In honor of Veterans Day and our 5th Veterans Build home dedication Nov. 9, we’re reading The Women by Kristin Hannah. This New York Times bestselling author’s novel follows a woman who serves as a nurse in Vietnam, then returns home to a divided country, where her service is often both unacknowledged and unappreciated. If you […]
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: Veterans Bond During Roof Deployment
(From the summer 2024 print newsletter) Mike, a retired U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam, needed a new roof on his Colorado Springs home – but wasn’t sure how he’d pay for it. Then he noticed a neighbor, also an Army veteran, receiving a new roof through the Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity home […]
Pikes Peak Habitat repair program partners with veteran’s family
Ed, an Army veteran, and his wife, Jennifer, moved to Colorado Springs from Boulder County to be closer to family. Jennifer explains that she was spending five days per week in the Springs to care for a grandchild, but that situation wasn’t sustainable. “We’ve been married almost 30 years,” she says. “We kind of like […]