Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity

Definitely a message worth listening to. Housing affordability will be one of the most important issues during the next 10 years. It's time to be informed.

Volunteers are a vital part of our mission, and we celebrate them every year at our Volunteer Appreciation dinner. We recently held our annual event at the Dallas Arboretum and presented awards to Core Volunteers for years of service, Homeowner Services volunteers, Volunteer Sponsor Coordinators, ReStore volunteers, and Construction Site volunteers. Volunteers help Dallas Habitat impact hundreds of families each year through construction, retail, and more. Thank you to all of our volunteers for their selfless and invaluable gift of time. We couldn’t do what we do without you! If you’d like to become a Dallas Habitat volunteer, we have many opportunities for all skill levels and interests. We welcome individuals, corporations, community groups, faith congregations, and many more to join us in building affordable homeownership opportunities for local families. No prior experience is necessary; we’ll show you what to do! Visit https://lnkd.in/gVNAccg to learn more. 📸: Jason Janik

Today is President Jimmy Carter’s 100th Birthday! 🎉 Did you know that President Carter first volunteered with Habitat for Humanity International in Americus, Georgia, in March of 1984? Since that time, President and the late Mrs. Carter have worked alongside nearly 104,000 volunteers in 14 countries to build, renovate and repair 4,390 Habitat for Humanity homes. Join us in wishing President Carter a happy birthday by leaving a celebratory message in the comments! Also, check out the link below to learn more about the Carter Work Project and see President Carter through the decades as a volunteer and advocate for Habitat for Humanity. https://lnkd.in/g8Q58fji

Thank you so much, North Texas!!! Every year you blow us away with your generosity! 😍 Your North Texas Giving Day donations are enough to help us purchase these necessities for the construction of homes for new homeowners. 1 Land Acquisition 2 Concrete Foundations 3 Wall Framing Kits 4 HVAC Systems 4 Major Appliance Packages Give yourselves a very big round of applause! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 We are so grateful! #NTXGD #NTXGD2024

NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY IS OFFICIALLY LIVE!! 🎉 Make your contribution at: https://lnkd.in/gn-Kpa63 North Texas: You understand the assignment. Each #NTXGD, we rely on donors like YOU to help us create a pathway to homeownership for families in Dallas. By giving to Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, you can help support Homeownership Services, our ReStore shops, Volunteer Services, and Home Construction. Your #NTXGD2024 donation will help unlock doors to affordable housing and financial freedom for families in our city. Let’s go, North Texas!!! Make this the best NTXGD yet! 👏🏻 Communities Foundation of Texas

Early giving has begun for Communities Foundation of Texas' North Texas Giving Day 2024! Every dollar you contribute to Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity will help us unlock doors to affordable housing and financial freedom for hardworking families and people like Martha Rebollar, a single mother of two who put in 350 hours of sweat equity into building her home alongside Dallas Habitat volunteers. We held Martha’s home dedication this past weekend and she closes on her beautiful home this week. We couldn’t be more honored to help her achieve the lifelong dream of owning her own home and creating generational wealth for her children and grandchildren.    Donate today through Sept. 18 during the early giving period at https://lnkd.in/gWtC4vtE. Help us help more people like Martha achieve the pathway to a home of their own.

On Saturday, alongside our friends from the City of Irving and DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit), we had the pleasure of dedicating a new home to Martha Rebollar, this year’s beneficiary of Women Build, our annual initiative to invest in the future of women and build a new home for a deserving woman in Dallas County. Martha is a single mother of two who immigrated to Texas when she was 23. She currently works at Parkland Health where she is pursuing her nursing license. After logging 350 hours of sweat equity to help build her house with volunteers, Martha, her daughter, and her grandson now have a beautiful new home to make lifelong memories. Chaired this year by Nadine S. Lee, President and CEO of DART, Women Build has raised more than $1 million over five years to empower, educate, and unite women to build and advocate for affordable housing. Please join us in celebrating Martha’s achievement by leaving a message of encouragement in the comments to welcome her to her new home!

Let’s give a big round of applause to our new partners, NexBank and NexPoint Philanthropies for helping us address the need for sustainable and affordable housing in our community! We are proud to partner with them and grateful for their generous grant.

This is going to be an amazing day! Come join us!

DALLAS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OPEN BUILD TOMORROW | JULY 27, 2024 Habitat for Humanity (Habitat or HFH) was founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller as a 501(c)3 Christian non-profit organization that builds affordable housing for under-resourced populations using volunteers, donations, and sweat equity from homeowners. As of 2023, Habitat operates in more than 70 countries. Since 1976, Habitat has helped 59 million people build or improve their homes. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g__Ydy-8 Dallas Housing Coalition shared a recent study by the Child Poverty Action Lab which found that Dallas has a 33,600-unit gap in housing which will grow to 83,500 by 2030 if no action is taken. Action is being taken and as always more action is needed. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gJ7eA3_y Tomorrow Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity's July Open Build continues at the Jamaica Street site. Passionate volunteers and homeowners will converge at 6:45 AM to move forward. I've been counting down for weeks with excitement, looking forward to my opportunity to lend a hand, swing a hammer, and learn more ways to engage. The size of the housing challenge needs everyone's help. It's a global problem. "According to UN-Habitat, the world needs to build 96,000 new affordable homes every day to house the estimated 3 billion people who will need access to adequate housing by 2030." (WEF, 2022) Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g4jxH4_g I'm looking forward to tomorrow's build here in Dallas. I hope you'll find a way to get involved however you can wherever you are. #HabitatforHumanity #HFH #DallasHousingCoalition #The4DUnicorn #4DU #4DUCommunitySolutions #UniversityHills #Volunteerism #Service #Impact #Legacy