Project Report
| Jul 6, 2015
Rebuilding homes for disaster impacted families
By Sabrina Balch | Development Manager
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homeowner
Habitat Birmingham is continuing to serve families impacted by the tornadoes that came through on April 28th, 2014. We are just days away from starting on a home for a local family who was displaced after storms destroyed their home in Bessemer, AL.
Homeowner Denise had lived in the home for over 35 years, alongside her sister Annie and nephew, Torie. Denise is a military veteran and works locally as a machine operator. The family is looking forward to once again having a safe, affordable place to call home, after being displaced for over a year.
In addition to building a brand new home for Denise and her family, we have completed 26 repairs on homes impacted by storms, and plan to complete another 3 projects in the coming weeks. Of the projects that still remain, they range from small repairs to roofs and porches, all the way to full home rebuilds.
Thank you for your continued support as we work to get families back into their homes!
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volunteer
Apr 8, 2015
Disaster Recovery Home Repairs Continue
By Sabrina Balch | Development Manager
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Perry Family
Habitat Birmingham is continuing to serve families impacted by the tornadoes that came through on April 28th, 2014. So far in 2015, we have completed 10 repairs on homes impacted by storms, and we have another 14 still to come. Of the projects that still remain, they range from small repairs to roofs and porches, all the way to full home rebuilds.
Over the past 3 months, we've had over out-of-town 400 students travel to Birmingham on their spring break to help with housing issues, both disaster and non-disaster related. We are proud to be a part of this community's disaster recovery plan, as well as a member of the Central Alabama Long-Term Recovery Committee.
As we enter the 2015 tornado season, we remind all of the families in the community the importance of continued severe weather awareness and safety. Your support of our efforts to build homes, communities and hope is greatly appreciated!
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Repair
Jan 6, 2015
Habitat serves disaster impacted communities
By Sabrina Balch | Development Manager
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The Seals Family
Habitat Birmingham continues to serve communites damage by the 2011 & 2014 tornadoes. In 2014, we built two homes for families impacted by the storms, and repaired many others. We're also continuing to offer lots for new homes in areas where storms have come through, helping stablizing impacted communities
Many of the volunteers helping us over the next few months will be college students from across the country, traveling to Birmingham for our Collegiate Challenge Program. These students come spend a week service helping others during their school breaks. Habitat Birmingham will have 500 out of town college volunteers participating in Collegiate Challenge this year.
Habitat Birmingham depends on it donors and volunteers to fulfill its mission of building homes, communities and hope. Your contribution today can help us kick off 2015 with a strong start. Happy New Year!
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The Wolfe Family