This weekend we are rededicating our command center and our work in Hurricane Sandy at Christ Community Church. We have had thousands of people go through that Church, we continue and rededicate our selves spiritually to continue to help those in need…those who need to be able to get back in their homes, to have less anxiety….we pray and work harder than ever!
With that in mind this week we helped work on five #Sandy relief homes..and we also helped to be able to finish the command center, as well as work on helping some one in the Rockaways get into an apartment with security, due to Sandy assistance funds running out….the case studies on all this will be amazing…we still are not ready for disaster…That is why I proposed to the now defunct #MorelandCommission, Jan 24, 2013 the creation of a #NationalDisasterUniversity…where every utility worker in the country become certified…if NY goes under the country goes…in the midst of sandy relief I was invited after having been interviewed be #CefanKim of #news12…about my idea…to share my idea…in the midst of sandy relief still three months after…thick of things…we continued day to day…90 days ago the Governor and Vice President Joe Biden announced the need for a national disaster university…what a great idea..haha, we were not included nor invited..stay tuned.
We work harder than ever with our team and volunteers today in Sandy relief.
We also work in Yonkers and New Rochelle and Mt Vernon on the tri cities neighborhood inititiave..NRI..its GOOD TO BE IN THE HOOOD! ..For sure… as I want to check early morning in Mt Vernon and New Rochelle today at 6am, like I do often, watering our gardens…helping to make them NMU..people come by and say..can I help you…like early evening Carolina Rodriguez, a great person, and actually a Miss Westchester contestant..She saw me in the garden stopped and she and her friend Vickie with other are going to help! How goes your garden grow in the hood..with neighbors like Caroline and Vickie, or Janelle who helped in New Rochelle or DJ in Yonkers with Will…all wanting more green space in their neighborhoods…
As green goes up crime goes down…as home ownership goes up, education goes up and crime goes down…so we green every neighborhood..
Today we also build in Yonkers on #Veterans homes…Ivan and his family cant wait. Thank you #GoldmanSachs for your continuing commitment to helping us. We also yesterday closed on Rose Browns home In #whitePlains…an amazing feat to see done..congrads Rose, in memory of Ralph Degnan, who helped build it and passed, may you be blessed always and for generations to come….an amazing home…
May God bless you ..let the truth be known..may we go forth, to make this world much better…we HAVE TO! For future generations…..NMU..No More Ugly, Green and a simple decent home for all. jjk
Jim Killoran, Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester
524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801
(914) 403-4821
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