Habitat for Humanity of Colorado Blog
Colorado students opening doors for their community and their futures
In 2015, 29th Street Road in Evans, Colorado, was a plot of undeveloped land. In 2020, it is a growing neighborhood of Habitat homes, 16 so far, transformed in part by high school students who [...]
Home Preservation and Critical Home Repair: Lessons from Southern California
Earlier this year, Bryan Hutchison from Blue Spruce HFH visited with HFH Riverside in Southern California to learn about their home preservation program. Mobile home repair is a tremendous need in Blue Spruce HFH’s service [...]
Habitat for Humanity Builds Self-Reliance!
Through Habitat homeownership, families have achieved financial security and independence. John and his wife Amalia purchased their Edwards, Colorado Habitat home in 2010. John attests to the positive impact that owning a Habitat home has [...]
Doing God’s Work Around the World: Global Village Trip Reflections
From September 15-22 of 2018, Habitat Colorado board member Mary Sorensen and other Habitat volunteers had the opportunity to travel to Budapest, Hungary to help build a home for a family in need. Mary [...]
Homeownership Month Highlight: Greeley-Weld HFH Homeowners Tesfay and Zaid
June is National Homeownership Month, so HFHC is honoring Habitat Homeowners by telling their stories! See how being a homeowner has impacted Tesfay and Zaid's life: It has been a long, hard-fought path to citizenship [...]
Homeownership Month Highlight: Mesa County HFH Homeowner Kim
June is National Homeownership Month, so HFHC is honoring Habitat Homeowners by telling their stories! Read Kim's amazing thank you that she gave during her home dedication earlier this month: Houses are made with bricks [...]
Homeownership Month Highlight: Ft. Collins HFH Homeowner Denise
June is National Homeownership Month, so HFHC is honoring Habitat Homeowners by telling their stories! See how being a homeowner has impacted Denise's life: Habitat homeowner Denise is a thin, short woman with bright blue [...]
25th Anniversary Spotlight on Staff: Elizabeth Shultz
Habitat for Humanity of Colorado is celebrating our silver anniversary in 2017, twenty-five years of working in service of those communities dedicated to building strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter. As we celebrate twenty-five years [...]
25 Facts about Habitat of Colorado and Housing
Habitat for Humanity of Colorado is celebrating our silver anniversary in 2017—25 years of working in service of those communities dedicated to building strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter. As we celebrate 25 years of [...]
Building Your Board Bench
by Emily Davis This May 2016 I’m excited to return as a trainer for the Camp Colorado conference. One of the sessions I’ll be facilitating is Building the Board Bench, which is all about board [...]