9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance

York Habitat dedicated a special build day to honor those who bravely served and are currently serving our country. The public was invited to share in the ceremony of moments of silence and help build a home for a family in need. 

Two shifts with 10 volunteers each helped continue the installation of drywall at York Habitat's Red Lion Area School District build at 101 Schoolhouse Lane. At the end of this build, this house will be a home for the Moffitt Family.

During the build we held a tweet zone. Where individuals were able to write down how they would remember the day. Habitat would snap pictures and post them to Twitter using the #iwill

 

 

 

 

Check out the rest of the photos on our flickr!

Swingin' Senior Luncheon

Yesterday afternoon, York Habitat thanked our Swingin' Senior citizen volunteers with a luncheon. We fired up the grill and enjoyed a time of laughter and wise conversation. Thank you to each of our Swingin' Seniors! Your hard work proves that age is in fact just a number!

Habitat 101

Join us this Wednesday, August 6, 2014 for our Habitat 101. This informational meeting is held at 6:30 pm in our West York office located at 33 S. Seward Street. Invite a friend and get acquainted with our organization! 

Family Summer Picnic 2014

This past Sunday, Habitat brought together families from over 25+ years of service in the York county area to Cousler park for an afternoon of fun, food, and games. This year's annual family summer picnic helped provide a special opportunity for York Habitat families to reconnect with old friends and connect with new ones!

Habitat would like to thank the members of our Family Services committee for their help in organizing this picnic and supporting our habitat homeowners! We would also like to thank Metro Bank for sponsoring this year's Family Summer Picnic!

12@12

Today, York Habitat hosted a 12@12 luncheon. The 12@12 luncheon is an informational meeting  in our office, where anyone can come and join us for a meal and learn more about Habitat for Humanity.

If you are interested and want to learn more about our organizations, but are unable to make lunch? Consider joining us at our Habitat 101. Just like the 12@12, interested participants can join us for the same presentation at a more convenient time in the evening.

Our upcoming Habitat 101 meeting is Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. and the next 12@12 luncheon will be held on Thursday, August 28th.

Welcome

Thank you and welcome to the York Habitat for Humanity's blog. This website will be used to give you the reader an inside look on what is happening in the office and on the build site. 

About Us:

York Habitat for Humanity is a volunteer driven, Christian based housing ministry that builds safe, decent, and affordable homes in partnership with lower-income York County residents living in substandard housing. Funded mainly by private donations, York Habitat provides a “hand up, not a hand out” by offering qualified families interest free, 30 year mortgages. With the completion of York Habitat’s 113th home in 2014, over 400 men, women, and children live in Habitat Homes in York County! Since 1985, York Habitat has created over $6.7 million worth of new or rehabilitated affordable housing, which generates more than $300,000 in tax revenue. Over 7,950 volunteers work with York Habitat annually, 2250 of which are construction volunteers.