With Love from Habitat for Hope

February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Many of you already know that Habitat for Hope adopted the FedEx House for Valentine’s Day! Over the next few blog posts, we will showcase the groups and volunteers that made yesterday a huge success as we cared for and loved many families. 
It’s a great day to spread some love!  Yesterday, HFH spent the day at the Fedex Family House.  We served breakfast, afternoon snacks and dinner to the families staying at the house.  On the evening of the 13th, we delivered Valentine treat baskets to all of the families staying at the house.  Thank you to New Hope Christian Church girl’s and women’s ministry for collecting items and putting together these beautiful baskets.

With Love, Diane Smith

Filed Under: Families and Friends, Volunteer

In honor of Margaret Horrocks – please bless the Croyles

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

This is a highly irregular post for the Habitat for Hope blog – so please bear with me.

Many of you know that founder Mark Horrocks’ mom, Margaret Horrocks was recently diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. She is about to embark on round 3 of Fulfirinox – a hot-off-the-press chemo regimen that we are praying will be very effective. Margaret has been a tireless volunteer for her son’s work over the years – she loves Habitat for Hope and even more importantly has fallen in love with many of the families we have been blessed to meet. She has clearly seen God’s mercy, healing and grace through the work and people of HFH.

It’s been a tough couple of months for our family – but we are blessed that Margaret’s cancer seems contained – it seems that she has a good chance of beating this deadly cancer.

Enter the Croyle Family.

Just today I read Momastery - one of my favorite  blogs – of Kristen Croyle, her husband Lance, and her 8 kids. Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. In an interesting twist, the readers of Momastery are sending the Croyles on an amazing family vacation in Captiva, FL – an island dear to our hearts as it is so close to our hometown.
I know there is nothing Margaret would love more than for you to pray and support this sweet mom and her family – and help them have an amazing vacation, for the first time as a family.

So, in honor of Margaret, would you donate to the Croyle’s vacation? You can click the link above, click on the picture, leave a comment for instructions…we appreciate your love for them! Check back for an update soon.

Filed Under: Can you Help?, Families and Friends

Great Job, Tim!

February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Our dear friend Tim Hutchinson tackled the ultra-marathon beast Saturday – to support Habitat for Hope with 100 Miles of Hope. After some very serious blistering due to the wet conditions on the trail, Tim called it quits after 60 miles – which is still an amazing achievement!  Read his race report here. We are so excited to announce that Tim raised a total of $7781.61. What an incredible blessing to Habitat for Hope! HFH can house one family for 7 months through this gift.

We are proud to call Tim, Christine, Mason and Lara our friends as well as supporters of Habitat for Hope  - their family continues to be an inspiration to us!

Filed Under: Dollars and Sense, Encouragement

Timberline Tree & Lawn saves the “Holy Tree”

January 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Many visitors to Habitat for Hope have noticed the large tree to the left of the driveway – namely, because it had a ladder running through the middle. Dubbed the “holy tree” by the Barnhart family (previous residents of the HFH property), it is over 100 years old, and although alive, was hollow in the center. Our friends from Timberline Tree & Lawn have a passion for old trees, and offered to create a solution that would save the tree for generations to come. Apparently, the bark of the tree will now grow over the placed wood – creating a new solid trunk for this old tree. Thanks so much Timberline for your service to the sustainability project at Habitat for Hope!

 

Filed Under: In the News

We’re Hiring!

December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

We are so excited to announce three new positions within Habitat for Hope!
To answer a few possible FAQ:
1. We are hiring an Assistant ED, Maintenance Director, and Family Care Coordinator. Read the posting for more information!
2. In the spirit of the rather rapid growth we’ve experienced in our first 5 years of work, we are simply beginning to specialize some roles within the jobs that our current staff works so hard to fill.
3. When these positions are hired and filled, Mark Horrocks will be free to focus on vision and direction of our overall project, including growth into new areas. Andy Gross has already begun to specialize his role into leadership within the Barn Raising Project – and additional freedom will allow him to focus on construction work for BRP.

We excited to meet our next team members who will join Habitat for Hope!

Filed Under: In the News
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