Ariana Fernow recently joined Pikes Peak Habitat staff as donor relations specialist. Ariana hails from Lincoln, Oregon, where her previous experience includes serving as a disaster recovery specialist for the Lincoln County School District following the Echo Mountain Complex fire of 2020. Over the past few weeks here in El Paso County, we’ve seen air-quality […]

Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity is embarking on a new partnership with another area nonprofit: Special Kids Special Families, which “provide[s] wraparound services across the lifespan for people with disabilities,” according to Derek Wilson, senior director of development and communications for SKSF. “Special Kids Special Families reached out to Pikes Peak Habitat because they knew […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]