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The Story of Tipsy Pig
One afternoon, Terry Lee sat down to watch some television, when a Habitat for Humanity commercial came on. He and his wife, Dale, were already active in their church, but they wanted to do more. When he saw this commercial, curiosity came over him and he immediately started to Google Habitat for Humanity. Through his…
Read MoreYou are invited to the Home Dedications for Gwinnett Builds #136 & #137
It’s time for our next home dedications. These latest builds have been surrounded by wonderful leadership, sponsorships, and volunteers! The families of these homes have dug in and fulfilled their sweat equity hours. And no amount of rain could stop the love from filling these homes in such a short time span. We are ready…
Read More5 Reasons Wayback Burgers should be in your Friday plans
Have you heard of Wayback Burgers? It’s the newest burger joint near the Mall of Georgia in Buford, and it has some of the freshest and juiciest burgers around! Why should you add them to your Friday plans? Oh, let’s count thee ways! Fresh, never frozen! They might be new to the area, but the…
Read MoreFamily: Taking care of each other
Building affordable homes to better those in our community is what we’ve always worked hard to accomplish. We know that helping to provide stability to a family in need highly increases the likelihood of success in all of their lives. It provides security and responsibility with a purpose. These families become our family. And who…
Read MoreWhy Give? Stories from new and longtime donors who choose to change lives
Rick & Micki Damato Since 1989 Rick has been involved as a volunteer, board member and donor locally, regionally and internationally. When he married Micki they spent their honeymoon on a Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter work project on Stanton Island NY fixing homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy. According to Rick, “Some folks wonder why people…
Read MoreHabitat is a Ministry
Gwinnett Habitat gets many requests from volunteers who want to help, but this particular email came from Habitat for Humanity International. The Finance Department from the international office in Atlanta wanted to volunteer with the home repair program called A Brush With Kindness. While their professional jobs may have been in nance, the volunteer group…
Read MoreGrant Funds and Donations Bring Community Together
Low-income elderly and disabled homeowners in Gwinnett County have friends in high places who wanted to help them remain in their homes where their support networks are. Primerica, Scott Hudgens Family Foundation, Jackson EMC Foundation and the Community Foundation for NE Georgia awarded us funding this spring to help meet the needs of these low-income…
Read MoreNew Cargo Van to Ramp Up A Brush with Kindness Program
Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity will soon have a new “face” around town! Beginning in March a new high-roof cargo van will be available to support A Brush with Kindness, a home preservation and critical home repair program for low income elderly and disabled homeowners. When the A Brush with Kindness Program started a little over…
Read MoreResearch suggests that giving has multiple benefits, for both the recipient and the giver.
Consider this: Giving makes you happy. A Harvard Business School study found that giving money to someone else lifted participants’ happiness more that spending it on themselves. A similar study conducted at the National Institute of Health found that when people give to charities, it activates regions of the brain associated with pleasure, creating a…
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