San Diego Habitat is pleased to welcome two new members to the Board of Directors, Xiomara Arroyo and Olympia Beltran. Xiomara ArroyoXiomara is the Assistant Vice President with Community Relations for Wells Fargo in San Diego County. She is charged with executing a community investment strategy to promote and enhance the San Diego community through
We reached out for your support, and you answered the call and joined the global movement of #GivingTuesday! You helped us raise enough for nearly all the lumber and nails for two entire homes on Ballantyne Street, our newest construction site in El Cajon! Your donations will continue to bring much needed resources to build
We recently had the honor of performing some much-needed repairs to the home of Ray Chavez, who, at 105 years young, is the oldest living Pearl Harbor veteran. His daughter, Kathleen, is also a veteran of the U.S. Navy. She was the Navy's first female jet mechanic, working on the F-14 Tomcats beginning in 1974.
We're pleased to announce that we've outgrown our administrative offices, and will be moving to Kearny Mesa, effective July 7th. Come visit us at 8128 Mercury Court, San Diego, CA 92111. Please note that the Mission Valley ReStore will continue to operate at 10222 San Diego Mission Road until mid-August. Stay tuned for news on
Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with corporate sponsors to build and gift playhouses to children in San Diego County. We give playhouses to low-income families, military families, veteran families, and to nonprofits that serve children. If you or someone you know would like to apply to receive a playhouse, please fill out this application.
Women Build 2017 was a huge success, raising over $152,000! Thank you to each and every participant for your hard work on the job site, and for your awesome fundraising efforts. Our top fundraiser, Kay Grimes, raised over $7,500 alone, and our top fundraising teams, Balfour Beatty Connecting Women, top corporate team, raised a record
This week, we broke ground at our newest affordable housing community in Logan Heights! The 11 new homes are being built in partnership with the City of San Diego, District 8 City Councilmember David Alvarez, and the San Diego Housing Commission. The houses will be built mostly by Habitat's army of about 7,000 annual volunteers
On March 23rd, Habitat celebrated the grand opening of its third ReStore location in San Diego County, right in the heart of National City. Joined by Mayor Ron Morrison and Jacqueline Reynoso, CEO of the National City Chamber of Commerce, we proudly cut the ribbon and are open for business. Now with convenient locations in
There are so many things to be thankful for in the Spring! Habitat homeowners Husam and Noor shared with us how thankful they are to have plants blooming!"We would love to share with you and with the Habitat family our first tulip flower in our new home. Also our orange tree looks so beautiful blooming,
Habitat's second build in El Cajon is finished! Phase II consists of six single family homes, all of which are 1,283 square feet, have wraparound porches, carports, and have been designed to meet Energy Star 3.0 energy efficiency. This build expanded the successful first phase of the Foundation Lane community, built in 2009 with the
