Thursday, June 28, 2012

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A typical early summer day…this Sunday I water the planters on First and South street..on the edge of the Bronx and Mt Vernon..on the Edge is a vital term to me…NMU is as well..No More Ugly!

On the edge means many communities have great potential for going down…or turning around and going UP!!!!! We are on the way UP  in any community we work in…I continue to Mt Vernon Avenue..another gateway of MV..

A great gateway..people say thank you!   I continue to the top of Yonkers Avenue…all the way down Ashburton…to Orchrd, to Vineyard, to Warburton..all up and down, watering our planters…my friends in the neighborhood..great friends can't believe I am out there, we are going to win the war, I state, some battles we lose…but we will win the WAR!  What WAR  you might ask…why the WAR ON POVERTY!!!! It still exists..POVERTY IS A STATE OF MIND..POVERTY IS LACK..AND IS LACK OF BELIEF IN ONESELF AS WELL AS RESOURCES…one of my friends states..Jim when is the Yonkers Hiline starting..we are getting there I state…a dream of a Hiline.. A BLUE JEAN INSULATION FACTORY.. A sip panel factory and made in America shop next to our Restore..HABITAT GREEN ENTERPRISE ZONE…stay tuned…SO HELP BE ON THE EDGE OF WINNING THE WAR…OF VICTORIES, OF GROWING GARDENS AND HOMES AND KIDS AND FAMILIES AND INTERNALLY BEING BLESSED WITH GIVING TO OTHERS….! 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, June 19, 2012

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Mandeza…sings top of the Morning to you..

We need that every day..top of the Mornign to your home..top of the Morning to your life and family..God will guide and bless.

We are so blessed by all of you ..

This past Sat,.,,we had our vets families come and help…come by and look at homes we need..we saw how they desperately hope to get a home…they are so excited..so excited for us to be able to show we care .these people put their lives on the line for us..can you believe it..and we don't for them..come on America lets change this…we have to…lets get them homes.

What a great thing..for sure..

With that in mind, top of the morning to every vet..and their family..great blessings and prayers.

Today shout out to our local committee to their work, to Sobeida Cruz, to Mary Cahill, to Norma, to all of them…what a blessing..they are ..to Natasha my first Lincoln High school leader, who now has a masters and helps so many…and us..Blessings!

To all our volunteers who come to our orientation, to one who wrote..NMU…No More Ugly..anywhere..lets go..

God bless Habitat everywhere, and all of 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, June 13, 2012

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25 years..I can't believe it..streaming thinking praying..what have we accomplished.

We have helped  with two FEMA disasters, 5 years ago, then Hurricane Irene

Two earthquakes Haiti, and El Salvador and sent money to Banda Atche

Helped work on more than 250 projects..easily.

Transformed five neighborhoods in Yonkers

Created two Restores, one in Mt Vernon the other in New Rochelle

Helped build award winning flood homes, energy efficient zero energy home, and Residential Architect Magazine Bob Vila home

Introduced solar on five homes,…and our headquarters.

Blue Jean Insulation..save your jeans..our factory is coming…

Helped to save families from foreclosures

Started a strong Habitat for Veterans advisory program..bought foreclosures for Iraq Afghanistan Vets..and families

Been blessed to have had you read this…we have only just Begun!  The Excitement is Building

 

And NMU! NO MORE UGLY neighborhoods anywhere.!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

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Urban farms..working the farms, working on the roof, working in the lots,working on the acre we want to help share and build on..

Amazing..I see urban farms and Green  rehabs of homes two of the biggest manufacturing jobs in the country to be created….

I have hired to urban gardeners/farmers for us in the city..we need to have our own healthy food..replacing bodegas replacing soda and the junk food they serve at CVS countertops right up front (duh) replacing the ways that we are obese and have children's diabetes….in Yonkers our marching band learns how to do service, help build..and help grow food, its vital! They do it every Saturday helping..

It is vitally important for them to have  ownership…ownership..many municipalities discourage ownership…many discourage taking care of their own communities, not all..we say NMU! Attend NMU..our NO MORE UGLY  academy of revitalization…of making our world a better place, of making every neighborhood look beautiful…every week we will target NO MORE UGLY!

Will you join us in rehabbing homes green, making plots abandoned into beautiful gardens and farms..creating jobs! NO MORE UGLY!!!!!!! NMU..

JOIN OUR AGGRESSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD EFFORTS..IN NO MORE UGLY!         WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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