Spring Cleaning with the Outlets

As the weather gets warmer, spring cleaning takes over. If you and your family plan to clear out basements, closets and cars, trash can pile up and crowd our landfills. However, this cleaning season, consider donating your materials to Habitat’s Home Improvement Outlets. The Outlets are a great community resource for accepting donations and reselling them back to the public at up to 80% off retail. Plus, all the net proceeds help fund Habitat’s homeownership program. Materials that the Outlets cannot sell will be recycled, saving tons of trash from going to landfills each week.

The Outlets also offer a deconstruction program to help you with your project. If you are planning to remodel or redecorate this spring, call the Outlets to schedule an appointment. A specialized team of volunteers will come out and help you organize and deconstruct materials that can be donated, load them on a truck and haul them away. The deconstruction program can reduce some of the demolition costs of your project and provide you with a tax donation receipt.

The Denver Habitat Home Improvement Outlets offer a wide variety of appliances, tools and other home improvement materials at both locations in Wheat Ridge and Denver. Find the materials to make your vision a reality and connect with the Outlets on Facebook and Twitter to learn more about sales and specials.

The 8th Annual Breakfast for Humanity

Last week, hundreds of Habitat friends and supporters got the opportunity to learn about the organization from table hosts and keynote speakers at our annual Breakfast for Humanity. The speakers included Habitat's Executive Director Heather Lafferty, Governor Hickenlooper's Chief of Staff Roxane White and the daughter of a Habitat homeowner Ann Padilla. Emcee Cheryl Preheim, an anchor with 9News, welcomed guests to the event.

During the one-hour breakfast, guests were introduced to Habitat's homeownership program and how it works to provide a sustainable solution to substandard housing. Each day, Habitat for Humanity builds 150 homes around the world. For Ann Padilla, the impact of Habitat and the hard work of her mother can be seen for generations. Click here to watch the video of her speech as she tells her family story.

A special thank you goes out to all of our table hosts, staff, sponsors and speakers who made the event such a success. For more information on the event, visit our website. Also, connect with us on Facebook to learn about more upcoming Habitat events.

Photos and videos by Chris Haugen. Click here to visit his website.

Celebrate Mother's Day with Habitat

A hard-working single mother, Stephanie, her two kids and her sister are looking forward to moving into their new Habitat home. Struggling to find adequate housing, she currently lives in a cramped house in Denver. She works for the Salvation Army to provide for her family and knows that her new home will bring stability to her families’ lives. She is so grateful for the opportunity to own her own home. This year, you can help mothers like Stephanie by celebrating your Mom and all that she’s done for you.

As our hard-working partner families struggle to find adequate housing, you can spend a day with your Mom helping to build a home. With affordable and safe homes, other moms and children will have a brighter future and a place to celebrate with their families. Also, consider making a donation to Habitat on behalf of your Mom this Mother’s Day. Your gift can provide nails, doors and even roofs for our homes that are under construction.

Celebrate all that Mom does for you by doing something unique for her and help Habitat build brighter futures for Moms all over the world.

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