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What a day, we kicked off the the week with our ARMED FORCES BUILDATHON…THIS WEEK..with 60 West Point Cadets, what an honor!

  We hit four gardens three store fronts, helped work on two young active soldiers homes, who will have the American Dream come true.

We hear of the Oregon incident and a soldier, diving in, taking bullets breaking in to save other lives..its who they roll.

How we roll is to make sure when they return they have a home and a job!!! Join us in this vital week by makng a donation to our Veterans initiatives

Today! habitatwc.org God bless America!

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A world to change…the message from the Pope..the message from you and I , the message in NY, the message of Habitat since its beginning.

Many need homes, many need to have a place to live, they have no place to go, no place to have a roof, cant afford it here in NY and across the world.

The Pope prays, we pray, the beauty of a prayer service of 911 of all faiths today, exemplifies what the true love of God is.

We continue we work in the theology of the hammer.  A world to change….

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Walking in NYC before the throngs come, I pray, I wrestle with a life good bad and ugly, asking God to guide our every step, my every step..and remember how good God has given me a life.  Like Gods tumbleweed I am blown one way and the other, stopping in places I can do good, with Gods guidance….the blessings of the Pope Francis house @pontifex house, has been an amazing Gods incidence instead of coincidence…where an anonymous donor called months ago, can you build a house, and we will help give a lead gift 60,000 to help build it, so you can challenge others for building and support?  Of course! I say, what an honor what a life, what a gift, what a way to remember a man who is cool..yup a cool cat, he rides a bike, he loves the poor, he walks the walk he loves Jesus, he believes..then out of the blue two months later we hear the Pope is coming to NewYork…amazing…

Often in the morning I call for all the saints to come in for coffee, and people like St Francis, Rabbi Heschel, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa..Millard Fuller…join me, pray for me, guide me, my steps, this Gods tumbleweed.

 

As I prayed and took photos on Instagram..(habitatwc) and tweeted..habitatwc…out..i remembered Habitat had roots in the steps of st Patricks..where Millard and Linda prayed after they were almost getting divorced,..for Gods guidance…they gave up their wealth, moved to Koinonia Farms then to begin Habitat for Humanity….Godincidence?

 

As I continued to walk, I dreamed the Pope might read this this morning, my simple blog..Hola hermano en Cristo..gracias a ti para ayudar los povres..

I felt sad because I thought he could not walk and see what I see often in NY, he could not ride the bike with me like I do often from Harlem to the statue of liberty and back up to metro north, seeing the waterways, the Empire State, the World Trade Center, the people on the streets, of all walks of the life, the lights at Bloomingdales, Rock Center, the locations I know where the homeless are, where I visit and help for more than 30 years now….

From Tomkins sq to Union Square to Park Avenue on steps of churches…

What a world..call me Papa  914 403 4821…if you need to sneak out for a walk to see the real NY as you are protected more than anyone… come visit the foreclosed home we will rehab anew like the rebuilding of the church you are doing from the inside out….well the Tumbleweed dreams. ……..a call….the phone rings……who knows.. God bless you Pope Francis, God bless anyone who speaks out for the poor no matter what faith or no faith…the Tumbleweeds journey continues..thank you Lord, for being able to walk, to feel for Syrians, to know the poor to be in the hood..and to rebuild a home in Honor of Pope Francis and the Lord, for and with the Valesquez family in Yonkers.

 

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The theology of the Hammer….Every Catholic, Every Jew, Every Muslim, every Protestant, people with no faith and faith,

All pick up in the love of life and simpe decent homes for all. That is the solution. After we leave our 911 buildathon, we move to our PopeFRancis house building, as well as our search for land in our Mitzvah House in White Plains, and then our Armed forces bulidathon. All of this means, we continue strong, we work strong, we build strong, in love of humanity,…habitat for humanity.

Everyone needs to pick up a hammer, make a donation, pray for our vital work and help us in getting habititis spread..an infectious disease of love that cant  stand kids in substandard housing, that cant stand kids to get shot, cant stand, people to suffer, cant stand roofs to leak and taxes to be obscene burdening homeowners…these are holy hands, holy hammers…we have only just begun in Westchester county, our ground troops are there from Bedford to Bronxville, from Somers to Swest Yonkers, from Peekskill to Portchester, and Chappaqua to Channel drive in Sandy relief, where we still build and rebuild.

Please make  a donation today,…lives depend upon it, peace depends upon it…God bless you all.

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

659 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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#NOLA, New Orleans, ten years ago, I remember watching the weather channels…and then it hit..unbelievable…within a short period of time, we were on a plane, the Habitat of Westchester SWAT team..the team that helps me get disasters recovered, makes #FEMAs job lighter..makes our #Sandy relief worth millions..and Mamoroneck flood homes rebuilt..

Yes our team is strong with volunteers and love and support from you.

I remember going there with a family who lost their home…couldn’t believe it..they never returned and now live in a Habitat home in Yonkers..the Riveras…we still need to help finish a home there, after we helped ten families there…

The smell of New Orleans was horrendous..the sewer, the stink, the heat, the unbelievable smell.we couldn’t find any place that was open to eat……downtown was a ghost town…windows blownout and boarded in high rises,  I remember seeing the @ConEd truck on the corner ….made me feel good about the volunteers who help us like they do every month now..thank you Con Ed.  I remember Tracy Addison whose home we helped rehab there now, I remember Flo Snow…and

A mom  with her Katrina baby, we helped..we take it all for granted… What a city, a culture a life,….many still not there, many still hurtin..we are recommitted not to forget or not to stop helping…Jim Pate and his team at Habitat NOLA, a great leader..

We went a second time with Chris Brown and Weidenbach and Brown and his employees, we built a home…we worked together, we made it happen. Off of Carrolton… we saw sharons home in Gentile..

Also Horace Mann builders continued to help us, continued to go with us..thank you !

Our work is not complete, there nor here, with NOLA, nor in Sandy…nor in Mamoroneck..nor in service in 911 or to Vets..

Remembering brings us to prayer, to faith in action, to SWAT teams  of Love and homes rebuilt stronger… we continue..

The song goes “have you ever been to New Orleans….” Its amazing…and when I go may there be a third line..

And may there be NOrelans jazz in heaven. God bless our friends in the Big Easy…Laissez bon temps roulez…with God in hearts and a song too, and a hammer in hand!

 

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Labor day sale! Yes its on…fro Thursday till Monday, our Labor day sale will be tremendous!

Amazing..we just gave 16 families furniture and beds, to help them in August..this sale..is amazing..it helps us catch up from helping people in need….and will help us with our building homes and finshng them for Veterans..thats how we roll.

We will have fun for kids, house painting, and more..

God is so good to us, to be given a place on Main st in SoNo NewRochelle, thousands love coming to Main St again..in the Gateways…its time..

Join us as we build again, in helping change lives, help lives and visit our first annual Labor Day sale..

God bless you..50 per cent off Thursday thru Monday, raffles, house painting and more..

 

 

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Today a family came in…after I got a text from Stacy..Jim trying to shortsale our house …in sandy area…she says.

Trying to cover our costs..just realizing your whole life is gone, and trying to shortsale your house, like so many, or figure if you can ever go back…well that becomes a hardship for sure….we worked on another sandy relief home today…

We cant wait to get back in..for sure.

With that in mind, we think of all those who have no home…

Like Fransisco and his wife Denise and three kids..Aug 20^th I went to peekskill 100 displaced..we were there, like so many times..the challenge is no rooms at the inn, after people have to live the shelter or school . We distributed five truckloads of furniture, labor, love @25,000 of supplies as well as new beds, thanks to #TFAndrew Carpet One, the Fahys and so many who helped…

Today in the Restore Fransisco and Denise came in..she is head of the PTO, he a head chef…their lives changed forever as tomorrow, we help them move into a condo we were finishing rehabbing in Peekskill.  Gods timing…beautiful theymove into a bigger space, their lives changed forever..

Your donation helps us respond, hit the ground running, 1800 homes helped in Sandy, thousands here in Westchester,

Your donation keeps us going….with that in mind in all we do and say we give THANKS!

 

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

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The way we roll, helping healthy hoods healthy homes..helping people live in whole neighborhoods..green space, solar, rain barrels, healthy activity, safe and complete streets and more..helping to be able have a world for kids to thrive..

Its not easy..here on Main st for instance people suffer including us from cars that go 40, 50 miles an hour, no control…asthma, while others in a local neighborhood association complain we have flower planters in front…no good deed, not the first time…we took an abandoned run down space and made it retail a restore and apartments.

Our fellow businesses love our work, our neighbors..we are fighting for environmental justice for the thousands who live on Main in SoNo newrochelle, who unhealthy cars  rip thru their hood..stay tuned..we are blessed to help lives and people have rights..

Along with that our Restore brings people from all over the tri state and the whole country…

800 Restores in the country…sales tax we have hired new rochellians..and brought people to Main st who have never been here….

We have been involved with changing neighborhoods throughout this county and hurricane Sandy..our vital work continues…no question.

With that in mind, God has blessed us ..the number one challenge for NY and its success….is not high end development, but really recreating neighborhoods….and encouraging creativity, healthy hoods, healthy main streets and long tern intergenerational homes and histories of families and small businesses..join us in this vital mission…stay tuned.

 

 

 

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ok #ShowmeaHero, we pray for the former Mayor of Yonkers..having worked with the city for more than 20 years, the great city of Yonkers, I remember when heard about the fines and lawsuits…hearing about it was very sad.

When I came to yonkers and we started to create home ownership there, on Willow, on Porach and Walnut, a District Attorney, my friend stated, stay off of the tree streets…for more than 25 years I am honored to work on the tree streets.

Heres my call, having worked in Mulford, in Cottage, in Schlobaum, on School street, taking families..

Ownership for all those families needs to happen now…I hated the lawsuit and saw millions not go into homes. I want to end poverty in my lifetime and theirs. We have created whole neighborhoods, from nothing to new. We have taken buried rubble that former contractors got paid for to haul away, and rebuilt. We have cleaned up streets, hired great people, from the hood, started the Habitat Fire Marching Band, created community gardens, been threatened for cleaning up areas, pulled bullets out of homes, built for Veterans like Ivan, who just wants the American Dream for his family…seen one of our family members killed in a rental apartment and now lives in a  safe Habitat home and neighborhood…helped start a Charter school..rehabbed other non charter schools….Show me a hero…I thank all the volunteers who are my heroes..who have helped us with millions ofdollars of donation to the neighborhoods and our donors…because of you we continue! God bless you! 

 

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

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The hottest day of the year  100 degrees plus..global warming..yes..

Water, a lake dryes up in the county, yes

Heat effects of mainstreets with no trees, gw yes

Its time to change it..

Rain barrels..community gardens, biking, walking, less television computers, greener hoods..neighborhoods, healthy development.

Its time..join us in this vital mission now! See our Go Fund Me campaign too..

 

 

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Habitat for Humanity Westchester NY - 25 Years

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