed in honor and memory of this great person...no question...he was unassuming, but brilliant.. contributing to the magazine and other great boards and work throughout the country....yet on our sites, he was Wayne...helping iwth building stairs.. giving input, doing whatever was needed or asked, and contrubuting his great building knowledge to our work... so again thank you Wayne Lemmon for being who you were and are in heaven..Habitat has been blessed by your life and your ongoing giving on earth and above...jjk

 


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Steve Johnson on his Renovations shows talks about SIP panels. Structured insulated panels...SIPS..new technology for homes going green...the show is done on it, and he also shows Geo thremal energy .....

we have been utilizing SIPS since 1997 here..far befar Green was in the vocabulary...

 

SIPS save energy

         have a higher R value

         are made of reengineered wood and use less wood

         have more insulation with less space for escape of energy and air.

        go up with less wood frame and are volunteer friendly

 

We held our meeting yesterday with the NYSERDA consultant and all Boats are rising, all walls.. we are planning in Earth week this amazing conference, amazing home building..possibly in two cities at once in the county....

 

along with that, we are looking to Geo Thermal and are looking to make our homes the Greenest they can be...we were chosen because of our Green technologies utlized, we are very proud that we have been savng our families utilities before it was in vogue...stay tuned...

 

hats off to Melissa and Lieni two Iona interns who are looking at helping us. they are a big help here at our headquarters..

 

Remember to say a prayer for our vital work... for our families for donations, for land...God will make this the best year yet!  JOIN US..!!!!

 


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Sunday, January 25, 2009

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GREEN GREEN GREEN..SO MANY WAYS TO GO GREEN..SO MUCH TALK..the best right now..could be make sure you winterize your home now...tighten your windows..change your bulbs..check what type of energy you are using..are your windows and insulation the best for stopping winters cold..Ch 2 News is looking to cover our great work in Greening neighborhoods again, helping to save energy, helping to make it worth our while to make it Green and Clean, to review homes being saved from losing energy..we are so grateful to them.

How are we changing our habits...ok maybe not, gas has adjusted again...to make it easier to drive again..at the whim of the Oil industry...ebb and flow, prices go, and so go we...but now look at electric cars, priuses, hybrids..american made cars if possible...and ifnot choose one that saves the most for your future...or walk or bike more...go Green in many ways...

Saving the earth for future generations is vital for all of us... so think GREEN today.. go GREEN and be Green?

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WHAT A DAY, BACK FROM ATLANTA IN OUR HABITAT NATIONAL CONFERENCE...A TRUE BLESSING FOR SURE..

WE ARE WORKING SO HARD ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THE WORLD..PROUDLY WE HAVE GIVEN MORE THAN 300,000 TO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES, BUILDING MORE THAN 600 HOMES OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.. OUR CAR FOR HOMES PARTNERSHIP HAS HELPED US BE IN THE TOP FIFTEEN INT HE COUNTRY..

MORE IMPORTANTLY 1.6 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LIVEIN SUBSTANDARD HOUSING..EVEN OUR RECESSION LOOKS LIKE AN ECOMIC BOON BECAUSE WE HAVE FOOD, WE HAVE WATER, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES COMPARED TO FAVELLAS, AND SLUMS AND REFUGEES AND MORE...

WE WILL BE EMBARKING ON NEW STRATEGIES, TO CREATIVELY MAKE AN END TO POVERTY IN ALL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS..WE ARE WORKING IN EMBRACING WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS.. AT A TIME, WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS OF OUR HOMEOWNERS...WHAT A YEAR IT WILL BE..
NO QUESTION..THE BEST YEAR YET FOR HABITT OF WESTCHESTER.

I WAS BLESSED TO SIT WITH MY CO DIRECTOR FROM MADISON WISCONSIN, HAVE LENGHTY CONVERSATIONS WITH CLEVELAND DIRECTOR FROM OHIO..DIALOGUE ABOUT PARNTERSHIPS WITH MY HABITAT CO DIRECTOR IN NYC, AND SPEND TIME WITH CEO JONATHAN RECKFORD...ALL BLESSINGS...AS WELL AS SEND OUR TITHE TO KENYA AND THE IVORY COAST WITH CHRIS ODOM..
SO BACK IN ACTION, VOLUNTEERS WORKING ON OUR SITES..IN MAMORONECK. IN YONKERS, IN MT VERNON AND GREENBURGH TODAY..
OUR FOUR RESTORES ARE RUNNING AND CUSTOMERS ABOUND, PURCHASING WITH GREAT BARGAINS, BUYING GREEN, AND GENERATING MONEY FOR GREEN HABITAT HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS...A WORLD TO CHANGE, EVERY SECOND IS GIFT..
SO WITH NEHEMIAH AND WITH REBUILDING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN OPERATION REHABITAT, THE WORLD WILL CHANGE, IF YOU HELP US.. GOD BLESS, JJK

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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In the early morning one can gather their thoughts, pray and ask for guidance for a great day. Often they are productive times ....for those of us Early Risers on the Habitat team, know that every one of your intentions will be lifted up, during our prayer time, on Tuesdays..for our readers, and email recipients, as well as all days...we ask you say one for us. Know it is with Thanksgiving we say these for you.
 
Today a Historic Day, the Inauguration of Obama...its like his name is so unique..we call him by one name.. we need to pray for his leadership as he moves ahead and all those around him. please join us this morning in that prayer.
 
We celebrated a day of Service yesterday, and grateful for Ch. 12 and the Journal News for hiliting our Service we do.. before Obama, and it was in vogue to help, we have been honored to be in neighborhoods of diversity, with a gift to be there, to be part of the neighborhood to be allowed to enter in and help  build and rebuild areas for improving quality of lives of our familiies there.....and  our neighbors...what a gift this is for us.
 
And we also go in now with Energy Eyes...what are Energy Eyes...really looking to see how we can also save Energy for our families and neighbors...sounds strange but that is part of the whole package if you will of caring about our families.. Since 1997 we have been on the cutting edge of helping to save our families Energy with better utlities, healther lifestyles..and trying to keep utilities low with SIP panels..These panels are Structured Insulated Panels, with a higher R value in their makeup..
 
Stay tuned for more..
 
So here we are on Inauguration Day, grateful to be in Service, in parntership with our families, with you, with neighborhoods and muncipalities, and with Gods Spirit, the one that has guided the Theology of the Hammer, the mitzvahs, the Christian Charity, the Muslim helping, the in all we do...no matter what faith or no faith, it is a great time of SERVICE TO CHANGE OUR COMMUNITIES AGAIN FOR THE BETTER..GOD BLESS, jjk



Monday, January 19, 2009

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a great day...Destination Hotels came out today...and helped us build on our homes in Yonkers...Harvey School in Greenburgh and the architects in Yonkers...kicking off our Martin Luther King buildathon...
this great event was one which culminates our years of advocacy, years of believing for equality and hard work, years of celebrating everyones dreams no matter what tradition, faith, creed or color....WE ARE DREAMMAKERS...thanks to those who came out.
 
Tomorrow the Dream discussion continues with a TALK ON NORMAN ROCKWELL AT THE ROCK RESTORE...AT 591 MAIN STREET, where Main St. started in America...where Rockwell used new rochelle as his canvas..where green planning will overtake too many cars and people will once be elevated from the Common person to every citizen....the Problem we live with, the four freedoms, Murder in Mississippi and more at 2pm...tomorrow..
 
support Main street if you can..more homes will be built in buildings that will have condos, ownership and taxpayers...this will happen for all to have a right to live Green and near public transport, no matter what background..
what a weekend, what a blessing to be part of Habitat...



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WE RE BLESSED TO BE WHERE WE WERE ARE TODAY..A LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CALLS..WHERE IS THE MARTIN LUTHER KNG BUILDATHON ..IS IT STILL ON FOR TODAY. SERVICE..BEFORE OBAMA AND COLIN POWELL, WE HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR SERVICE OF BUILDING HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HERE FOR YEARS..11 TO BE EXACT..AND BEFORE THAT WHEN I WORKED WITH HOMELESS PROGRAMS, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LIFT THEMSELVES UP, WITH A QUALITY OF LIFE AND DIGNITY FOR ALL...HABITAT WELCOMES YOUR SUPPORT THIS DAY...THIS IMPORTANT DAY THIS IMPORTANT WEEKEND..ON A DAY WITH POWELL AND OBAMA ANNOUNCE A CALL FOR COMMUNTIY SERVICE, WE PAINT THE YMCA  IN MT VERNON, WE WORK ON HOMES, WE WORK TO HELP BUILD AND REBUILD IN GREENBURGH AND YONKERS...
WE HAVE A DREAM THAT ALL CAN HAVE A SIMPLE DECENT HOME TO LIVE IN..
AS I DEDICATE MY DAY OF SERVICE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE NEW PRESIDENT..
I ALSO DEDICATE THIS TO MY MOM WHO PASSED AWAY THIS DAY.. A GREAT CHRISTIAN WHO GAVE SO MUCH TO OTHERS ALONG WITH MY DAD..MAY THEY WATCH OVER US ALL IN SERVICE TODAY, WITH GODS HELP. GUIDANCE AND LOVE, WE WILL SEE 2009 AS A YEAR OF GREAT SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY...COUNTRY AND WORLD
 
JJK
 



Friday, January 16, 2009

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each day each second is gift..do you think those on the Hudson feel that way who were on the flight that landed on the Hudson River..do you feel that way...what a beautiful life we have..what great people help us.,..what miracles happen every day...some call them God winks when God gives us little miracles or answers to prayers and others call them miracles on larger levels like the tremendous work of Sully Sulenberger..cast into history forever yesterday afternoon.he helped be part of the miracle....pray for all on the plane..pray for all involved..pray for thanksgiving for the miracles, God winks, blessings you will receive today, and then help someone...
 
For us it is helping Rose and her family, helpng the Youngs..preparing for the Martin Luther King Buildathon...
one of the most important weekends of the year for all of us here at Habitat..it is the anniversary of my mothers passing..but also she an angel..this weekend commemorates Martin Luther Kings DREAM OF OPPORTUNITY, DREAM OF HOME OWNERSHIP DREAM OF EQUALITY...DREAM OF EQUAL LIFE FOR ALL..Dwight Worley a reporter I have known for years..asked what i thought about Obama coming into office, and will there be more opportunity...for sure I respond..with hopes of DREAMS COME TRUE FOR ALL...we will paint the YMCA in Mt Vernon this weekend..we will help to be able to work on finishing homes on Porach Street, we will work on Greenburgh in another home.. and help another family...these are DREAM BUILDERS..OUR VOLUNTEERS, OUR MANY WHO COME OUT TO HELP US BUILD DREAMS FOR OTHERS....like Sully Sullenberger, they are our heroes, day in and day out, helping people get closer to have their miracle of homeownership...REMEMBER EVERY SECOND IS GIFT..
 
Join us if you can..Join us for what we need to able to do to help all have simple decent homes to live in.
 
Last Nite i was blessed to speak the AIA group of architects..who have worked and volunteered with us. Alex Barnabo from Wood Designe invites me again to speak to so many...many have volunteered with us before..
Ed Berry from Jackson Lewis...Gayle Assher our first White PLains architect...Ted Damore, John Cotugno,
Peter Kurth, Ray and Tom Leigh from IVI and the list goes on and on..and Valerie..all helping to build and be Dream makers of their own...I challenged them to look in their own communities see about getting out there to be able to resdesign communities to include Green Affordable Homes...Green Affordable Condos ...so many ...
 
thank you Alex, whose daughter is in Argentina...building..thank you Kevin for your kids building..thank you God for the ability to have eyese and a heart, though unworthy with the ability to help make Dreams come true...
 
I have a Dream that all in Westchester can have a simple decent home to live in, here ..in Yonkers, in Bedford, in ARgentina, in Kenya, in Belfast, in New Orleans, in El Salvador...Join us .. YOU ARE A DREAMMAKER TOO..
 
Last please join me in a 100 donation this weekend to helping us tithe a house to Kenya, to help build homes, and to help change the face of the county once and for all..
God bless you Jim Killoran



Tuesday, January 13, 2009

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an interesting day, everyone is....
yesterday i was blessed to get a call from John Boykin, Mayors office...assistant in Mt Vernon..Jim I set up the meeting with the superintandant of schools..about the Habitat club...John is a great future star...African American, Cornell Grad..who will go far..good hearted, bright, and he has been helping us look at sites, and look at starting a Restore there, as well...a great guy no question...
Along with the Ken Jenkins sat with me late yesteday in White PLains with a family hoping to build a home ...very exciting..we also had a great donation yesterday to from a company that went under...Alex of Wood Designe in Peekskill,whose our Green Cabinet partner, one of our GREEN BUILDERS.. called me and said Jim..my friend has all of these things that are going to be thrown away, wasted..come up come up...in a short time i am in Peekskill and receiving amazing things for our Restore, for our work, for our supply stores...Alex, also will be having me speak to the AIA group of architects in Peekskill at the Crystal Bay restaurant this week.. thank yoiu Alex of Wood Designe...we have so many BLESSED PARTNERS IN HABITAT....JJK



Monday, January 12, 2009

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ANOTHER BLESSED DAY AT THE RESTORES AND ON THE SITES...VOLUNTEERS HELPING TO BUILD..AND MANY CUSTOMERS COMING TO ALL OUR RESTORES...RAISING SUPPORT AND HELPING US, NO QUESTION...
 
WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS IN OUR RESTORES..IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE EMAIL ME AT JIM @HABITATWC.ORG

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The Inauguration week, 8 days ..wrapped around what is our Annual Martin luther King weekend buildathon...this coming weekend..jan 18, 19, 20...this important weekend is one which we celebrate with joy, pride, and great anticipation of a better day for tomorrow for all...we will have groups from across the county, high schools, clubs, congregations and companies all working ...we also will have a special talk at our new store, we call the Rock...on Rockwell as a civil rights activist...
 
this week we helped give Rodney and his family support to return to New Orleans..let us pray for our partners in Yonkers, in New Orleans, in Kenya, in Zaire, in Mt Vernon, and all over that we can celebrate freedom for decent homes for all backgrounds across the country and world..God bless, jjk



Sunday, January 11, 2009

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the Bible Way church, good friends..the ministers son, great guy. on Main Street..a yong man does 40 years old, the minster tells me..touched so many lives in his life...his sisters all attend the church and the daughter was in the back of the car when the  dad died..and two friends..every Second is gift.. we agree..
we are blessed to have so many churches around our Restore and in our community, as well as Congregations....no matter what how do we touch lives, how  have left our communities, how have we changed them over the years to green communities..the time is now for sure...to see our communities change to be Green to be real communities of faith, of great people touching lives like you and Courtney and ministers as our neighbors...God bless, may you touch someones life today..may you help us help others in good homes in communities..and may you realize that every Second is gift.. God bless, jjk



Saturday, January 10, 2009

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The snow is coming, volunteers from Bedford Presbyterian church are out on sites…this church gets the 2009 volunteer of the year award..wait a minute they only came out once in 2009, its only jan ….but honestly for years they come out religiously and work with us, like Bronxville Reformed Church, or like JCC groups…or Solomon Schecter..all good, these groups are profound in the way they help us…regularly, the FAITH COMMUNITIES, are the heart and soul of every community as well as the arms and legs and hammerers of habitats across the world…..

So thanks Bedford Presbyterian Church, and to your FAITH COMMUNITY….CAN THEY JOIN US THIS YEAR…EMAIL ME AT jim @habitatwc.org….

 

God bless, jjjk

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the snow is coming...restores open tomorrow..life is good for those of us who help one another...
all of it seems a game sometimes..accumulation of wealth, getting so much, than Madoff hurting people..then people worrying about wealth, rather than each other, or their kids..why does this happen...like a big Kibbutz, the world should be..or communidad de bases..or one big Habitat neighborhood, what do you think..some of the things i think and pray about...the more i go, and grow...younger?....i think about how blessed i am everyone crosses my door daily...from a new orleans transplant rodney who we helped in a huge way today, and sharon from nola, who lives in queens...to frank a veteran, who we helped from being foreclosed...to the customer in the Restore..who comes with her daughter who got beautiful things for her home for nothing...to K and D out there picking up furniture, two college kids...to the local merchants we see daily.. God blesses us with people crossing our paths...again thanks to Wayne Lemmon and his family for crossing our path..for wayne with amazing expertise, offering in his life to help..and to share, and to commit to helping Habitat, now in heaven, he passes to watch over us we hope  like an angel..with blessings for his wife and two kids..
so every SECOND IN LIFE IS GIFT...the theme for 2009, as well as THINK GREEN, BUILD GREEN SAVE GREEN....AND NATURALLY THE EXCITEMENT IS STILL BUILDING!!!!
Tomorrow in the snow volunteers come out and help...will you pass the habitat way...with us..or who you pass tomorrow, may you realize you are a BLESSING FOR THEM...as you are for us..
with gratitude...jjk
ps Nehemiah..builders and rebuilders we are...JOIN US..J



Friday, January 09, 2009

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A long day…driving to albany to see my son get settled in second semester college.. Albany , bastion of government..a time of tough times, fiscal constraint..but Albany Habitat is there as well…with a Restore, with work with building homes, helping others…the beauty of Habitat in NY as well as across the country and world, is we are working today all over…making it happen…

I was also fortunate to speak with my co director Josh Lockwood yesterday…he does a great job there in nyc and we are fortunate to learn from each other, to share resources and to help brainstorm on how we can do our work better. His Construction Manager Paul Thibault, I worked with years ago when he was at Boston Habitat. And now he is in NY…a great blessing….then people like Jim Pate of NOLA Habitat in New Orleans are habitat heroes to me, who have blitzed bult in Dallas and went to New Orleans and ended up with helping to rebuild an American City…thank you to all my co workers, and co volunteers, who have done so much to help us all grow together, JUST THE BEGINNING..

 

 

I want to dedicate this day to Wayne Lemmon..Wayne, a great Christian, started volunteering with us…unassuming but filled with Construction knowledge, Wayne worked to be able to help us in many ways…from building stairs..probably the toughest to do, to being able to help work on roofs, and doors and look at plans..so much to do…God bless you Wayne , his memorial service is Monday..thank you for being a friend and to his family may he be in heaven this day..!

 

May you build a little heaven on earth today like Wayne , like my co workers, like our families, like those messengers of Hope in your life who look at the future with bright eyes, hard work and a mission that everyone should go to bed at nite in a simple decent home…

God bless, jjk

Thursday, January 08, 2009

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Every day is gift, for sure..as we move ahead..the Governor comes out with a Perilous budget..but there is no need to have Peril..we will work hard, adapt, cut back if we have to  and lift up with volunteers the way in which we can succeed for the future…no question…we can do this..

We need your help though.  We are proud we kickoff our building year with our Martin Luther King Jr buildathon…companies are signing up, people are volunteering and much will be going on for sure…

 

We then thank our friends at Harley Davidson who will continue with Mardi Gras events to help raise support for our New Orleans Partnership in the New Yorleans express…

 

We are blessed to have spoken to the Mt Vernon Rotary club yesterday at Buenos Ares restaurant. This group was dynamic and motivated for us to help us in many ways, from volunteering to financial support…Rotary and service clubs like them, Lions, Kiwanis, and others are on the move..this is there year, I believe no question…that we will be able to see them succeed and their mission of Service will shine through especially when there is a great need for filling gaps when we here our gov budgets are perilous…so thank you Rotaries, Lions clubs, and more.. you are the heart of your communities, along with our faith communities, Habitat clubs, and more..

God bless, have a great SAFE SERVICE day…nothing to Fear except Fear itself…more to follow..jjk

Monday, January 05, 2009

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Rebuilders and repairers of the Breach..the breach to help bring back homes for people to live in, for affordability for seniors to be able to remain..for our taxes to come down and volunteerism and philanthropy from faith communities to corporate and every where in between, no better time than this for this to happen..

This being a year of extraordinary things happening, we believe that we ARE AND WILL BE BLESSED WITH YOUR HELP TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.

Important items for this are the ability to have great LEADERSHIP IN YOUR TOWN OR CITY…recently Gary from the Lions club in Somers has been taking  a lead with Dave an architect in working for us to help engage so many up there for us to build.

We have so many great things to accomplish.

I am honored that our Green Advisory council will be in gear shortly, moving ahead to help us with our Green Initiatives. Along with that we are honored to be working with the Governors office to help in partnership with some of these areas…

 

We also have great partners helping us think Green like Evolution Markets who is volunteering with us and helping us..  A headline today by Ken Valenti hilites Green asphalt that can be used for instance in driveways and other areas…

Repairers of the Breach, we are called to move with No Fear, to be strong to have a vision of how we can all work together in these great endeavors…

God bless, jjk

 

Sunday, January 04, 2009

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Today I ask you to pray this day Jan 4th for our work..for our support for our families, for our volunteers..for new projects and financial blessings!!!!

The headline reads  Economic Crisis hurts Yonkers housing plans!  Not related to habitat but to other viable projects…these projects are ones which use bank financing to move ahead …very great groups….However we use God financing….sounds a little pie in the sky..but we do…each donor each congregation, each blessing and dollar is our financing…..many habitats are even in debt who used some similar….but we have never gone into heavy debt…(Ask and you Shall Receive)  we have gotten people like you to get matching gifts or your group from your synagogue to raise support and build like Nehemiah, or St. Augustines to raise money annually with a Walk for Homes…(canyou do an annual event for us this year no matter how big or small)…

 

God financing….God is in the mix of all that has happened…in our organization and in our personnel lives…God brings us all we need…in land and support…if we do what is right…and live within our means and move ahead with prudence…

 

God financing is vitally important in all we do..I am so grateful for your PRAYERS TODAY, YOUR FINANCING AND YOUR SUPPORT…and know that our prayers are back at each of you…each one who reads this, each of your struggles to be changed to blessings, each of your challenges to be changed to champion events..each of your sorrows be turned into Joy…..REBUILD WITH US TIKKUN OLUM…LIKE NEHEMIAH, ISAIAH, LIKE HABUKKUK AND DAVID..LIKE ROOSEVELT IN TIMES OF CHALLENGES…PRAY FOR US, THE NEW ADMINISTRATION FOR GOD FINANCING FOR OUR WORK…AS LUKE SAYS PRAY THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE READY TO GO THRU GOOD AND BAD TIMES..

 

As we begin our 20 years next…we also remember the many tithe partners we have built homes for in India .. Tajikistan , Argentina , Mexico , El Salvador , Belfast N. Ireland,  Thailand for Tsunami relief and all the places.  We have built more than 300 other homes in tithing there, over the years….and tithe again today as part of our Mission to help support third world countries as all Habitats do as part of our covenant…

 

Last KNOW EVERY SECOND IS BLESSING IN 2009..AS YOU ARE TO US…WITH GREAT GRATITUDE ON THIS OUR DAY OF PRAYER JAN 4TH FOR OUR AFFILIATE, FAMILIES HERE, YOUR FAMILY AND AROUND THE WORLD…JJK

Saturday, January 03, 2009

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A FLURRY OF CALLS AROUND THE CH 2 CBS NEWS ANNOUINCMENT ABOUT HABITATS GOING GREEN RESTORES..

GOING GREEN IS SAVING GREEN STATED JIM KILLORAN…EXEC. DIRECTOR..THATS ME..TO CBS..

WELL IT IS …SVE MONEY, RECYCLE, RESTORE..AND REVIVE HERE IN NEW ROCHELLE AT OUR TWO RESTORES…

THANKS TO KRISTEN COLE FOR HER GREAT COVERAGE AND JIM HER CAMERAMAN..WHO TRAVELS TWO  HOURS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING..

 

REMEMBER..LIKE HENRY HUDSON COMING UP THE RIVER..WOULD SAY, THEY ARE INDUSTRIOUS HARD WORKING PEOPLE..BUT THEY DON'T

HAVE ANYHOMES NEAR WHERE THEY WORK, THEY GIVE IT AWAY TO MULIMILLIONAIRE DEVELOPERS AND THEN TRAVEL OVER THE TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE THAT IS FALLING…LETS CHANGE THIS VIEW THIS YEAR…

 

SHOUT OUT TO ANTOINETTTE WHO VISITS OUR RESTORE WAREHOUSE IN THE BRONX TODAY..

A CALL THIS MORNIG FROM A BASKIN RIDGE RESIDENT..SAW YOUR RESTORE ON TV..HOW DO I GET THER.E .ALL THE WAY FROM THERE..

ANOTHER CALL COMES IN FROM NYC AND ANOTHER FROM WESTCHESTER ..WE ARE COMING TO VISIT FOR SURE..

 

EXCITING TIMES HERE IN SO NO NEW RO FOR SURE..

 

MORE EXCITING IS TALKING TO MRS PADILLA YESTERDAY..LIFE IS GOOD FOR HER AND HER FAMILY..SO EXCITED FOR THEM. SO BLESSED TO SEE THEM IN..THIS IS OUR QUEST TO SEE MORE AND MORE FAMILIES IN…LIKE THE COVINGTONS..

 

SEEING THEM IN AND SEEING THEM SUCCEED IN WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO…SEEING OUR NEW ROCHELLE LPC CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OTHER SITES, STARTING A NEW LPC IN MT VERNON AS WELL…

 

IT IS TIME…

 

YESTEDAY ALSO IN LIGHT OF OUR NEW YORLEANS EXPRESS. RODNEY FROM HARLEM TELLS ME HE AND HIS FAMILY NEED ASSISTANCE TO MOVE BACK, WE WILL BE THERE FOR HIM..

 

WILL YOU BE HERE FOR US..OF COURSE YOU WILL…YOU HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE..

 

I AM ASKING YOU THAT ON JAN 4TH YOU WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO PRAY FOR US IN A DAY OF PRAYER AND WEEK OF PRAYERF OR HABITAT AND HOME OWNERSHIP IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY ..VERY IMPORTANT FOR US ALL TO START THE YEAR OFF THIS WAY…

WE HAVE PLENTY TO DO BUT WITH PRAYER ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE ALL THINGS WILL BE AMAZING AND THIS WILL BE OUR BEST YEAR YET..

WITH A PRAYER FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY AND GREAT GRATITUDE,

 

THE EXCITEMENT IS STILL BUILDING !

JIM KILLORAN

Friday, January 02, 2009

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a new year 2009 .. we are Blessed with you, with our work with our Restores..tomorrow we are blessed to have CBS come out and cover us in the mornng...on the Restores, Recycling, Green, an area of growth that we need to reuse and recycle helping our world and the ny area..realize that we can create sales tax, money for affordalbe homes, jobs for those outof work and hope and help with stores when people need it..and have little..so much goes into our work, volunteers like Tom and Mary and CC and our high schoolers, and you and I and our donors...we are Blessed to have HOPE for a New Beginning..for getting back to Basics...for GREENING THE WORLD AGAIN..for the future, and for creating a NEW MODEL OF GREEN COMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH AFFORDABLE HOMES AND CONDOS NEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORT..WITH EMPHASIS AGAIN ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE COMMON PERSON AND WITH RENEWED HOPE AND FAITH IN GOD IN ALL THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE PRAY DREAM AND ACT FOR A BETTER WORLD..WITH GRATITUDE, JJK