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Its time to blog again.  We welcome Beacon Baptist church here again into our world from Michigan . They are travelling from all over to help us for  a week. Join us in praying and welcoming these mission  trippers, youth!

Just back from Con Edison employees volunteering on the hottest date of the year on our sites. What an honor.  On a day like today don’t take for granted ConEdison..they work hard, they keep air conditioners on, troubleshoot and more.  Thank you employees!

Last nite I walked and prayed in the city, remembering our warrior Dave Canot, who passed way the nite before last.  A construction man par excellence, he built with his heart, fun, acumen and great expertise.  We will misss you dave.  We all cried and though at a young age, like my dad, he passed in his sleep, we believe he is in heaven.  He came to us walking up mt vernon Avenue. 

What are you doing he asked…tom mazzolla our vietname veteran.  Helping habitat and veterans. He said can I help…he never left..Tom called me that morning.  a new guy joined us.amazing he said.  I spoke at noon at the rotary and said people walk off the street to join us.  Daves girlfriend Laura was at the meeting, never had met either, she said..that was my boyfriend…Dave said he got goosebumps every time I told the story..

 

With that in mind we lost a warrior who worked on Vets warrior homes, like Ivan who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.  We all cried yesterday together….we cry today..but we know Ivans home is stronger and our lives better because Dave was with us…miss ya brother, rip, pray for us, not lets get busy, a home for all..!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

659 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Another amazing volunteer day..working hard, helping making life amazing.

With that in mind we continue..we work we move we build and rebuild.

Today we have St Marys Arlington Virginia still helping us! Amazing

Also MaryMount School volunteering, both for a week. The A team high school leaders are here too.

And also we had a great day with @cisco @GoldmanSachs Morgan Stanley and @Momentive volunteers all in one day yesterday.

 

The Importance of #volunteerism can not be underestimated. Our high volume of volunteers have saved lives, assisted with rebuilding communities and neighborhoods and also with helping floods and Hurricanes as in Irene and Sandy.

Without them, thousands would have died, suffered and still been homeless.  Fema stated to me,

You gave 8 million dollars of volunteer labor to the rockaways Breezy effort…….ah…

 

Thank God for #volunteers…join us in a #volcation or a #staycation..the world needs you..learn to build and rebuild this summer, learn to help the Restore, learn to give life another chance for someone,with hope and help…you will never be the same.

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

659 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Day one of the rest of our lives,the song goes…day one of fighting for new affordable home ownership..no question.

Each day iwe wake up but God has blessed us to win, everytime another family moves in, everyday a piece of land is purchased or donated, everytime a  neighborhood is changed…NMU, No more Ugly..

Thanks to #Montefiore hospital for sending employees from MtVernon branch to help work on five homes and businesses, graffiti, etc.

The Gateways Initiative continues.!~

We will be fighting now more than ever for an intergenerational New York with our 30/30 campaign, to transform 30 negihborhoods in the next 30 years.

We will have a  Pope Francis Buildathon in the fall,

We will have Armed Services WEEK, we will win…its time.

And #Tollbrothers please do 10 per cent set aside in Harrison, its time..

Stay tuned…NMU, we have just begun.

 

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

659 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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The fights continue…politics and people….homes affordable versus….uh..not living? What do those in positions think…most exited state for a reason NY….people leave, die in substandard housing, struggle to eat or have heat..

It makes no American Sense, no faithful sense, no economic sense.. Our Mission continues now more than ever.

We have to have affordable living in NY now..there is no question.  With that in mind, we continue..the blessings of life to change the face of NY, of Sandy families, of seniors and vets, of working Joes and Joses and Natalies.

May God bless you in all you do. Join us in this vital mission ..its time!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

659 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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We welcome  50 vets to our sites today, working with us, helping us..joining us on #BattleHill in Yonkers..duly named because
of our commitment to #veterans young and old, as well as our commitment to taking back the Hill, from Broken down, to NMU

(No More Ugly) from blight to beauty, from substandard to superb…this how we roll..this is how we live, this is how we are blessed….we have many more vets to hire, to build for, to rebuild homes for …can you make a blessed donation today…               

Ivan our veteran we build for, and with…worked to volunteer for a family, whose child was killed, we moved that family from a tough neighborhood to a great one..”it was the greatest feeling of accomplishment knowing that his family was receiving this house..i asked myself if I deserved a house..i was forced to live in public housing since the 80s and present.  Having to try to keep my family away from all the crime was stressful.  …having a habitat house would be a dream come true…”

I spoke to his troop before they deployed…I told the soldiers, when you come back apply for a home..he did, he is our next homeowner…God bless the Guzmans, Ivan, Habitat of Westchester, each mom and you..

 

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

659 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Probably the most important that we have ever had in our history..

California is in a severe drought, cities all over this country as well as in other countries are suffering with water and drought.

Wars for water and energy are not far off.

With that in mind, we continue in our vital efforts..where we green communities, we change them from the bottom up.

Community gardens, healthy food, rain barrels, solar panels on homes and our headquarters, blue jean insulation

Structural insulated panels..(#SIPS) energy star appliances, and much much more.  Along with that we green whole neighborhoods, looking at energy efficiency creating a forum not only for our families but all families.

We also helped give out 200 trees n breezy point to grow to stop water and hold the dunes for the families.

During this earth week, join us for our Solar breakfast tomorrow..also join us for our trolley ride on Sunday as well as our palett gardening class. 

Its time for us change NY from the bottom up. We are still helping in Hurricane Sandy areas, as well as helping change neighborhoods here, and across NY. God bless you..

 

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

659 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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We are so blessed to have so many help us…we have thousands of #volunteers..no question…when are you coming…..we live by our #volunteers, the spirit of running and helping others, giving…loving..

Tukkun Olan, great Mitzvah and more…what a great opportunity.

We are blessed to see so much and help with so much! No question…

With that in mind we welcome today  #HoraceMann builders to our work..helping with us on our sites..

As well as #Grenwich High school builders too…..teaching every student to build and learn to grow food..one hundred percent..and to help change the world….yes one day at a time.

Tomorrow we will work on the #PopeFrancis House, with volunteers coming from all over, Msgr Kean of #HolyFamily I say thank you…with to #StepinacHighschool and to so many.

We work and we continue. We announced us building it during #AshWednesday, during the kickoff of #Lent..which means #spring and we will help dedicate  it during the time of #September when the #Pope comes.

All faiths and people with no faith are welcome to come work with us..called the #Theology of the Hammer.

Yesterday was Linda #fullers birthday, wife of Millard, who was the founder of Habitat..Happy Birthday Linda!  Linda and Millard and I spent many times together..family..as we talked about projects people, places..

And the #Ruah, the one Holy Spirit that calls us all together, Jew and Christian and Muslim, Hindi and Janai, and Sai, all over the faiths of the world and no faith ….to help everyone go to bed at nite in a simple Decent home!

God bless you today…come #volunteer the EXCITEMENT IS STILL BUILDING!!!!!!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

659 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. 

 

Join us for our Corporate Build Spring Kick off Luncheon as we continue our vision 30/30 Campaign. February 25, 2015 at 12pm to 1:30pm; 659 Main Street, New Rochelle, NY 10801

 

Blue J. Jack will be performing a Benefit at 659 Main Street, New Rochelle, NY 10801 on February 27, 2015 at 7:30pm. Listen to the soothing sounds of Blues and the sweet sounds of Rock N’ Roll!

 

 

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From: Jim Killoran [mailto:jim@habitatwc.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 7:47 AM
To: wayne@habitatwc.org
Subject: blog

 

St Patricks Day 2015..what a day, a day of faith and action, of fun and frolic, of Restore sales saving Green at  659 Main and of hope with the color green for a better tomorrow..this is what moves us makes us motivates us! To that end we continue,

Building #Veterans homes, #repairing#Sandy homes and helping to change the county and #NY for the better.

The key to #NYs success is the ability to live here, affordably..while real estate is thru the roof. We continue to make it happen so that families can have a life of intergenerational living.

So join us, pray for us, build with us..the Excitement is still building! Cead Mille Benneacht!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

659 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Porsche of Larchmont “Go Hybrid Green” benefit for Habitat for Humanity og Westchester will be held on March 12, 2015 at 7pm. Tickets are being sold now!

 

St. Patty’s day sale going on at our ReStore location; 659 Main Street, New Rochelle, NY 10801!

SALE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015!!!

 

 

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Martin Luther King buildathon continues…the brilliance of a person who spoke out against injustice against

The lack of home ownership, education and more..and more…We have more than 300 volunteers all week long as we celebrate the Dream all week in building homes, painting community centers and boys clubs and more.

With that in mind our Faith based opportunities continue with people of all faiths and no faiths, helping us to build simple decent homes.

Last nite I attended #Hillsong church, to kick off in prayer my week to pray for justice, guidance and hope. They hope to build homes with us in our work in #Sandy relief where the injustice of insurance companies, lack of continuity and lack of dealing with disaster has left 16,000 families still without homes. Stacy just emailed me, she fights, yet #chase comes down to forclose on her.

What a world…there is no moral compass it seems…its time to change this.

The Moral compass, that is what Dr King used to direct his life, the Holy Spirit, the Ruah in Hebrew…he didn’t always want to speak up…nor do i..its easier not too.. but the loud silence of not speaking up is as loud as those who call each other horrible names…today many don’t speak up in Westchester.

I remember Marching to Zion..Habitat started in the first black white Christian community in southwest Georgia where Andrew Young stated to me, Jim it was so radical we were told not go there…Radical, black and white living together, radical, faith communities being diverse, radical, mason Dixon lines being crossed and housing being built in the North end of New Rochelle as well as the south..north county as well as the south…..Harrison is our Selma…its time to change this.

God is strong than politics, God is stronger than prejudice…I often wonder why I ended up here..but if I don’t speak up against economic and racial prejudice..well than kick me out…The Dream continues….everytime you help pick up a hammer with us you are a dream maker…..God bless you!

 

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. 

 

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Today we culminate more than 300 volunteers t his week..amazing for our Martin Luther King buildathon. For many years we have been building, #HYP Habitat young professionals, Churches, Synagogues and many many more.. we continue all faiths and no faith to build.

These songs bind us together, help give  us courage, help us to march together….Martin once spoke..

For us our Songs of hammers on our sites, of people laughing while painting, or cleaning a neighborhood,

Or the songs of cutting wood…these songs are unifying songs so we continue strong for the future.

Real estate is through the roof again…10.3 million for a condo on the top of white plains building..

#Millenials cant afford to live here, seniors, working people..this is UNACCEPTABLE.

Yet many make out but not the average joe and jill.

Its time to change this!

As we march to TRANSFORM THIRTY NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR 30/30 CAMPAIGN. We will embark on a study to change lives, to make everyneighborhood NMU No Mor Ugly, like when we worked on Bond Street yesterday..

We will continue to move ahead……

With that in mind, we are blessed, to help to build to continue.

Today we welcome Linda Tarant Reid to our Restore, ….aka bookstore today as she signs books on #DiscoveringBlackAmerica..

Also I am honored tonite my interview on #K-Love is on at 830…giving this ministry to Jesus, to those of all faiths who help in the theology of the hammer…now more than ever…we have a Dream…..and we will get to the mountain everytime another home owner moves in!

I think of singing Marching to Zion in a third line New Orleans band type event..after we eulogized Millard Fuller  with presidents and paupers at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. An honor where Dr King would preach..

We March to Zion with the Rugged Cross, where we trade it for a hammer today with our volunteers, with mitzvah and charity, with love and beatitudes in our hearts, with black and white and Hispanic and jew and all working together…

 

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. 

 

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