From the Winter 2025 print newsletter (PDF): Future Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity homeowner (and Christmas card model!) Tonya will be moving into her new home this spring, and she can’t wait! “Half of me wants to put in all of my [sweat equity] hours on my neighbors’ houses. I want to be surprised” when […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jessica Shares Her Experiences as an IBU Homeowner
Jessica, who celebrated her home dedication in February, is Pikes Peak Habitat’s 3rd Interfaith Build for Unity (IBU) homeowner. She shared with us her experience of working with various faith communities from all over El Paso County to build the two-bedroom home she shares with her 9-year-old son, Bryson. “It was amazing to see how […]
2024 Apostles Build Kicks Off with Event for Church Leaders
Pikes Peak Habitat’s 2024 Apostles Build officially launched on Thursday, March 21, with an event for church leaders at the Peel House at First Lutheran. Leaders whose congregations have volunteered in the past or might be considering participation had the chance to see a video from Apostles Build future homeowner Bernadette, hear from new Pikes […]
Jessica Shares Her Story at 3rd Interfaith Build for Unity Launch
Bringing together people from various faiths can be challenging — but it’s also worthwhile! That was the message at Pikes Peak Habitat’s 3rd Interfaith Build for Unity (IBU) kickoff, held June 8 at Nancy Lewis Park. Representatives from faith traditions including Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism gathered to interact with each other, hear from future […]
Catching up with Karmen
When Colorado Springs Utilities staff volunteered to landscape two Pikes Peak Habitat homes recently, they were joined by a future Pikes Peak homeowner who will be living next door to the yard she was helping beautify! Karmen, our 4th Veterans Build homeowner, was working on sweat equity hours that day. Her own home […]