Written by Shana Lewis, Volunteer Coordinator, Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity As the Volunteer Coordinator here at Greater Indy Habitat, I got the privilege of experiencing my first Habitat National Conference a couple weeks ago. There was a lot to take in between the amazing sessions, meeting new people (there…
We are officially a quarter of the way through 2019 and a lot of exciting things are in the works here at Greater Indy Habitat. We currently have 16 families working their way through our spring semester of homeownership class, accumulating their 300 hours of sweat equity in the classroom…
It takes many hearts and hands to make Habitat’s mission possible, so at our annual Kick-Off event at DeveloperTown we recognized four of our outstanding supporters. These individuals and organizations have gone above and beyond for Habitat’s continued work in Greater Indy. Congratulations to our 2018 Award Recipients! OrthoIndy Foundation – Legacy Corporate…
Habitat relies on collaboration with a variety of organizations to achieve our mission, including many engaged corporate partners. In 2018 Allegion celebrated their tenth year of partnership with Greater Indy Habitat. Jim, our president & CEO, caught up with Dave Petratis and Tim Eckersley of Allegion to learn why partnering with Habitat is important…
Habitat for Humanity builds in 70+ countries and invites volunteers to participate these projects through its Global Village program. In February Greater Indy Habitat completed our fifth trip to El Salvador with 11 volunteers and in total has tithed more than 1.3 million to our sister affiliates in Central America….
For this month’s edition of “From the Desk of Jim,” hear from Chris Purnell, executive director at the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, about our upcoming event “The Hidden Housing Crisis” with author Matthew Desmond on Feb. 28. Why is eviction an important issue for our city and our state? Please join…
From the desk of Jim Morris, President & CEO “One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him — and he was a Samaritan.” Luke 17:15-16 (NIV) Thanksgiving has been my favorite of…