Pikes Peak Habitat Monthly e-News
November 2024
Celebrating Our Veterans Today
Happy Veterans Day! Pikes Peak Habitat is grateful to our veterans for their service and for their ongoing contributions to our community.
Read on to learn about some of the ways we're celebrating and supporting veterans -- our 5th Veterans Build home dedication, this month's book club focus on veterans, and our Gingerbread Home Build to support our 6th Veterans Build.
In addition, our home repair program provides critical repairs to veterans, as well as seniors and others who are cost-burdened.
We also recognize our volunteers who are veterans. We know that many of you continue to serve your community even after your military services ends, and we appreciate your time, energy, and passion in supporting affordable homeownership here in El Paso County!
Learn more about Pikes Peak Habitat's support for veterans >>
5th Veterans Home Build Dedicated
On Saturday, Nov. 9 -- just in time for Veterans Day! -- we welcomed Army veteran Damian, his wife Trinady, and their twins to their new home at The Ridge at Sand Creek! Because of the snowstorm earlier in the week and ongoing road conditions, we held a small, private ceremony for their family and friends inside the home, rather than the public home dedication originally planned. Video will be posted later this week, so you can celebrate with them in spirit. Stay tuned to our website and social media channels for links!
We're thrilled to be able to thank Damian for his service by partnering with his family so they can purchase an affordable home--our 5th Veterans Build.
Through a joint Building Community program between The Home Depot Foundation, Habitat for Humanity International, and Home Builders Institute (HBI), Pikes Peak Habitat was awarded $158,000 for the home. As part of this program, Pikes Peak Habitat partnered with HBI students from Fort Carson, who helped build the home and received on-the-job skilled trades training. Their contributions will be recognized at the home dedication.
Learn more about the Veterans Build >>
Join Our November Book Club Discussion
Our next book club discussion is Thursday, Nov. 14, 7-8:30 p.m. on Zoom. We'd love to have you join us!
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.
Registration Opens for Gingerbread Home Build
It's that time of year again! Registration for our 2024 Gingerbread Home Build is now open! This event raises funds to help build an affordable home for Willie and Barbara, our 6th Veterans Build family.
Willie is a U.S. Army veteran who was stationed at Fort Carson during his service and also is the son of a Korean War veteran. Barbara’s father served in Vietnam. Both also have siblings who are veterans – so they have deep military ties.
Between them, Willie and Barbara are the parents of eight children (four apiece!) and 29 grandchildren. They look forward to having enough space to host family when they move into their Pikes Peak Habitat home.
“We look at our blessings ahead, and nothing can stop us!” says Willie. “We have a goal, and we can see it.”
They're excited to decorate their own gingerbread home and also to see the many creative entries from other individuals, families, and organizations!
ReStore E-commerce Launches with Auction
Want to get something phenomenal for someone special? Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity E-Commerce is hosting our first Rare Items Auction!
The auction begins Monday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m. and finishes Saturday, Nov. 23, at 1 p.m. Each physical ReStore location -- Northeast at 6250 Tutt Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80923, and South at 411 S. Wahsatch Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903 -- will have a binder with photos and links for the items.
This Rare Items Auction will feature
- Fine art: Norman Rockwell, J. Musick, Bev Doolittle, Thomas Kinkade, and J. Connelly
- Rare Collectibles: Large silver plate and silverware collection, including a Reed & Barton silverware set, and an antique woodworking toolbox filled with antique tools including several Stanley planes and Disston hand saws
- Rare Donations: Anker Steelcase Flex Power Station with 5 x 14450mAh Power Banks, and a Roto brush AiR+ duct cleaning system
Auction winnings can be collected at the ReStore South between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. starting on Monday, Nov. 25.
As our e-commerce program gains momentum, stay up to date on new items, coupons, and sales events by clicking "Save Seller" on our eBay page. New listings are added daily, so check frequently!
Recruiting Planned Giving Committee Members
Do you have experience in financial advising, estate planning, or attorney services? We're seeking individuals who have a passion for affordable homeownership and are interested in volunteering time and expertise to advise and grow our planned giving program as part of the recently formed Planned Giving Committee. If you are interested in joining the committee, please read the role description (PDF) and fill out an application for consideration. Please send all questions to our planned giving officer, Abigail Hernandez, at Abigail@PikesPeakHabitat.org.
Read the committee description and download the application >>
Families Celebrate Halloween with Pumpkin Carving
Despite snow and rain, current and future homeowners spent time outside on Wednesday, Oct. 30, carving pumpkins! Amber, our homeowner services manager, planned the event at The Ridge at Sand Creek to bring together families in the neighborhood and those who will soon be joining them. Participants got to choose their pumpkins and create their designs -- then decorate their homes with them! One homeowner shared that this is the first Halloween she has been able to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters.
Join Our Team!
Do you want a rewarding career working in partnership with local workforce families? Do you yearn to know that what you do every day makes a tangible difference in El Paso County? Do you value environmentally responsible practices, from low-water landscaping to innovative recycling programs through our ReStores? Do you want to work with a team of kind, dedicated, passionate people who share those values?
If the answer is YES, then apply today! We're currently looking for people for these positions:
