Last July I found out that I had won the Habitat World photo contest, you can see the photo here… http://magazine.habitat.org/stories/tesfaye-s-sweat-equity. My prize was a spot on the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Leogane, Haiti. I joined 600 other volunteers to build 100 houses in one week. Along with my teammates from Greif, our…
Its June and that means it is time for Habitat For Humanity Montgomery County’s 7th Annual Golf Classic. The event was held at beautiful Whiskey Creek in Ijamsville, MD again. The golfers got in about 3 hours of play before the thunder and lightening started which forced everyone inside for lunch. Even though participants couldn’t finish their…
It sounds too good to be true, but it is! If you have a need for weatherization services for problems such as, air leakage from doors and windows, high electricity, gas and water bills despite efforts to conserve, or uninsulated attic and/or crawl spaces (in this case), and are unable to do or afford the work…
Yesterday was the ground breaking for Habitat for Humanity Montgomery County’s new property, Maple Hill, in Gaithersburg, MD. The site will hold 19 town homes. Mayor Katz along with the city council members were there to break ground as well as proclaim March 22, 2012, “Habitat For Humanity Day”. The site has already gone through several clean…
Heads up troops! KidServe families are sending care packages your way! They actually went out today. Sunday was the second ever KidServe event and the goal was to collect items to send to the troops as well as make stationary for them so that they could send birthday or holiday cards home to their families. The Soltis…
