Meet a Partner Family

Heather and her Two Children

Born and raised in Denver, Heather works a full-time job, is pursuing her Bachelor's degree part-time and cares for her two children. After stretching every paycheck as far as it could go, she and her children are very excited to be moving into their new Habitat home.

Their current apartment is badly in disrepair. The family is worried that the bathroom ceiling will collapse from water damage and the kitchen cabinets fall apart when they are opened. Heather's daughter suffers from asthma and is affected when neighbors smoke cigarettes outside their apartment.

Heather and her children know all of this will change when they move into their new Habitat home. Her children are looking forward to playing sports outside and starting school in a new district. Heather is grateful that she has been given the opportunity to learn about construction and repairs during her sweat equity hours and is thankful for the opportunity to meet other Habitat families.

Heather would like to show that through hard work and determination, homeownership is possible. She's excited to be able to ride bikes and do yard work with her children in the future.

To read more about Heather and her children, click here. Also, consider volunteering with us and help to build a brighter future for our partner families.

The AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon

During the week of May 8^th, a team of Habitat’s AmeriCorps members traveled to Milwaukee to participate in a Build-a-Thon to complete 10 homes. Joined by hundreds of other local volunteers and over 80 other AmeriCorps members who worked around the country, the Denver team framed, sheathed, roofed and sided the homes in just five days.

AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs created in 1993 that engages more than 50,000 Americans each year in service in our communities. Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver has 8 AmeriCorps members that help us build safe and affordable homes for low-income families each year.

For AmeriCorps member Leanna Powell, one highlight of her experience was working on the porch for a 21-year old single mother named Santana. Santana’s aunt, Licole, was talking about the house and how in one year they could be eating dinner on the porch with Santana’s daughter.

AmeriCorps members from 13 other states participated in the Build-a-Thon and helped build homes at 8 locations around the country, including Milwaukee. For more information on the AmeriCorps program, visit our website. To see a photo album of the Build-a-Thon in Milwaukee, click here.