April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month, and we want to introduce you to some of our incredible volunteers and to share what we're able to do together. Meet Sue. "It's so rewarding," Sue says of volunteering at the Habitat ReStore, where she's been volunteering...
April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month, and we want to introduce you to some of our incredible volunteers and to share what we're able to do together. Meet Brad. Brad is an agricultural economist. After running his own company for decades and working on...
For Tara, a single mother’s primary duty is to her children. Many times, and in Tara’s case, expenses associated with home repairs take second place.
Blue is right where she wants to be. She is in her new, white, black-trimmed five-bedroom home with her husband and two children. However, her feeling is built on more than an address.
Gjornae’s sky-blue five-bedroom, two-bathroom home just east of what was the abandoned, former Wintergreen Apartments site is more than a home.
Mary has lived in her house for more than 45 years. She moved there in 1977 with her young children when her mother needed assistance.
Every day, we see the transformative power of someone owning their own home. In 1998, Tara was dreaming of becoming a homeowner. A divorced mother of three small children, she was renting and working full-time, but still having a difficult time making ends meet.
To start off National Homeownership Month, we would like to share a story that debuted at our Women’s Power Luncheon this year. Meet Joseph.
“I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have, to make a difference.”
Jimmy Carter
Habitat Omaha’s Home Repair Program allows local senior to stay in her home. After seeing Habitat Omaha flyers and hearing about them from neighbors, it motivated her to call the organization. Betty was able to qualify for a loan through Habitat Omaha, choose a contractor and move forward to get the work done. Within three days of being approved, contractors were working on the roof.