On Sunday, Feb. 2, Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity hosted our 4th interfaith dialogue, “United We Build: Together Building Homes, Building Lives,” in collaboration with the Pikes Peak Inter Faith Coalition (PPIFC) and Faith Table/ Together Colorado. The dialogue, part of our annual U.N. World Interfaith Harmony Week celebration from Feb. 1-7, took place at […]
Interfaith Dialogue Panelists Share Experiences with Housing
This is part 2 of 3 posts about Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity’s 3rd Interfaith Dialogue, “Who Is Your Neighbor?” Read part I, “Interfaith Dialogue Focuses on Neighborliness.” At the dialogue, held on the UCCS campus on Sunday, Feb. 4, as part of our observance of the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week Feb. 1-7, […]
Team Depot in Action
Volunteers from The Home Depot Foundation got busy this week and built a new playground for Abrams Elementary on Fort Carson with KaBOOM!, a nonprofit that provides playgrounds to schools nationwide. Not only did they build a playground created with input from students and designed to meet handicapped-accessible standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act, […]
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It Takes a Village… by Kris Lewis
It takes a village…. to create “a world where everyone has a decent place to live.” In May, it was a “village” of Pikes Peak Habitat Global Village volunteers with a trip to the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Together, the Pikes Peak Habitat volunteers, the future homeowner, and three Trinidadian construction site […]
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Upcoming Blessings and Dedications
House Dedications Cruz-Rodriguez Family Saturday, August 26 at 10:00 AM 203 Red Finch Lane Fountain, CO 80817 O’Brien Family TBA Ground Blessings-NEW TIMES! Welch Family Friday, July 14 at 11:00 AM 211 Red Finch Lane Fountain, Colorado 80817 Tongate Family Friday, July 14 at 11:30 AM 207 Red Finch Lane Fountain, Colorado 80817 Directions here […]
Grant Opportunity with Colorado Technical University
Thinking of going to College? Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity employees, their eligible family members, and homeowners may be eligible to receive a 25% tuition grant towards a college education at Colorado Technical University (CTU). Affordability 25% grant toward the tuition costs of an Associate, Bachelors, Masters, or Doctoral degree. Course credit for eligible past […]
Ladies Night Out!
In celebration of National Women Build Week, our partner Lowe’s is hosting a how-to clinic for women on April 21 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at 4880 N. Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs. Learn how to install drywall and pick up some handy painting techniques! Lowe’s is dedicated to empowering women to get involved in their communities, […]
A message from our Executive Director
We are in the Christian church calendar season of Lent. Some of us use this time to give up a favorite food or past time, others spend more time than usual being aware of spiritual presence or have dedicated time of reflection. I am asking us all to consider the act of tithing. No, not […]
National Women Build Week is coming up!
In honor of Women Build and International Women’s Day, Pikes Peak Habitat is proud to be a part of National Women Build Week May 6-14 this year! Thank you to Lowe’s, our longtime partner in the event. Pikes Peak Habitat is one of 300 Habitat organizations nationwide hosting Women Build projects during the week, and […]
Make a Global Impact
In October 2015, I traveled to Budapest, Hungary as part of a Habitat Global Village team. My team worked on the future home of Gabor, a homeless Hungarian man. Each day of our trip, Gabor rode his bicycle to our construction site from his cardboard shanty. Upon his arrival, he donned his hard hat, picked […]