My high school friend, Marci, used to work tirelessly with Habitat for Humanity in and around my home town, and she then moved on to a position with the Society for Handicapped Children and Adults. One of the programs I know she loves being part of, and through which I get to live vicariously via [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Habitat for Humanity’
8 Oct
October 9-Proud Hearts Service Day
Tomorrow, October 9, is a big day for the Empowering Spirits Foundation…it is the Proud Hearts Service Day. ESF is a national LGBT civil rights organization dedicated to service. “ESF is proud to be working with various organizations to address many of the major issues facing Americans today; affordable housing, inadequate healthcare, and a lack [...]
12 Aug
Fiji or Nepal?
A friend of mine with whom I last traveled ages ago, to South Africa (where the two of us saw our first…and hopefully last…murdered body), posted today on facebook: “Fiji or Nepal?” She is planning on doing the Habitat for Humanity International Volunteer Program and was trying to decide which destination to choose for her [...]
4 Jul
Independence Day
The Fourth of July. Freedom, Liberty, Independence. As we celebrate all these things with the required explosives and overeating and hopefully a lot of laughter and love in your life…maybe a category for potential volunteering might suggest itself from the day’s theme. Or as the opposite of the day’s theme. As we laud all things [...]
1 Mar
Chilean Aid
This weekend’s 8.8 earthquake in Chile was 500 times more powerful than the one in Haiti, but thanks to the epicenter being further below ground, as well as the randomness of tectonic plates and building codes in Chile, it has resulted in fewer deaths (and we’re still talking about 700+ casualties with that number expected [...]
26 Jan
Ricky Martin & Habitat in Haiti
One of the elements of the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake is the still uncounted numbers of orphaned children. We understand all too clearly the hardship these kids do now and will face as the nation begins trying to move ahead. One of the side-effects we may not have thought of is just how vulnerable [...]
