A group of Habitat Wake volunteers, staff and supporters are building in Honduras this week as part of Habitat Wake’s Global Building partnership. Each day, a member of the team will blog about their experience. Here is their blog from Day 2, written by Layla. Check back daily to follow their trip!
Today was our first workday!
A group of Habitat Wake volunteers, staff and supporters are building in Honduras this week as part of Habitat Wake's Global Building partnership. Each day, a member of the team will blog about their experience. Here is their blog from Day 1, written by Megha who is a sophomore at NCSU. Check back daily to follow their trip!
In the national Kids Count survey conducted by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, 21% of Raleigh children live below the federal poverty level. The federal poverty level for a family of four is $23,624. My prayer is that we don’t stay comfortable with the fact that one in five local kids is living in poverty. What can we do to change that? Take a look at the survey results.
"You will bring them in and plant them On the mountain of your inheritance-- the place, LORD, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, LORD, your hands established." Exodus 15:17 Ever since we established this blog in 2010, we've been looking to give it a name that captures the deepest sense of Habitat Wake's mission to give families an opportunity to provide a place for each of their family members to grow into all that God intends for them.
About a month ago, I received a call from a long-time Habitat colleague. I always love the opportunity to connect with others who share my passion for Habitat's mission, so I was happy to hear from him. This call exceeded my expectations! It turns out that Habitat for Humanity has a major donor who became very excited when Pope Francis was elected Pope in 2013. His faith in the Church skyrocketed when Pope Francis began to focus on a Church built on women and men in service for all people, especially the poor.
Grifols, a global healthcare company dedicated to improving people’s health and well being through the development of life-saving plasma medicines, diagnostics systems, and hospital pharmacy products, is partnering with Habitat Wake as a Platinum Hammer Sponsor. Grifols presented a $65,000 sponsorship check to Habitat Wake August 21 at the site of Marian Ouma's future home in Maybrook Crossings. Grifols employees are working alongside Marian and her family and other volunteers to build the home.
This fall, Habitat Wake will build the “Pope Francis house,” which honors the inspirational leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The Pope Francis house is sponsored by an anonymous donor who pledged $60,000 and challenged members of The Catholic Diocese of Raleigh to raise an additional $40,000 to completely underwrite the cost of land and construction. Numerous churches in the local diocese comprise the Habitat Wake Catholic Coalition, which will provide the majority of the volunteer support during construction.
Habitat Wake will reach a special milestone on August 8. We will complete our 100th A Brush With Kindness (ABWK) project at the home of The Wilson Family in Raleigh’s Apollo Heights neighborhood.
"In an innovative partnership with its lender partners, Genworth MI pledged that for each eligible customer-submitted mortgage loan it insures during the campaign, Genworth MI will contribute $10 to the build. The funds contributed from customer loan submissions will be part of at least $65,000 Genworth MI has committed to fund construction of the home in Raleigh's Maybrook Crossing subdivision.
Today is the last day of our fiscal year and, oh what a year it has been! Thanks to God’s faithfulness, an incredibly generous community, and such loyal partners this ministry of Habitat Wake has reached our highest level ever for serving families in a single year! We are indeed blessed.