Each second is gift..
Walking down deserted Main st ..there will be signs blown, trees down, roofs off..
A lot of work to be done by Habitat because of sandy…hurricane sandy.
Wth that in mind..we move ahead..we pray, we share, we love, we give..
We care..our volunteers will hit the ground running this week.
Please makle a donation to our Hurricane Sandy relief effort..tomorrow we will update all the needs, as we see the damage..
100 homes in
In our neighborhood we have been targeting..with total revitalization we think this is feasible.
That includes rehabs,a fifty unit condo, creation of community gardens and possible urban farm, fixing up a park, vets
Homes, and job creation..we like it all..wont you help us in what we affectionately call SWASH (
Join us in this vital endeavor!
God bless!
Every second is gift, we work we move we pray, we live..
We help to see our world get better we hope.
Just had an interesting conversation abouit debt.
I truly believe our country being in debt is horrible…we need to take it back..
We need to make things.
We need to get homes back on tax roles,
We need to stop the madness.
Our homeownership puts land back on the tax roles, no question..
We work hard to help to make it happen, we get land, we help families have interest free mortgagtes,
We help them to be able to have their lives changed forever.
We also teach people to build as well,
We recycle, we restore, we reuse.
So many greast things we are involved in..wont you help us!
Each second is gift..today we celebrated long term partners Citibank…they came in full force..led by Lily, and peter, and John, they are kicking it in high gear for Habitat…
Seeing the returnees, knowing they keep coming back to us, helping us, working with us..is an amazing thing..we are so grateful.
With that in mind we move ahead…thank you Citi for being there thru thick and thin, good economies and bad, with strong volunteerism and hope..
For all banks, large and small, you are always welcome, we need you,..just email jim@habitatwc.org
Schools step up..all faiths join us..Today we welcome Hebrew School, Dr Block and gang come back with us, to work , to help to volunteer, this is vital for us to continue to make it, to move ahead to help people to have neighborhoods change.
Yesterday we were blessed to have a meeting with our Friends at Bible way on
Help us work to change neighborhoods this winter as well But our pinnacle is that of the Martin Luther King Buildathon that the church helps us with.
Get your congregation involved now, no matter what faith…become a Faithbuilder now!
Conference in NY State..Sunday our Faithbuilders come out..renovating neighborhoods, preparing, praying
Helping to work on Vets homes, and having lunches with Vets..high school students learning to build…Made in America Shop on the way..
What an amazing thing this is..what a world..how much we love and pray and sustain all we do,
People all over the world volunteer..people all over want a simple decent home..can you help us….God bless
Its been awhile since I've written, early morning..to think and pray about our work.. A ride and walk in Nodine Hill..one of many over the years, saw me and us prepare for
A Neighborhood Transformation Day.. A day of change, of day of volunteerism, a day of
Nodine Hill, kind of like the lower east side of NY..the world travels thru. The density however of homes together is unprecedented. It reminds me of where I grew up in a three decker in
On the third floor, my mom carrying the coal up the stairs…last nite a grand mom and her hispanic granddaughter, the new face of immigrants, went through a trash container taking out recyclables. A simple can or bottle we take for granted..for them, its the young girls collection of lunch money…..
We go to clean up, to Brush with Kindness to make a youth center in a basement, to paint, to bring hope, with mums, and many into the Hill.
This is part of our Aggressive Neighborhood Transformation program….working to hit neighborhoods hard, to take them back, to work with residents.
Manny a local resident of thirty years, and I reminisced on
I live right next door Manny reminds me…it was crazy. He will help us with our transformation today…
The fire was after the death of our families three year old, Amy, shot with a high powered rifle, with her dad on a bed watching a winnie the pooh tape. The bullet pierced the side of their home.
Devestation for all……the families two older boys have graduated college, the family had another baby and moved into our habitat holy neighborhood down the hill…one of the tree streets..
We work together to take it back………
Pray, support, help…its time!
Jim Killoran, Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of
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