This month, we’re reading Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World by Jonathan Reckford, as we celebrated the Apostles Build home dedication Dec. 14 for Bernadette’s family. Reckford, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity International, discusses seven virtues that are important to him as a Christian and that […]
Meet Our 2025 Apostles Build Family
Misty, David, and their three kids will live in our 2025 Apostles Build home. They’ve already started to meet their new neighbors—through their sweat equity and also by attending events such as the neighborhood pumpkin carving in October! Misty says they’ve always wanted to be part of a close community, and she’s excited that her children […]
Read with Us: The Women by Kristin Hannah
In honor of Veterans Day and our 5th Veterans Build home dedication Nov. 9, we’re reading The Women by Kristin Hannah. This New York Times bestselling author’s novel follows a woman who serves as a nurse in Vietnam, then returns home to a divided country, where her service is often both unacknowledged and unappreciated. If you […]
6th Veterans Build Future Homeowners Share Their Military Experience
This weekend, we held a home dedication for our 5th Veterans Build homeowners, Damian, his wife Trinady, and their children. We also introduced our 6th Veterans Build future homeowners, Willie and Barbara. Both Damian and Willie are U.S. Army veterans who have served at Ft. Carson here in El Paso County. Willie and Barbara both […]
Read with Us: Learning to Disagree
October marked the start of Pikes Peak Habitat’s book club — a time for community members to meet, discuss books, and hear each other’s perspectives! The first title we chose is Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect by John Inazu. Inazu graduated from Air Academy High School here in El […]
ICYMI: Companies Donate Roofs to Faith Builds
(From the Fall 2024 print newsletter) On two successive Mondays in September, roofing crews were hard at work at The Ridge at Sand Creek, installing roofs for Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity’s two faith builds—the Apostles Build and 4th Interfaith Build for Unity (IBU) homes. GAF donated the materials through a partnership with Habitat for […]
ICYMI: Apostles Build Participants Share Their Experiences
(From the Fall 2024 print newsletter) Each year, El Paso County church congregations join Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity for the Apostles Build, constructing a home in partnership with a local workforce family. This fall, we’re putting the final touches on the 2024 Apostles Build, where Bernadette—a childcare worker originally from Fountain—will live with her […]
Read with Us: My Bangladesh Kitchen
In honor of World Habitat Day, our September read (being posted a little late!) is My Bangladesh Kitchen: Recipes and Food Memories from a Family Table by Saira Hamilton. Bangladesh is one of Pikes Peak Habitat’s tithe partner countries. In addition to partnering with workforce families here in El Paso County, we tithe 10 percent […]
Read with Us: A Fire Story
Ariana Fernow recently joined Pikes Peak Habitat staff as donor relations specialist. Ariana hails from Lincoln, Oregon, where her previous experience includes serving as a disaster recovery specialist for the Lincoln County School District following the Echo Mountain Complex fire of 2020. Over the past few weeks here in El Paso County, we’ve seen air-quality […]
ICYMI: New Study Shows Impacts for Pikes Peak Habitat Homeowners
(From the summer 2024 print newsletter) At Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity, we know homeownership is transformational for the families in our program—we see the proof when we visit our neighborhoods and hear our homeowners’ stories! But now, thanks to a study by Ashley Peacock, a student in the Master of Public Administration program in […]