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a great Tuesday..

last nite i want to give a shout out by the way to a school i visited in our Yonkers neighborhood..the Charter School of Excellence...on Warburton Avenue..

What a great opportunity to see kids shine...our kids shine in the homes..these kids shine in school..both are vitally important..thanks for the invite..stay tuned..

 

As i drove by teh homes on Willow then the hollows in our two neighborhood associations..

i was able to say hi to Grace and Anthony, then was able to say hi to Andre..Andre was outside proudly on his porch the house decorated with Christmas decorations...holiday homes lighting up the whole street..

along with that he was telling me proudly...Yachary his daughter wants to go to U Albany. she did great in school...Junior his son, wants to play baseball and is excelling in All Hallows..what a great life to see this...

we have transformed the street...we helped the neigbhors, have our office there, have great hope in all we do..we are so blessed..

 

Then when i went to the Hollows, lights were shed over four of our nine homes...a reindeer on Melissas home..the triplets home was lit with great holiday fun and lights...God has guided all our homes with the angels watching over...

 

Now to our next neighborhood..i went toi look at the site where our Zero Energy home is going to be...we have had GREEN HOMES..since 1997 utilizing SIP panels, utllizing energy star labels, utilizing reengineered wood, utlizing solar panels and more...before it was in vogue, we have weatherized, help and assisted in all we have done to save utilities and transform neighborhoods..

hats off to Sebeda Cruz of NYPA who came to visit yesterday and also thank you to Janine Fazzina who is our leader with Martin Ball from Citibank..stay tuned... God bless you all, Christmas and Hannukah is here...and Habitat families are blessed because of you...donate now...we need it for our next neigbhborhoods...

 

 

James Killoran
Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester
Office: 914-636-8335 x 101
Fax: 914-636-8592
www.habitatwc.org

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a great holiday party at New Rochelle High school..many many families helping many working, many loving their homes..Eastchester High New Rochelle High and Blessed Sacrament kids all helping from the high school...gifts from Target school, given..music, Mr Rubins did a great job..teh superintendant of schools Rich Organaschak came..a blessed nite...

then coats delivered to the homeless..outside cold. on Park Avenue in Manhattant believe it or not, in the lap of luxury, Antonio, Pat, T, Frank, Perry and more..all receiving warm coats new from one of our habitat sponsors...

 

God blesses us all to have a home, a roof, heat, food, we all have peace, with Habitats mission, our homes, our health.... thank you for all who helped

 

James Killoran
Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester
Office: 914-636-8335 x 101
Fax: 914-636-8592
www.habitatwc.org

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A county made for the future...how do we design it..or do we do it for a few..how do we design for Seniors for firefighters, for the average worker..exciting times in Westchester, we need to band together, help one another and realize that in the crisis there is great OPPORTUNITY...Join us as we become the vehicle of opportunity for change, for real home ownership, for people not being burdened but lifted..

 

jjk

 

James Killoran
Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester
Office: 914-636-8335 x 101
Fax: 914-636-8592
www.habitatwc.org

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Sunday!  Santa stands in front of our restore..kids come by...most people love Santa..representing love, being good, helping, having fun..celebrating..this week we have our Holiday Christmas Party at New Rochelle High School..we also had bronxville High School working on our sites today in Yonkers, always there, Ms Lorber does great..

 

with all in mind we wish you the joy of Christmas..Hannukkah and Kwanza..we believe in Christmas celebrating our God! so good one God that loves us all, and calls us to help..

 

from companies to congregations, all can be part of the Habitat Holiday Holy Family...just the beginning...

 

James Killoran
Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester
Office: 914-636-8335 x 101
Fax: 914-636-8592
www.habitatwc.org

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We appreciate all you can do to help us…what a great morning it will be…

 

Today we have work going on that includes M and T Bank volunteering, as well as the Junior League stopping at the site..

 

This important endeavor includes people working hard, helping loving and being with others, to see them have a home..

 

This weekend is packed with people with volunteers stay tuned.

 

This morning I go to a League of Woman Voters meeting to hear Judy Meyers, talk about the affordable housing lawsuit…lets see what she says, stay tuned..jjk

 

James Killoran

Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

Cell: 914-403-4821

Fax: 914-636-8592

Email: Jim@habitatwc.org

 

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Tuesday, meeting with Greg Arcaro in Yonkers, a great person…who has helped in Yonkers for years as planning commissioner and also has gotten his volunteers from Holy Cross College out with us…no question..thanks Greg, he joins us in our local project committee as well..Yonkers LPC conference call is Thursday….looking for a city of change and hope..and building..we love Yonkers…going Green, getting larger, making it all worth our while..for sure..  This Friday I am honored to be with the Mayor of Yonkers being honored by another organization…

 

Today volunteers are in Yonkers, in ossining and in New Ro…we are working ahead to make our county better for home owners and for our neighbors..

Yesterday we had a great Brush with Kindness discussion, with RonWalker and Mary Bonner, board members, Jason, Sarah of Habitat International..discussing how powerful a program this is for us…stay tuned…  Thank you so much..at a program called Pregnancy Care Center..

We welcome this week M and T Bank working on our Sites, Credit Suisse stepping up again doing a great job for us and your company can sign up now…stay tuned, we have more people ready to join us..in ways that are amazing for us…to help move ahead….

 

My radio show on WVOX is tomorrow from 9-10am..stay tuned for great positive blessed discussion….at 1460am..

 

God is blessing our work so much. Thanks to you as well!

 

James Killoran

Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

Cell: 914-403-4821

Fax: 914-636-8592

Email: Jim@habitatwc.org

 

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A blessed thanksgiving..no queston!  Now today we have so many helping for sure, on our sites..helping working seeing what we can do to help our communities…today our volunteers, take over Main street, take over decorating our headquarters, take over finishing the work on 185 Pelham Road ..we are so blessed for sure.. so blessed in helping out! God is so good to us…in all we do!  Today HolyTrinity Orthodox Church comes in to help us work…also we have Christ Church work tomorrow …and volunteers from New Ro to Mamoroneck to Somers..God is blessing all we do…

Join us..support us…God bless

 

James Killoran

Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

Cell: 914-403-4821

Fax: 914-636-8592

Email: Jim@habitatwc.org

 

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ON page 3a of Journal news the article reads...Volunteers help to fix homes for the holidays!  this is our most important time yet, no question...and we have needs all over the county to say the least...growing needs...i alsohave land being offered to us now..so i will be creating a land fund, so we can make longterm stake holders herei n Westchester.....the family staets, Habitat volunteers keep giving and giving..thank you volunteers thank you donors thank you helpers...from here..we can rebuild this county with your help!

God bless, jjk

 

James Killoran
Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester
Office: 914-636-8335 x 101
Fax: 914-636-8592
www.habitatwc.org

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a great day, volunteers helping with a brush withkindness in Somers for a mom who helped kids with clef lips..another great day of framing first floor....another great day of helping on Mamoroneck house...Somers Lions volunteering, Christ church volunteering...St Lukes volunteering and more...all helping.all working all making it a better county for peolpe to live in...thank you John DiVivo, for all your help.. thank you for your great leadership in the Somers house...also thank you Anne Avenius for Mamoroneck...God bless you...

 

 

 

 

James Killoran
Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester
Office: 914-636-8335 x 101
Fax: 914-636-8592
www.habitatwc.org

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what a weekend..Thanksgiving weekend found so many people helping so many families..Helping one another is the key to all we do...thekey to our lives, the key to our work! 

We are involved with working hard on homes in New Rochelle, in Yonkers, in Mt Vernon, in Somers, in Mt Kisco..today i am honored tohave Jim Palmer the village manager of Mt Kisco coming to visit with me at my office about helping seniors and possible new homes..

also Mt Vernon is off and running with us, helping us in a big way, looking to help us in all we do, assisting us in finidng land, rehabbing homes...it is a tough time, govt funds see school budgets being cut, seeing city budgets being cut, but that is where sweat equity and helping comes in again..real community building...a crisis is the opportunity to get out and help again with the spirit of volunteerism....

 

transition...yesterday i took my bike ride in New Rochelle and ended another ride in Grand centrail after getting off in Harlem...

first in New Ro, I rode past five island, hudson park, and past the home on pelham we rehabbed and the post office benches..and the Bracy apartments...all painted by Brush with Kindness volunteers..

 

then i took my bike later on the train got off in Harlem and rode down park avenue...kids were playing soccer after i left 125th and then 124th where i used to volunteer years ago where empty buildings stood and drug dealers tried to take down our building we were rehabbing for homeless...with Fr David Kirk and Emmaus House...

 

Then i went past many municipal housing authoritiies...thousands of people live in these...i always wish they were condos instead of managed apartments for families there...

 

along with that, i rode down Park avenue where the rich and famous live.. but also you see the homeless at nite outside one of the churches...

 

i think..where do people live..what a world we live in, wht a diverse world..what a diverse opportunity for habitat to help improve it, for sure...God bless

ps dont forget dec 10th is our holiday party at New Ro high school...

 

James Killoran
Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester
Office: 914-636-8335 x 101
Fax: 914-636-8592
www.habitatwc.org