The BuildBlog is all about keeping you up to date with Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake. You will find everything from homeowner stories to information about ReStore sales. Do you like to write? Did you have a great experience with Habitat that you would like to share? Send us your blog! Email Laura Nace at lnace@habitatchesapeake.org.
BGE Volunteers Support Habitat Chesapeake During National Volunteer Week
Posted May 15th, 2013 by Habitat Staff • No comments
A team of BGE employees participated in an East Baltimore neighborhood clean up event during National Volunteer Week, planting trees and removing litter. Thank you for donating your time and for this great video!
Service Enthusiasts Needed for AmeriCorps Positions in Maryland
Posted May 10th, 2013 by Habitat Staff • No comments
Its official! Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake will once again partner with AmeriCorps to offer service opportunities to dedicated individuals. For the 2013-2014 term, the affiliate was awarded an astounding number of 16 VISTA and National Direct positions and will be recruiting for volunteer development, construction, and family services. Through AmeriCorps, individuals will join [...]
Top 5 Opportunities for Women to Volunteer with Habitat
Posted May 6th, 2013 by Habitat Staff • No comments
Maryland women are dedicated to serving their community, especially serving other women and their families through life’s joys and challenges. Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Women Build members are a very special group who are dedicated to empowering women through education, service, and camaraderie. National Women Build Week, May 4 – 12, is a [...]
Design Students Collaborate on Corner Store for McCabe Avenue
Posted May 1st, 2013 by Habitat Staff • No comments
In April, Habitat Chesapeake had an opportunity to see one of its primary focus neighborhoods – the Woodbourne-McCabe community – take a big step forward in its self-initiated effort to revitalize the McCabe Avenue corridor, an historical North Baltimore mainstay once anchored by a thriving central corner store that has been sitting vacant for several [...]
Baltimore Gas and Electric Knows Charitable Giving
Posted April 29th, 2013 by Habitat Staff • No comments
On the 2500 block of East Jefferson, where volunteers worked into the early afternoon, colorful new Habitat homes are juxtaposed with abandoned row houses standing as reminders of the neighborhood’s steady transformation.
Walk Humbly: Answering the Call to Volunteer through Faith
Posted April 25th, 2013 by Habitat Staff • No comments
Youth Take Time for Community Service
Posted April 24th, 2013 by Habitat Staff • 1 comment
Youth from surrounding communities participate in Youth Service Saturday to learn about the need for affordable housing through art.
Used Farmhouse Furniture Highlights the Value of Recycling
Posted April 22nd, 2013 by Laura Nace • 2 comments
In April, a unique set of farmhouse furniture arrived at the Dundalk ReStore with an important story to tell. The items were delivered by regular donor Humanim and included a dining table, office desk, set of planters, bookshelf and folding wooden chairs. At first glance, many people might have considered the furniture fit for the [...]
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Recognizes National Service Programs
Posted April 9th, 2013 by Laura Nace • No comments
Today marks the Mayors Day of National Service where Baltimore’s Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will recognize the extraordinary impact of national service members who help tackle some of Maryland’s most challenging social services issues. At Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, we join her in celebrating the amazing work of those who serve, while honoring the [...]
A New Community: Join the Habitat Prayer List
Posted April 5th, 2013 by Habitat Staff • 1 comment
I hope that at some point you have been lucky enough to experience a real sense of community. Actually, I truly hope that even more of you get to live in that security now. Whether it be a large family, a particularly tight circle of friends, neighbors that look out for each other, a small [...]
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