a great day, a busy weekend..CBS comes out iwth her Katie Couric crew to visit our site..
we also have people from all over the country visiting us...today
Along with that we have much going on..our Restore sales are going strong...moving ahead...our Mamomroneck house is strong, we closed on land in
does it get any better than this..God bless, jjk
a church emails me.. can we get involved i heard you have a special
a person in Kaffeine says, did you know i got half of my furniture at your Restore for my apartment.
two kids come in from
a realtor emails me this morning, can you buya house on a short sale for a family...we need one.
during this summer of Change any oppoprtunities are coming...
listen to wvox today at 1460 am from 9-10am today..join this important rally for changing communities across the county...we havfe only just begun!!!!!!
so a month left in this SUMMER OF CHANGE...how many people will be lifted up. how many will be assisted, how many lives will be changed..
My life is a blessed one...grateful to have great helpers around me..also grateful to the Westchester Business Journal for their coverage of our work..
with that in mind.. we have had many assist us in our mission for changing lives this summer...
Joe from Catholic U...Claire Yergeaux, hiliting help in
and coverage of our work...
Tomorrow we have two rowers coming in, who are traveling across the country..see facebook..habitatcrew.com
rowing for attention for Habitats plight..we then have groups in from
God bless, jjk
The rains come...in the night..reading the Great Deluge..Hurricane Katrina,
Sharon who eagerly awaits us to finihs her home..wonders when we can finish it rightly so..the wind and rain represent challenges to her back and her life..
Rodney now leafving harlem who left New
then rain also represents to Darlene, to Liz to Keith, to our volunteers who help in Mamoroneck a different thing in terms of is the Sheldrake running over ...is Howard avenue under water again...anymore development in white plains will ruin all our efforts...
For Maryluz and Andre who i went to
what does rain represent to you? Join us during this Summer of Change to help get it right again.. God bless, jjk
A time for prayer and action! A time to get it right! No question..as we prepare for our BUILDING ON FAITH WEEK we get more and more congregations signing up..yesterday three Rabbis were approached by our team and their synagogues are signing up to build with us..
“Better than one day in your House” a Chrsitian song plays in the background…one day in your House.. the Jewish song could play…better than one day in your House..Salaam Alakem…the song could play.. I was honored to have a great discussion with two A team members about the Theology of the Hammer…I always believe it is like one big Kibbutz..people helping people side by side, no question…helping together…helping in faith and action… we spoke about the Koran Torah and Bible all stating we need to help one another… we all need to take the Love each book professes too and then go ahead and move it together and build together…NOWS THE TIME!!!!!!
God bless you all. j
A great day..hats off to our Golfers, to Joe French, to Phil Ruggieri, to all those who signed up for helping on our Golf Team..this important work of our golfers to raise support is amazing..Cadillac is our sponsor and we honor Jim Flynn and Tim Flynn..this year, who helped support raising money for us for three homes....it will be the first time we have honored some people....
thanks to Joe French of SVN and Bronxville Reformed Church, Ken Arndt..Anthony Ruggieri of First Americna Title and more...Fore...
Hats off today to Barclays Bank and to Goldman Sachs both who help us today on our sites in Mamoroneck!!!!!!!
Thanks to Heritage Hills Mens club which we addressed in Somers yesterday.. as well as to contractors who came to Summerfields yesterday..
Along with that hats off to
Rev. Sandy Keys...of St Lukes Episcopal church who has offered to assist us in our work in our BUILDING ON FAITH WEEK..SEPT 12-20TH...God bless you and our work there and across the county, the excitement is Building!!!!!!
Live Roofs, what are they, living roofs are one of those things, that you put on the top of buildings, andhelp with ,
Fully vegetated modules can be placed on roofs by the average person...and money @40 per container..this allows for less water run off, helping the environment and clean air...and also reduces cooling costs on buildings...and extends the life of the roof itself...can we GREEN OUR URBAN AREAS...LETS THINK THIS WAY..WE CAN TURN IT BACK!!!!!
Next, lets look at our Greening of our Faith..how are we praying each day, and seeding our own soil of our souls and of our congregations....prayer is the key, and action the growth of a congregation in changing a community..importantly this comes in the form of building on faith..OUR WEEK IS SEPT 12-20TH...BUILD ON FAITH THIS WEEK WITH US WITH YOUR CONGREGATION..the time is NOW!!!!!!!
SUMMER OF CHANGE T SHIRTS ARE IN..PURCHASE ONE FOR TEN DOLLARS AT HABITAT RESTORES..!!!!!! GOING QUICKLY.!!!!
americorps: AMERICORPS...GREEN OUR COUNTRY ..With the soil of their service, their sweat and their solidarity to make this country a better place....join our Americorp team this year!!!!!
Finally we need real Soil..donate land, find land, find an empty home in Mt Vernon, or Somers, or
Shout out to the A Team to Nick Anthony Lee, and others...Chris Meehan where are you..original A team member, with Michelle Hellman, two great leaders....REMEMBER THE EXCITEMENT IS STILL BUILDING!!!!!!
a 20 year old dies in the hood in
we partner with municipal housing authorities across the county to help do BRUSH WTIH KINDNESS PROJECTS..as wel as integrating people of all colors races, financial background all over the county....this becomes one of the best ways that community gets built, that we continue to learn of our important mission and others learn about our mission as well..in the mixing of the Paint, is the real gift....in the mixing of communities and backgrounds, is the real community!
Sometimes i feel we have come so far and then realize sometimes we havent come far at all...God knows...but this SUMMER OF CHANGE continues to help us rebuild communities, one day at a time, with your help.....and with God's help.....God bless you! Jim Killoran
another great day to say the least...
ODMD came out and worked on Mamroneck house..the Goldman Sachs volunteers did a great job too!
no question! with that in mind, we keep on keeping and moving...making it all happen..
building, helping, giving,aiding others in the restores too.
Every day is gift no question..we are so blessed with all our help...for this I thank you!!!!!! and the board and the families do too!!!
This looks to be a great week..a great weekend of volunteers on the site..no question with Goldman Sachs and with Oconnor Dobins Munn working on the site, no question... we have been working away helping famlies in Mamoroeck, in Yonkers, in New Rochelle and more..today the A team members help to paint the Muncipal Housing authority in New Rochelle, and volunteers continue on the Builders camp...
we are so blessed in all we do..
so join us during this Summer of Change..! 2009..the excitement is building..
Unemployment rates rise.. the work continues.. we make a commimtnet with your support to help continue to help build, help deliver and pick up Restore itmes.. help to make it all worth while..
With that in mind we need your support for this Summer of Change…The summer of change entails utilizing your heart, hands and support to make it all happen….four youth come in the end of the day with our summer employment program of our Restore from Yonkers…they worked hard.. we love it Kevin says of
Time for a change from the bottom up…we can do this..with Habitat, with your church and congregation and more. God bless, jjk
What a busy day it is today.. we have lots of building, Goldman Sachs volunteers, we have DC 9 getting recongized for helping us with four homes..we have our Builders Camp..two radio interviews and the West. Business Journal coming to join us!
We are so blessed, so much we have to do...to be able to move ahead and change the face of this county this summer....
Then in the evning at 7pm, a mom and daughter out of domestic violence come in, can we get furniture they stated we could get help...many come to our Restores who get free help out of shelters and domestic violence siutations....they now have an apartment full of furniture, we have helped them in a big way to be able to them and so many others through our Restores.
Last we are prepering for our Buidling on Faith week in the fall, talking to Sandy Keys yesterday of Somers of St Lukes Episcopal church, what a great blessing they are ....he will be one of our chairs of our Building on Faith week......we have SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR TO THE ONE GOD WE BELEIVE IN.....
God bless, jjk
I recalled vividel what a great joy it was to see them happily living in a decent place. wrote millard fuller in one of his first books...BOKOTOLA...of Millards efforts with his wife to start Habitat for Humanity!
I helped a family in
He went on with Linda to change the world...the rest is history..
We are at a crisis time...in our history in this country.,..but like the crisis of Linda and Millard in their marriage, we are in a crisis of our life in our communtiies....
We need to think Green, we need to build homes again...we need to support small businesses and each other, we need to use our hands again...like our Builders camp...support our efforts, buy at our Restores, and help us...
God bless you!
Thank you to Community Church of Pelham...a group of youth came out and helped us from the church and were challenged to think about starting the first home in Pelham..why not, it can happen...along with that, we had uur great local leaders speak, amazing..speakers from
Sept 12-20th...BUILDING ON FAITH WEEK IS AN IMPORTANT WEEK FOR US ...We are servants in helping with people in helping with churches and synaguges and mosques, we help walk the talk of faith and this years Building on Faith week will be amazing in our work that wil help us have a renewed beginning with our faith partners..get your congregation out now, we need you!!!!
GO GREEN WITH HABITAT...we need to be able to share wth your neighborhood about your ability to save energy, if we dont do it now, when in the middle of winter..stay tuned for exciting news.1!!!!!!!!
A GREAT DAY IN MAMORONECK! RUSSELL the president of ABC Disney was working hard on tool sheds being built…volunteers went into the river, helped rehab neighbors homes…went ahead the neighborhoods of Howard to assist…WVOX came over and did an interview..and we all went ahead with having a great day! No question..in a day we can change the face of a neighborhood…for sure…we did yesterday..thank you ABC Disney
Today we address the Seniors at the Sullivan center, to be able to see what we can do…to help get more volunteers..tomorrow our LPC training exists..
For three hours in the morning…and will continue..the excitement is still building!
A TORNADO HITS..OUR AREA..trees down, lights off, electricity..
Habitat will help send volunteers, tohelp seniors clear trees..we have youth who are here to help.
Post Road blocked off, like my area where i was born, a tornado touches down..powerlines out and down...
we are there to help..call us 403 4821
a great morning for sure.. we are involved with being so grateful to God for all He does for us, no matter what faith...Last nite i was honored to speak to the Youth group Bible STudy at the
Today our Builders camp starts, Youth and adults from all over helping to learn how to build..to learn how to be able to learn about GreenBuilding skills, to learn about changing the world...to help others..
seeing how a passive Solar Flood home is...to see how a Zero Energy Home is put together..to see how SIP panels are used..what a great great thing to be able to learn building skills.
May God bless you every day...we are blessed to have volunteers from all over, to be able to help us, to be able to join us, to be able to work on sites, to be able to help..
we are able to celebrate Hudson Valley Bank, the Chamber of Commerce from Mamoroneck, the President.joined us in a meeting yesterday..they realize how important our work is, and us theirs, ..affordable homes is tied to good economics, great small businesses, and more..
we need to ba able to help others realize this..the Chamber of Mamoroneck certainly gets it...thankyou Rose and Ms Graziano...for all you do.. God bless you Jim Killoran...
Fifth of July...what does that mean, tired, fireworked out, do we still have the fever of independence..summers here...what do we do...
headlines over
Our Local project comnmittee model enables to have people learn how to work within towns and help homes be built, help lives be changed, wiith the spirit of volunteerish, with the spirit of helping with the spirit of community! It all happens, so people can have their lives changed, their lives improve, their lives be helped...wont you start a Local Project Committee Now!
God bless, have a great Fifth of July.....the time is now!
As we move ahead, the Summer of Change is in Full Swing...
no question...our A team is here, this Sat, ir is our Local Project committees leader training..
we also are going to be building this week wiith 90 ABC Disney employees..and helping in a number of ways that will be moving ahead our Neighborhoods as GREEN...
our work with the Dept of Labor continues with our grant moving ahead..for us to help us teach Green Construction skills to many...a great opportunity..
The Summer of Change begins now..Join us!!!! God bless,
J
GO GREEN WITH HABITAT..!!!!!
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN..GO GREEN WITH HABITAT, IT IS A MOVEMENT OF CREATING
ZERO ENERGY HOMES
PASSIVE SOLAR FLOOD HOMES
WEATHERIZING HOMES AND TEACHING OTHERS ABOUT SIMPLE TECHNICQUES ON HOW TO...
SAVING LANDFILL, CREATING RESTORES FOR THE GREEN ECONOMY AND SELLING RECYCLED GOODS AT LOW PRICES
HELPING TO SHARE THE LATEST ON GREENING COMMUNITIES
SYSTEMATICALLY WORKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP BUILD GREEN HOMES AND HELPIGN OUR NEIGHBORS SAVE ENERGY TOO
CREATING LIVING ROOFS ACROSS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS....
TODAY WE SHARED ABOUT OUR RESTORES AT
ARE YOU GOING GREEN...JOIN
