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Last nite as I returned back from Brooklyn from one of my #Sandy staffs moms wake..i remember getting lost on the same street, early after Sandy, as I tried to figure easier roads to return.

The road was flooded, desolate..like a  Halloween movie..

With that in mind..i remember how hard we worked and still worked..i sat down with Sesh and Tom too of my diehards for Sandy relief..Sesh my main construction manager, and inspiration…

And Big Tom, our Hopes retiree who went out for 20 months…as I went to pay the bill, the woman said thank you for all you do….thank you..for being here….so many still are not in..

Two years later…so many still are not in..

I called Tom McCarthy of breezy point…Tom…how are you man…he said Jimmy boy, we need to meet, your idea that Biden and Cuomo took, we  need to get the National Disaster university going….

On Jan 24, 2013 proposed a National Disaster University be created…at Suny Purchase the last speaker…to speak and the only one Ch 12 interviewed….i proposed with Cephan Kim interviewing me later..in front of the now defunct Moreland commission, and commission that has been damaged for lack of credibility…that a university be created…stay tuned….Gov and Vice Pres Joe..credit needs to be given where credit is due….

More important..no matter what party, both sides have not the capability nor the wsdom yet for recovery….16000 families still now in….unacceptable…..

Its time..stay tuned for my #Sandy special shows coming up…..

 

Yesterday our retirees helped us….and joined me for lunch..once a month we are joined…

We move ahead..we are blessed with so many who help us…the retirees with wisdom, financial support, sweat equity, families services and more are always there……God bless you!

Our work continues at our new Restore/greencenter/disaster center… with that in mind our grand opening is Oct 2^nd…join us!!!!!!!!!!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

Poverty, because it’s not just in third world Countries. It’s in our world too. 

War on Poverty; Walk for Homes Sunday, Novermber 2, 2014

 

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Each second in life is gift..no question.

With that in mind, we pray, we work, we breathe, we are blessed..in all we do..

Tony lost his home in a fire, we are helping him, met he and his family at 1030 at nite with the Alvarez..they have been taken advantage of, but we will fight..initially the landlord

Asked me to raise money for them, while he has made thousands upon thousands on them over the years…unacceptable..

We hit the ground running, like our troops did and still are doing in #Sandy relief..no question..

It is time, for us to change the way new York rolls….75 percent of nyc is surrounded by water..

The sound shore by ocean…hudson valley, well by the Hudson river, saw mill, Bronx river etc..with waters rising we have to build more resilient.we are there.

To that end..its time to redesign ny green, robert moses would not be happy, but his car happy highway happy overdevelopment usually through minority neighborhoods,

Causes much problems asthma and overdensity.

But we can change this..we can grow food, urban gardens, solar roofs, urban green hoods..NMU and yes its good to be in the hood!its time…

 

 

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

Poverty, because it’s not just in third world Countries. It’s in our world too. 

War on Poverty; Walk for Homes Sunday, Novermber 2, 2014

 

"Like Us" on Habitat for Humanity of Westchester Facebook!

 

Habitat for Humanity Westchester NY - 25 Years

Spring into action; the next 25 years!

 

 

 

 

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On 911 the world was changed forever this 911 past week we had 300 volunteers, so grateful! From all over they came, from Greenwich, and Horace Mann and Goldman Sachs, and Avalon…from M and T Bank and Hastings high school and more….amazing..so much work done..then we culminated with a day of our Young #Vetsclub working and celebrating each second together with a cookout in Battle  Hill…amazing!

With that in mind we continue, we are blessed to work to continue our Vets homes….we are blessed to move in five more Sandy families, we are blessed to live with freedoms  and love and life….its time to help…email relief@habitatwc.org to get involved, and please make a donation today!

God bless America!