Friday, December 20, 2013

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What a weekend…Christmas weekend…every weekend is Christmas weekend…with Habitat of Westchester….be it helping with #Sandy relief families..moving families in..or helping to build homes…we move ahead…we moved in another #Veterans family in this weekend…yahoo…with a three year old..felippe and his wife and familys life is changed forever….we moved in two more Sandy families…Arthur a 92 year old wwII  vet moved in his home…amazing..his home was devastated..I remember going into the guts of his home, pulling out debris, dead animals, piping, you name it..Sandy did its damage..but Habitat of Westchester did its Rising again..a new home..he said…all I can say is I am the luckiest man alive…

Then yesterday the city of Yonkers, stated, Jim you did a great job with this rehab…I called them back.. how about this house in Battle Hill, can you help me buy  it, we can rehab it, get a Veterans family in..and more….

Your support is vital as we continue to move ahead…! Join us! http://www.habitatwc.org

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Tuesday, December 03, 2013

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Amazing..each second Is gift..we rededicated a command center we made in Breezy yesterday..today we build and have our orientation no question…moving ahead..in our work. Its Christmas time in the city..in new Rochelle ..in places around and about…in Yonkers, in mt Vernon, in Peekskill…

We love to decorate, to have Santa. To make Main Street the best ever with jobs and housing..

Ownership condos..stay tuned…

Yesterday I met a wounded warrior and his wife, visiting being treated to the sites…he asked If I would sign his hat with his wife for them..like I was someone…he was double prosthesis, lost his legs..and he is askng me to sign..he is the hero and star..hire a vet, help us build #WelcomeHome Houses for Vets..

We move ahead…

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Black Friday…people shopping shopping shopping..we are building building building..this Nov 29 2013…we have to..Sandy families still in need…Veterans families still in need of homes..many are in need of help..no question…with that in mind. We are blessed to help..our help moves ahead, to help build homes, to help with Sandy relief…Your holiday donations are so important to us..now more than ever…..

I spoke to Gerry yesterday, a Vietnam vet whose home we helped rehab..double prosthesis, amputee, he is a hero, he Is back in his home in Breezy,…Rosa is back in her home this Thanksgiving Christmas in the Far Rockaways, because of us..>Mike the Marine with his wife..cant wait to move into his home for Easter..

We start electric and plumbing…

This Friday we have 60 volunteers working instead of shopping…Huntington High School. Byram Hills, and Christ Church….

Rabbi Morgenstern and I spoke together on Hannukah..Todah..he will bring the board of Rabbis to help us..

Rev Cockfield and Rev. Sterling and I spoke..thank you they say, we rehabbed their churches… God is great..

Please donate to our work this holiday season..we deserve it..

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Its Hanukkah its Christmas ----time in the city..for sure, we are blessed in so many ways..

In all we do..we help..so many respond..people who never h elped before step up..people who never gave before have given..we need your holiday donations today…plumbers, electricians, excavators, are  our biggest costs..plus our staff continues…and we get no government funds for our staff….last nite people from Thornwood, Chapaqua, Pelham all joined us last nite to volunteer..

We are blessed..so join us, help us, volunteer with us, donate to us..! and yes The Excitement is Building!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

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We move ahead..we had a great Veterans blitz build…and the whole week was filled with addressing veterans, helping to build homes, helping to make it a great day and week for all involved…..our work building, no better. Mike and his family cant wait to get in..no question..they are both marines..another marine from yonkers comes in..we want to help, we want a home..can you help us..

God is good..along with that we work to help others, like those in the fire in Mt Vernon, four people died, the others in the house needed an apartment..we are there with them for furniture..no question.

God is good, God is great.. we have every second in life.

We also work in the Sandy areas..another dad last Thursday came in…we have five kids, I had to live in the house with mold growing…my God help us help them.. God is good, you are too, help us help them this holiday season, please..

jjk

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Tuesday, November 05, 2013

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Election day…election day is important..voted already..

Affordable home ownership is the number one issue to Westchester and nyc today.. we work and move ahead..we see that God has blessed us to help carry this torch,

In the form of a hammer, in the form of a local project committee, in the form of people helping people. To this end we move, we breathe, we continue..

We are blessed to help in Mt Vernon,…we saw four people die in one of our neighborhoods recently…illegal housing, peoples electric turned off.

Energy is one of the most important issues of our time our lifetime…cant have high bills.energy bills can hurt a family..can stop a family from living safely..we saw it this week.

We continue…to build green affordable simple decent homes. God bless you ..join us in the most important issue of our time.

 

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Monday, November 04, 2013

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Our Gateways Initiative..

Our work continues..turning over neighborhoods that desperately need help.

Four people died in a fire on S. Bond St….two minutes from our Restore..one minute from our work on Mt Vernon Avenue.

Our Local project committee will continue…it is vital families are careful with their apartments..people are cold, heat is going on..

Important for us to share safe apartment living for families….no question..

We move ahead…it is a sad week. I spoke in Spanish and English to the Domincian club…be safe, make sure your exits are clear..dont use electric heaters..

Four lives lost.  The teenager son survived, yet the others died…

We have only just begun..

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Friday, October 25, 2013

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Friday before Sandy anniversary..

Flooded roads in Mamoroneck..Gov Spitzer visited, a war zone..fast forward army tents in breezy..roads filled with debris in belle harbor.

People mucking and gutting everywhere, many look like walking wounded..everywhere..

With that In mind, we continue..we work, we move ahead..

Today we again welcome Hancock financial instead of golfing in Hawaii with their top team…they came for two days to work…AWESOME!

We insulated and moved two homes ahead…we continue..amazing.

We also worked on a third families home..someone living in a trailer, we will finish quickly.

The cold weather yesterday reminded me of the winter out there..when no one was in their homes..

We worked on Frankies house in the rockaways..begging us to help..

We went..we worked on Aliciars house on 69th street..no heat..

Pipes breaking in the winter..rapid repair program being created..and not always working..

Getting pneumonia…but keep heading out everyday, to help, to organize to plan, to love to cry and to rebuild…

Many families still need our help…

Tony a next door neighbor yesterday came out…thank you Jim…I posted on the facebook…you guys are still here..thank you!

It is an honor and emotional when you help with people in a crisis, we are blessed to still be there every day…

Hannah a reporter from Sky news wrote, you all are doing great work….we do it together.. please help..

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Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

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The hurricane was moving…three four days before..we didn’t know if it would hit…the big one..might hit…like watching Katrina hit, only in our backyard, we moved and watched..I prepared our headquarters for sleepovers that nite..cots, food, and more..flashlights..generators, pumps…and then it came…

We were called to go help..my high school buddy, called, cfo of Sony Music, killer do you have generators, pumps, can you bring them….of course..after having delivered to Chappaqua, then cutting trees in Mt Vernon, Yonkers..we worked, we helped, we continued…..over the Whitestone bridge..back to the Rockaways where six weeks before had been for my friends daugthers wedding…only three times in my life had I been to the famous rockaways..his wedding, his daughters, and for us to play hoops together…

Now we were fighting a hurricanes wrath…ambulances stuck on end of road…we worked to get water out…then going from belle harbor to breezy, I went to see..the devestation…couldn’t believe it..the country of breezy I call it…a world, another world, a devastated world….thats all I knew, ..two people brother and sister wandering aimlessly,..can you get us to our home…can you help….we have to go to a shelter, but we have to get clothes if any….what aworld…three water, with my higher pickup truck..a war zone..army tents, police, fire depts…the first day….more tomorrow to follow ..of Sandys wrath and Habitat of Westchesters journey of relief…to this day..one year later….

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Monday, October 21, 2013

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Easy like sat morning…thecalm before the storm.the storm of good to kick out the storm ofbad…

This sat we don’t have too many volunteers.. Sunday plenty…but over the next three weeks like the last three, we have had an opportunity to work to get many in the Rockaways and yonkers moving..our Hurricane Sandy build and our Veterans blitz build….

Pray for our familes, pray for us..the spirit of partnership of love and success , in service, in home ownership and in changing lives..with that in mind..we celebrate the calm before the storm…the storm of great volunteers to come, for another three weeks…join us…relief@habitatwc.org

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Another thought…we move ahead, this Hurricane Sandy anniversary..did the hurricane cause us to pray more..did we fall into lapse, are we pulled to forget that Sandy was there to remind us how fragile life is, that every second is gift..that we need God in our lives…we are a ministry…we have Christians, Jewish, SAI, hindi, and many more help us…we have volunteers from all over the world come and assist people of all faiths and no faith….when crisis happens, we get God, when it doesn’t we forget often..we all do.

As we come closer to the anniversary it is a recommitment to faith in action of Habitat of Westchester to our work…to our assistance, to our vital lives being there to help others, …our disaster swat team always ready…we are so grateful to God for guiding us..for all our resources, our donors, and you…did you pray today…can you help us still…God bless you . .

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Friday, October 18, 2013

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What an exciting time…we are in the middle of the purchasing of homes..helping homes get rebuilt..

Creating whole new revitalized neighborhoods and doing it with sweat  equity and volunteerism…

Neighborhoods.. a concept that has had a hard time existing in Westchester and NY…we hear the stories from parents grandparents, if only we could go back to the neighborhood…Neighborhood Revitalization is a heart mission, a healing mission, a soul mission, a rebuilding mission, a security mission, a mission of real war against poverty…

To that end we continue in Mt vernon, InYonkers, in New Rochelle …in Peekskill…we fix broken windows, we build, we help, we change lives and communities together..

So join us..this holiday season support us..help volunteer, donate..change lives together..lets bring back Neighborhoods…God bless you!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

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The fight continues..for simple decent homes, for green communities, for helping together..

Our work is doing amazing… we continue in Sandy relief areas, we continue in Yonkers in our buildathon..

We work together, to build…communities from the bottom up. I just confirmed  I will speak at the Beach Channel High school, to engage the future of the Rockaways to help build with us.

We are grateful for  our youth getting involved…from here the Rockaways..On a day when fifteen days of the government shut down, it only makes sense that we must help our communities, that our youth have to learn to be community builders..that they realize sweat equity is vital for the success of their future.

Vertical farming, community gardens, walkable cities, flood proof neighborhoods, homes built green and safe..thats what we fight for…..

Now my high school leaders move onto corportions, into teaching, into leading in professional endeavors…they have become leaders and still help us rebuild…..join us!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Friday, October 11, 2013

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Early morning Friday….1000 volunteers later in three weeks, we continue….

Today Cisco comes out with us..to help to work to build! No question…

We are blessed to have so many assist us, so many work with us….this weekend Jenny Moss has her bat mitzvah project on site…Scarsdale and Hastings High schools…

St James Episcopal church of North Carolina continues and St Bonaventures University comes in for another weekend of work..Columbus Day we have the Episcopal church come and join us…from Cold Srping Harbor, we are so blessed…

But not enough…we need a swell of support..of donations, of volunteers…WE WILL REBUILD NY TOGETHER..For homes, for green sustainability, for less concrete and cars and more homes, bikes and gardens..its time…..NMU…

So join this vital effort, as we prepare for our HURRICANE SANDY ANNIVERSARY…and our VETERANS BLITZ BUILD…! The time is now!!!!!!! relief@habitatwc.org

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

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We are blessed in all we do..

No question..

We work we pray, we love we laugh we cry, we help in hurricanes, in bringing hope, in stopping foreclosures in neighborhoods, in NMU, in teaching people to build, in changing lives, families, volunteers, board members, donors, and CEO’s ..me included..daily

With that in mind, I remember quite a bit now..it is our 25th annnviersary, hfhi’s 30th..

Last nite I walked on E 6th st and avenue see…I walked by Mascot flats, where I helped build…where we walked on beams and could look straight down four floors, because they were all gone..where we reconstructed, removed debris with buckets, where we worked, laughed, held a street fair and dedication, board meetings…at E 6th street, and helped to make it a place where Wanda Colon and her kids could live…one of my heroes…

The lower east side is a different world now..there were drug dealers, homeless, many empty buildings and more…I lived right up the block in Stuyvesant town..and was happy to go to try to reach out to homeless in Tomkins sq park, to try to rehab homes, to try to create jobs…

Now it is viable, no drug dealers, better stores, trendy bars and restaurants…honored to be part of making HFHIs anniversary a reality on E 6th street, I have been with them from the beginning..Millard is there in spirit too. God bless you….

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Monday, October 07, 2013

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Blessings in all we do, for sure, we have so much to be grateful for.

This weekend our west point cadets, along with our high school “soldiers” Grenwich, New Rochelle and many more..blessed us with hardwork in Mt Vernon and Yonkers…as well as mitzvah builders from Temple Beth el…

A world to change…today we work in the rockaways, Breezy and Mt Vernon…one of our biggest weeks ever this week…

With that in mind we say THANK YOU!  we have built and continue to build energy efficient housing, energy green, resilitent hurricane SIP homes…and work to continue to help rebuild the world in ways never done before..

Join us ..donate to us, lives depend upon it..

God bless you,

 

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

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For years as school begins, I have many student leaders, who are teachers, who take to heart the seriousness of leading their habitat clubs and efforts….one of the most important things ever we have done, is to have students in a county that has denied affordable homes being buit to be able to help work with us on our sites..to plant the see that simple decent homes are not a bad thing, to show youth who have everything that others who have nothing are as fine as they are..and that every student no matter where they live, how much they have, deserve to live in a simple decent home.

So I am reminded agan of leaders like marc Brandon, athletics, teacher at Harvey School, or Mr Hausmann, who is a teacher at Yonkers high school, Mrs, Darcy at Scarsdale High School, Ms lastaria at Eastchester high school, Mr Rubins at New Rochelle High, Ms Pisani at iona Prep, and so many more I cant name them….including Ms Berman at Roosevelt High school, and Sr Mary Alice at Good Counsel along with my friends at Solomon Schechter and Yariv, who is at SAR school…all habitat heroes to me, helping to lead their students in service…so thank you! for all your efforts, it will be another great Habitat school year because of you..you will help me change the county more this year than ever before..and plant the true seeds of education, educare, to liberate..to liberate students from just being SAT hungry success stories to success stories of service, of giving back, of helping to change the world again! God bless y ou!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Friday, September 27, 2013

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One month out before the anniversary..a month and half out before our Veterans Blitz build..

We are so blessed..by volunteers..and volunteers so blessed to give of time,effort, sweat and donations.. We welcome St Pauls of Wickford here

From Rhode Island today…thank you! tomorrow, our friends from St Marys come in again…from Ct..faithful monthly volunteers! Next week, a group from North

Carolina…volunteers have been the heart of the recovery effort …in Sandy….and our part of the recovery effort..to make simple homes…in Westchester.

Today Zara sends its reps…to get ready for 100 strong tomorrow….we have Eastchester High School helping in our Gateways Initiatve…

We have Iona Softball, Manhattan engineers, Cox Communications..and more just coming to help….what a true blessings..more than 1000 in the next month..

More than that are needed for our continued efforts…make our final good weather push…donate today too..online at http:.//www.habitatwc.org….

We need your help, your prayers, your support.. your volunteer efforts..and more!

 

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Monday, September 23, 2013

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For our urban areas our number one and two issues are jobs..and guns…along with affordability and greening communities….i was in a neighborhood in NYC where a 45 caliber bullet had pierced  a home of a mom and two kids we rehabbed their place at…horrified, we thanked God they were alive….stopping the police, I asked who can I talk to ….in the 101st precinct…near the homes, were NYCHA housing..people whose rent, continues to be not giving them wealth but passing it on to management..whatever that means…imagine if each unit was ownership…each family taxpayers, each neighbor a strong voice….

Jobs for manufacturing are part of the solution too…our made in America shop..is off and running, a buzz..order your furniture from us..we are transforming another area that we are honored to be part of…

Combined with decent places to live, and greenspace…communities can come back..be safe, kids have jobs and green space… and less guns..and or no guns….we pray, we act…we have just begun…..

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Friday, September 20, 2013

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Busiest time  of our life.. no question..the next four weeks see our HURRICANE SANDY BUILDATHON..kick off…from M and M, Zara, to Bank of America to St James Church from North Carolina..our volunteers are coming in droves..to help….then we move into our Veterans blitz build…

To that end…we can only say thank you…9000 volunteers in the rockaways alone..since Hurricane Sandy.

Along with that our Veterans Blitz build surrounding veterans day, is going strong…

Our Made in America Shop kicked off with volunteers, with a ribbon cutting and Vets…we are teaching Vets and others to build..and making furniture out of used palates.. a sustainable business.

We are so blessed to help…at the end of the day that is what we are put on earth for…no question..so what are you waiting for….join the Habitat Train… of love, of helping of hope and homes! relief@habitatwc.org

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Monday, September 16, 2013

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We work we pray we thank God..off to the  Rockaways, Breezy after a team depot day.

God blesses us with volunteers like Brendon who keep coming back to help us..to work to give back…

Many families 11 months out are not back in their homes due to Sandy..the stress, is horrific.  One cant imagine, still not knowing what to do with your home. PRAY for all the families and US..it helps! No question..and support our efforts……Never before in our existence have we had more opportunity to change the face of home ownership for working people in Westchester County.

Never before have we dealt with in all NY a Hurricane of such proportions. Never before has the one God of all faiths, worked with us to open so many opportunities so we could build doors of hope and love and windows and walls of strength sweat and change..

 

Can you join us….Our 25th anniversary continues…..and what a year,….800 plus Sandy homes…Veterans homes…and you getting involved! jjk

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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After Friday workers on our site 60 team depot strong, we moved to work on the Rockaways with volunteers and back here again, in Yonkers, with a group of community service  people….Sunday our Fire Marching band played…in Harlem and we returned to share the love at Times Sq Church where their teen group came out and volunteered…

Its time for us to step it up…real estate has been a challenge but this year we are seeing our ability to help purchase empty homes we can rehab for vets…..

Our days are 8 days a week it seems now..long, but strong, challenging but successful..and God has been blessing us in ways never seen before..we pray, we act, we need your  help..please donate today…

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

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My walk to ground zero..always doing it around this time..last nite I walked..about four miles to the shining lights..i thought of dave and marty of Silverstein who are building the world trade centers, mike from zwicker, and Rogers Construction..all who have helped us.

As  you walk towards the block…interesting perspectives,…St Peters Church on the left, at Pierre Toussaint Square..on the side of the church the Metal Crunched Cross, made from material of WTC,The Federal building opposite and kitty corner you see the WTC growing up.

 

I remember walking trying to get past Canal street..on Sept 12, right after 911…I could only get so far, I wanted to help. We ended up helping that Saturday filling the New Rochelle Armory with Habitat volunteers with relief supplies from all over the world… a command center for distribution..construction boots, food, plywood and more, all to help the relief effort. Workers would come and get the materials and bring them to ground zero.

 

Today we prepare for our 911 ribbon cutting, of the Made in America Shop..dedicated to those who lost their lives, to those who protect us, to the future of this country. Our war is not overseas but here, to take it back..to win the Battles and the Wars, to have good jobs, and simple decent homes in our communities once again. God bless  you and God bless America!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Monday, September 09, 2013

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Tyler comes up this morning on Mt Vernon avenue  going to school..i ask him do you want to be helping to build..

He states I want to be an architect..as he yells yes and raises his hand….

Made in America Shop ribbon cutting is this Wednesday at 11 am…9/11 at 11am..a great event.. we will hire vets.

We will train vets, we will help them to get going …we will assist them to move ahead…

Also once a month we will have a woodworking course for the public that people can learn to build.

We are making furniture and selling it to the  public….used palates, amazing!

Along with that we celebrity the building going on…for 12 years we have built w ith the them..On 911 the world was changed forever

This 911  come out and change the world…Home depot, Rippowam School, Yonkers high school, Fluent, Iona College and also Manhattan college..

All build with us during this 911 buildathon.

 

In all we do and say we give thanks….

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Tuesday, September 03, 2013

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Labor Day weekend…the traffic beeps, the ambulances drive thru a highway, people rushing..yikes…

Some walking some biking, some kayaking….as  a I reflect on all of our work..our restores, our building, our community building our volunteers…I am grateful for the sweat of our labor…that we think about how people live in the community where we build..that it is an honor to give hope, bring hope, have hope to share that the world can change for the better….we pray for no war in Syria today, we pray for our families we have helped n haiti, in Tajikistan, in New Orleans, in El Salvador, in Mexico, and India..in Yorktown and Larchmont, Yonkers and  Mt Vernon….

We stop for a  moment tomorrow, recognized in a parade in Breezy..an honor..in hopes no storms, no hurricanes, no tornadoes…in hopes  of other Labor Days, where all will be able to live back in their homes and in other simple homes…

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Monday, August 26, 2013

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God is so good..no question! I write this on Shabat…as I said God bless and Salaam to my friends on the street..one God, one faith in action..from Abraham on..we work to help eliminate poverty…in the world..in a county that has such contradictions.

 

Tonite the anniversary on the March on Washington is upon us….a time for healing a time for hope…our March on Washington is throughout the neighborhoods..daily..a march with a hammer, a planter, a broom, a paint brush…the American Dream Lives in interest free homeownership with Habitat of Westchester..here and across the country and world..no question..just back from the early morning..

In Mt Vernon..watering our planters at 5am..speaking with police engaging the neighborhood and small stores open…

we have begun the transformation..our March on Mt Vernon Avenue on First and inbetween continues…in our Gateways initiative….so many people are excited to help us, so many residents…our Made in America shop is there….where we hired someone from the neighborhood yesterday….the Dream continues in home ownership.in our March in the neighborhoods from Larchmont and Somers to Mt Vernon and Yonkers..we are blessed to help with the American Dream continuing….so when people come back from Washington honoring the anniversary..march with us with a hammer…with a planter, with a tape measure..let us rebuild together…God bless you!

 

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

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We work, we continue we pray, we work hard..

In that endeavor we are finishing homes..five families moved in homes in June here in Yonkers and Somers,

Twenty families in Hurricane Sandy area in Rockaways and Breezy…thousands of volunteers later, we continue to pray and thank God for every volunteer, for every person, for every dollar, or inkind donation of materials, bags, food, sheetrock, gloves, you name it it all adds up..

To that endeavor we are ready for our biggest time ever..effort to raise support, raise awareness and raise homes…we need your help now.. please donate. T hank you!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Friday, August 09, 2013

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As we come together for our anniversary, so many great things are happening..

Our work in Mt Vernon, increases..we hope to buy a foreclosure in our targeted neighborhood of our Gateways initiative….our Greening of the neighborhoods bar none, surpasses many greenwashing efforts going on…stay tuned…where our Made in America shop is, we are glad to see Solar belly trash receptacles..

We hope to be putting solar on our made in America shop..and showing about sustainability materials in our Made in America Shop and our Mt Vernon Restore…right near by…we just got tile there, that Home Depot would have thrown away and they donated to us..amazing.

Our 25th anniversary event coincides with our Hurricane Sandy anniversary to help so many families..we move ahead..

With that In mind, God has blessed us so much…to help others…we continue  for the next 25 years stronger than ever..

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Thursday, August 08, 2013

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How Green is your home!

A million dollar question in many ways, a life changing question, a life saving question..all of this is something that we start with a premise of how do we save energy, make our Habitat homes green..and help to save money and energy for the future……more and more people are looking with a Green Eye if you will….what type of paints..how about carpet….do I get the LED’s…is solar an option….what about rain barrels…

Utilities have always skyrocketed..combined with tax bills…its amazing to see how high utilities can go..

For us..saving energy and utilities always became the mantra..how do we save for the future..how do we save money..our homes, our healthy our communities…

This no longer seems to far fetched, or that we are greenies…if you would..

This becomes not a pipe dream, as the next storm Hurricane is out in the Pacific and homes burn from forest fires..and floods and weather advisories come out more and more…

All of this is vital to our existence…as I get older, I am proud I was in the right direction..hoping to put Solar on buildings, where ever we could..proud to have brought a wind company…to look at introducing wind on our homes, and neighborhoods..proud to have introduced SIPS into the county in a big way..reengineered wood, our recycling Restores…honored to hope we have shed light..that saving money is a good thing..with going green, saving lives, greening homes and our neighborhoods…

To that end we now hope to be OTG…Off the Grid! That hurts! Ouch..hurts who…those who make tons of money off of average consumers…or does it help us all for the environment…

 

On my desk is a Green Bible…The Psalmist wrote…in Psalm 50 The Mighty One, the God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth, fromt eh rising of the sun to its setting,

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth!

 

Lets us continue to add a green goal a day..in our lives..turning the tipping point back, saving money, saving resources, and living a life full of healthy food, homes and communities once again! God bless you!

 

Ps our Green Seminar is on for the Fall….stay tuned!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Wednesday, August 07, 2013

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Thanks to Christ Church Cathedral for volunteering with us….the Earth is the Lords and all that is within ..bless the Lord oh my soul with that in mind we pray…we sing we are grateful..we claim God s presence in our life and our Habitat world and personal lives and families lives.

So many have challenges, but the strength of our habitat families is unbelievable…single moms with kids..veterans who fought overseas and now fight to make ends meet, seniors in our brush with kindness work who need to be able to make it..who cant afford the highest taxes in the country..

Volunteers such as Christ Church, the A Team, our Veterans..fluent who is helping with our golf tournament next week, all help us to make it in ways that never before has people seen volunteers help us..companies come and build like fluent did..and decided to help pick us for their annual golf tournament…

With that in mind, we say thank you to all of our volunteers..all the angels protect you..help us make real estate a right not a burden..so people can have a simple decent home  to live in.

God bless

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Friday, August 02, 2013

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The fall will be our busiest yet.no question.

Building with companies, congregations..building in team builds..in faith in action..in hope of nu hurricanes, of nmu, of love for our neighbors..this end we continue.

In September our 911 buildathon, October our Hurricane Anniversary build..and in Nov our Vets blitz build..

All so important..for our 25th anniversary..with your help we continue strong!With your donations..we will succeed….we already have.. but we have only just begun..

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Thursday, August 01, 2013

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We work hard, from 6am on. we pray…we work, we help…Today on Mt Vernon Avenue and First, we watered our planters, a sign Habitat is strong there..Our Made in Americas shop kicks off the ground in two weeks with a ribbon cutting, while the excitement at the MtVernon Restore, with its new customers..grows..the Gateway Inititiaves!  Here the two Gateways of Mt Vernon.. are now alive and buzzin……and everywhere in between Habitat volunteers are working hard, to make it NMU, to help make it beautiful, to part with businesses like Bronx River Equipment and Hyperlink..and many more, to help make this the up and coming neighborhood in all of Mt Vernon…we appreciate all of theDPW workers, the police, who work with us both depts…in making it amazing! Stay tuned…our LPC, Local Project committee meets Friday at 830….if interested email michelle@habitatwc.org to attend..

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Monday, July 29, 2013

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The Earth is the Lords and all that is within it…no question.. God opens up land, doors, homes, for us, to build on, to take back to help share with our partner families to own..and make the neighborhood safe…Real estate is a right to live on, not a commodity..if people work and do sweat equity, like Mike and his wife Nikki, from Nodine Hill, two Marines, who did sweat equity on their homes in Battle Hill in Yonkers..Sat..with Levitt Furst and with All Saints..they did a great job..

Or like the homeowners in Somers who moved in and did 900 hours of sweat equity, tilling, working on the house and will  continue too…or like the family off of Mt Vernon avenue..who desires a home, empty near her street.

The Earth is the Lords and all that is within it.

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

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Today we met at 6am…we welcome Credit Suisse interns today on short notice..glad to have them..

With that in mind..we are grateful…send as many volunteers as you can..we can use them.. no question…we have 100 volunteers tomorrow…we could keep 1000 volunteers going tomorrow..our goal..in a ny area, recovering from Hurricane Sandy..in an area that affordable housing is a dirty word..in an area where real estate is a commodity not a right..and people are burdened with most of their income to rentals, taxes, communiting etc…we can change this, we are every volunteer day, every closing….ever family in..

 

We see families in like today a closing on a home for a family in Somers…we not only worked on rehabbing a home and making it new and energy efficient..we work on making it amazingly beautiful and help the neighbors too…. We worked on five other homes up there…with rehabs…we helped do clean up projects..

We helped get hundreds of volunteers…and now when we close at 2pm..we change the families life forever..

 

That’s what we do… we work..helping people have homes, condos, and great neighborhoods is not a bad thing..it is a Great thing! Be it for veterans..or a carpenters family…a single mom and kids..a senior citizen..who cant pay the highest taxes or eat..we continue..

God bless you

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Monday, July 22, 2013

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6am gang, almost here…

For almost nine months..we have been here..thank you Sandy..what a friend..

The hurricane hit, we hit the ground..the water sent homes in mold, we demolded them,

Families cried for help..we responded to our best abilities and cried with them… we still meet daily..

We have a group in from New Hampshire today..we have volunteers from New Orleans today…we don’t have any from New York…should nt all of new York being helping New Yorkers this summer..

It is always sexier to go away somewhere to helpa neighbor over there..it is harder to help right in our own backyard…will you help a new Yorker in need this summer…..lets go New York lets go! relief@habitatwc.org

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Each second is gift…our world sometimes seems fractured…violence, battles, poor education, troubled days for some…yet there is hope..there is prayer, there is action..

We see things we wish didn’t exist, but then we help change them for the neighborhoods..for the kids, for families and people….things have changed, in my whole life I have seen the worst situations and places turn into amazing places…no question.

With your help…your prayers, your donations..we can change again..like phoenixes out of the ashes,

God helps us revive neighborhoods..join us!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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