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 […]
Women Build 2017
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s invite women to build alongside future homeowners during the 10th annual National Women Build Week, May 6 through 14. Pikes Peak Habitat is one of 300 Habitat organizations nationwide hosting Women Build projects during the week with support from Lowe’s, a longtime partner in the event. National Women […]