This is Part 6 of a 7-part series featuring Pikes Peak Habitat Interfaith Build for Unity subcommittee members, who discuss their faith community’s involvement in creating an interfaith unity bench for 3rd IBU homeowner Jessica. Barb Treacy from St. Francis of Assisi Parish shared with us her church’s contributions to the Unity Bench. St. Francis of Assisi […]
Read with Us: Arbitrary Lines
This month, we’re reading Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It by M. Nolan Gray. Gray holds B.A. degrees in philosophy and political science from the University of Kentucky and a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from Rutgers University. After working in the city planning department in […]
ICYMI: Radon Mitigation Systems Add to Safety of Pikes Peak Habitat Homes
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2024 print newsletter. What is radon, and how does it impact Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity’s home construction? Radon is a known carcinogen that can cause lung cancer. No amount is safe, and the longer someone spends in a high-radon environment, the greater the risk to them. Most people […]
ICYMI: IBU Bench Demonstrates Beauty of Interfaith Collaboration
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2024 print newsletter. This year, Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity’s interfaith partners came together to create a unique bench for Jessica, our 3rd Interfaith Build for Unity (IBU) homeowner, and her son, Bryson. Participating faith communities decorated boards with blessings, Scriptures, and images. Guests at the interfaith dialogue […]
Interfaith Dialogue Includes Remarks from the Colorado Springs Mayor’s Office
This is Part 3 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.” Read Part 2, “Interfaith Dialogue Panelists Share Experiences with Housing.” Following the panel discussion at the interfaith dialogue but before participants engaged in a facilitated, interfaith discussion […]
Read with Us: Out of Many Faiths
This month, we’re reading Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise by Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America, which is one of our partner organizations in the Team Up initiative and an ongoing supporter of Pikes Peak Habitat’s work. (Check out this video they created spotlighting our Faith in Action Program Manager […]
Interfaith Dialogue Focuses on Neighborliness
This is Part I of a three-part series on the interfaith dialogue. What do diverse faith traditions say about neighborliness? That was the question at the forefront of Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity’s 3rd Interfaith Dialogue, “Who Is Your Neighbor?,” held on the UCCS campus on Sunday, Feb. 4, as part of our observance of […]
ICYMI: Pi Beta Phi Alumnae, Volunteers Collaborate to Create Library for Pikes Peak Habitat Neighborhood
From the Winter 2024 newsletter Thanks to a Rotary Club connection and a handy volunteer, the Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity neighborhood at The Ridge at Sand Creek has a little library. “We were just talking about ideas we could do in the community, and a little library was brought up,” explains Sam Chapman, a […]
ICYMI: ReStore South Loves Our Volunteers!
From the Winter 2024 print newsletter: In honor of the ReStore South’s 20th anniversary, we’re spotlighting some of the dedicated volunteers who make it possible for us to fulfill our mission. Mary Banner “I’m a miniaturist, and my husband worked with [first ReStore manager] John Veteto when they started it, and so we thought it […]
ICYMI: First Gingerbread Village Event Combines Fun, Festivity, and Fundraising
From the Winter 2024 print newsletter This holiday season, Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity held our Gingerbread Home Build for the fifth time. For this fun competition, groups decorate a gingerbread home, then raise funds in the form of “votes” for their completed home. Proceeds benefit our Veterans Build home. This year, we decided to […]