We love celebrating Habitat "move in" days with our homebuyers. But "move out" days? As bittersweet as it is, we are joyfully sending a hearty congratulations to Tony, Tielle and…
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National Volunteer Week
By Andrew Szalay, Habitat Executive Director What is it that makes Habitat for Humanity great? When people think of Habitat for Humanity as one of the most successful nonprofits of…
A Habitat Homeowner Returns
Eugenia Perez has a photo album filled with pictures of the early days, when she and other Habitat homebuyers worked side by side to construct their homes along Euclid Avenue…
Meet our ReStore Interns
You may have seen them among ReStore's aisles lately... Jesse Gutierrez and Emily Lupi have been on the floor and behind the scenes over these past few months as part…
Denny Makes A Match
Future Habitat homebuyer Denny has officially selected our Strawberry Street Build as the place he and his two young daughters will one day soon call home. Denny selected his home…
An Urgent Call To Save Homes
Due to the economic disruption caused by the global pandemic, Pennsylvania is bracing for a foreclosure crisis. Over one million residents are delinquent on their mortgages. And, an equal number…
Remembering Mariano
It is with heavy hearts that we share news of Mariano Sanchez's untimely passing. As a Habitat homeowner, he was one of our own.He and his wife Maria moved into…
How We Are Looking Out For Our Partners During A Pandemic
By Andrew Szalay, Executive Director By now you may have heard that we closed our ReStore at 155 Independence Court due to a possible COVID-19 exposure that turned into a…
A Volunteer’s Love For His Trade Sparks A Way Of Life
“I have never made a cent as an electrician” is not something you hear every day from a master electrician. But Habitat volunteer—and master electrician--Les Sechrist stated this fact when…
A Volunteer’s Return
A well-seasoned and recently-retired construction veteran, Mark Campbell had just started to volunteer with Habitat when the pandemic hit and our work sites closed. When we were ready to to…