A special delivery during a time such as this--when stay-at-home has become urgent and money has become scarcer--is indeed special... even more so when that delivery is food. Since late…
What’s Happening Now
COVID-19 Weekly Update: March 26th
When health and safety has called to stop all construction, keep our volunteers home, and close our ReStore, how we react and what we do at this time says a…
A message to our homeowners
To Our Habitat Homeowners... We are here to weather this storm with you. Like so many, you will perhaps, if not already, face serious challenges to securing life's essentials, like…
Latest Status of Habitat Programs & ReStore
As we continue to follow Governor Wolf's plan for statewide reopening phases as related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Habitat has reopened some of our building and ReStore activities. Our director…
Why are homes costing more?
by Andrew Szalay, Habitat executive director If you considered buying a home recently, you may have noticed that homes are more expensive today than they were a several years ago.…
Local Volunteer Lends Heart and Hand Abroad
Volunteers are the heartbeat of Habitat… both locally and abroad. Habitat is active in 70 countries around the world and offers building experiences in 30 of those locations through its…
Nonprofits count on you to be counted in the census
by Andrew Szalay, Habitat Executive Director The following appeared as an editorial column in LNP on February 2, 2020. The first U.S. census was completed in 1790, and here we…
Goodbye, Jim
After 14 years at the helm of Habitat’s construction program, Jim Eberly is retiring. As director of construction, Jim not only led the building of 47 new and renovated homes…
Cumberland Build Kickoff
On a chilly winter morning this past Friday, Habitat volunteers, donors and local leaders gathered at the Cumberland Build site in Lebanon for the official start of construction on three…
Honoring Dr. King’s Work on MLK Day
By Andrew Szalay, Habitat executive director While schools will be out and many businesses will be closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity will be…