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Building and Revitalizing Our Community
In 2015, the Neighborhood Revitalization (NR) program, in partnership with the Universal Orlando Foundation, brought minor exterior repairs, painting, clean up and minor lawn care to 50 households in the Greater Washington Shores area. As we look ahead to 2016 and our...
Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016 … 30 Years of Habitat Greater Orlando
As the new year approaches, we must say goodbye to 2015 – a year that will soon be gone but never forgotten. We celebrated quite a few milestones this year, including a Home Builders Blitz where seven homebuilders came together to build eight homes in five days to...
A Gift That Builds
The results are in and thanks to your contributions, we were able to raise nearly $1,200 to help build homes for families in need in Central Florida! On behalf of our board of directors, partner families, and rest of the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Orlando family,...
Princess and Javarius: Mother and Son Duo
On any given afternoon, you’re likely to find both Princess and her son, Javarius, hard at work on homework assignments. Princess is a student at the University of Central Florida, majoring in Elementary Education, and Javarius is a fourth-grader trying to master...
World Habitat Day Ribbon-Cutting Event!
Earlier this month on World Habitat Day (Oct. 5), nearly 20 business and community leaders joined us to celebrate the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Butler's Preserve - a Habitat Greater Orlando community. World Habitat Day is a global holiday declared by the United...
A Home of Her Own
Growing up, Marcella was all too familiar with homelessness – sleeping in cars, going from one shelter to the next and never quite knowing when she would eat. This went on from elementary through high school, and even then, she knew that when she grew up, she would...