This weekend, Pikes Peak Habitat is holding a groundbreaking in our community at The Ridge at Sand Creek. One of the future homeowners we’re celebrating is Gilas, who, along with her 12-year-old son, will move into a recycled home in a different Pikes Peak Habitat neighborhood, Woodmen Vistas. If you aren’t familiar with a recycled […]
Meet Habitat Paraguay!
Chloe Henry, Pikes Peak Habitat’s Faith in Action program manager, recently returned from a Habitat Global Village trip to Paraguay. The affiliate there is celebrating its 25th anniversary, so in addition to helping build a home for a local family, group participants had the chance to visit some of the communities where Habitat Paraguay is […]
Year in Review spotlights progress in affordable, attainable homeownership initiatives
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity has just released our Year in Review publication (PDF), covering fiscal year ’23. The publication features numbers, but it also showcases some of the faces behind those numbers — people who partner with us, volunteer their time, serve as board and committee members, and work every day to advance affordable, […]
ICYMI: Young Men’s Service League Finds Volunteer Opportunities Through Pikes Peak Habitat
This story originally appeared in our summer print newsletter. Have you signed up for our print and e-newsletters? At the Pikes Peak Habitat Volunteer Appreciation Event in April, the Young Men’s Service League (YMSL) was recognized as the ReStore Northeast Volunteer Group of the Year. The people who took the stage to receive the award […]
ICYMI: The Dog Days of Summer
This story originally appeared in our summer print newsletter. Homeownership is transformational for people—that’s why Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity does the work we do. But the effect extends beyond humans! Visitors to Pikes Peak Habitat’s neighborhood at The Ridge at Sand Creek might notice dogs barking, walking their people around the block, visiting our […]
Homeowner Rose Shares Her Experience with Our Repair Crew
Rose’s story is featured in our fall fundraising campaign this year, which focuses on raising funds for our home repair program. We’ll share more about their family in the fall edition of our print newsletter (due out in October), but we also want to highlight Rose’s experience with our home repair crew! Rose is a […]
Recycle old paint this weekend!
This Saturday, you can bring old, unwanted, and unused paint to Sand Creek High School for free recycling — and help Pikes Peak Habitat and GreenSheen Paint keep usable materials out of landfills! Whether you’re a local homeowner who found a few leftover cans in your new garage or a Realtor cleaning out multiple residences, you […]
Advocacy Efforts Promote Affordable Homeownership on a Wider Stage
Homeownership can change lives. That belief is at the core of what we do at Pikes Peak Habitat, and it encompasses both our homebuying and home repair programs. We build decent homes in partnership with local families who invest sweat equity and pay an affordable mortgage. And we’re always looking at ways to keep those […]
Building Footers, Pouring Concrete, and Laying Subfloor
“Pouring concrete is one of my favorite days of the whole process of building a home!” says Pikes Peak Habitat construction superintendent Eric Wells. “We’ve got the footer, and it starts being permanent. It shows the shape of the house.” But there are some steps we have to take before the trucks even arrive. From […]
Join Us for Tequila and Tapas!
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity is holding our third — and final — Tequila and Tapas fundraiser Sunday, August 13, 5-7 p.m. The event takes place at La Rosa Southwestern Dining, 25 Highway 105, Palmer Lake, CO 80133, and features five courses of food paired with tequila samples. “Marina is the owner, and she had […]