Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC

We are thrilled to celebrate with our partners at Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC for being recognized at this year’s NC Affordable Housing Conference! 🌟They received the Home Ownership Development Award for the outstanding work on the Gattis Court townhomes in Chapel Hill’s Northside Neighborhood—a collaborative project proudly supported by our Coastal Foundation! 🏡👏 We were also honored to sponsor the keynote address from Levelle Moton, who shared his inspiring story, highlighted the impactful work of his Velle Cares Foundation, and spoke passionately about affordable housing. 🙌 Together, we’re building stronger communities and creating lasting change. 💚 #NCAffordableHousing #CommunityImpact #CoastalChangeMakers

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That’s a wrap on #CEOBuild! Thank you to some of our Orange County CEO’s for representing! Coworks Cisco First National Bank Hamilton Point Investment Advisors Investors Title Company and Affiliates Leland Little Auctions

#CEOBuild wouldn’t be possible without the fearless leaders of the Triangle area Habitat for Humanity affiliates! Jennifer Player, MPA, CFRE, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC, Tiana Joyner, Habitat for Humanity of Durham, and Patricia Burch, Habitat for Humanity of Wake County

What a full day of local Bank of America employees joining us on-site as part of Global Service Month. Orange Habitat is proud to be part of their Neighborhood Builder program, with Bank of America being a great impact partner through funds and resources.

Yesterday, we hosted Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford for a busy day of events. The day included our 40th-anniversary breakfast featuring #OrangeHabitat President and CEO Jennifer Player & previous Executive Director Susan Levy. He ended the day with a visit to Weavers Grove to have lunch with UNC Habitat students, staff, and Regular Crew volunteers. Thanks for visiting us here in #ChapelHill!

#OrangeHabitat is #hiring for a Advocacy Intern and a Major Gifts Program Manager! The Advocacy Intern will help advance policies that will make housing more affordable, equitable, and plentiful for 10 hours a week. The Major Gift Program Manager is a full time role that will be responsible for ensuring that all fundraising and communications activities for major donors ($2,500 and up) are utilizing best practices in reaching ambitious fundraising goals and providing excellent stewardship for donors. Visit https://lnkd.in/edE4t8e for more information on these roles.

We are happy to share that we’ve received a #TruistFoundation grant for $50,000! The Foundation’s support will support the construction of the Community Center at Weavers Grove.

CEO Build is back! It was great to get together in a room for this partnership for the first time since 2019. CEOs and top executives from around the Triangle are partnering with #OrangeHabitat, Habitat for Humanity of Wake County, and Habitat for Humanity of Durham to build affordable homeownership opportunities. Interested in joining us on April 26 at Weavers Grove? Visit www.ceobuild.org to learn more and register! #CEOBuild2024

In addition to new staff, we are excited to welcome some new board members to our team! Gordon Merklein is the Associate Vice Chancellor of University Real Estate Operations at UNC Chapel Hill. He has more than 20 years of experience in all facets of commercial real estate. We can't wait to work with you, Gordon!