Pikes Peak Habitat Monthly e-News
October 2024
Year in Review Shows Impact of Your Support
In late September, Pikes Peak Habitat released our Year in Review materials--an executive summary, a booklet, and a video of CEO Kris Lewis discussing highlights from fiscal year 2024, which ran from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.
Every day, we are aware that we couldn't do this work without you. Your donations, volunteer hours, ideas, and passion are the fuel that keeps us running!
The Year in Review materials show just how crucial your support is.
Almost 3,000 of you volunteered on our construction site, with our home repair program, and/or in our two ReStore locations.
Thanks to you, we finished building five new homes and completed one recycled home (a home we originally built that was returned to us and renovated in partnership with a new homeowner). We completed 77 repair projects focused on health, safety, and accessibility.
Our ReStores diverted 2,291 tons of materials from landfills thanks to sales and recycling programs.
And we tithed $154,000 to global Habitat affiliates and funds, impacting 34 families internationally.
Thank you. Thank you for your volunteer hours, your donations of funds and materials, and most of all, your passion for our mission and the families we serve. The numbers and stories in our Year in Review publications are a testament to the impact every one of you makes, here in El Paso County and throughout the world.
Check out our Year in Review materials >>
Join Us for the 5th Veterans Build Home Dedication
On Saturday, Nov. 9 -- just in time for Veterans Day! -- we'll welcome Army veteran Damian, his wife Trinady, and their twins to their new home at The Ridge at Sand Creek! 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.
The celebration starts at 10:30 a.m. at 5303 Beauport Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80915. You are invited to join us in welcoming this family to their new home and community!
Fall Begins with Double Ground Blessing and Home Dedication
We kicked off the fall season with a double ground blessing and a home dedication at The Ridge at Sand Creek.
First, at 9:30 a.m., we celebrated the start of construction with Glenda's family and Tamara's family. Both future homeowners were joined by extended family members, as well as the children who will live in the homes with them.
Glenda's home, a Fund for Humanity Build, is slated for completion in May 2025.
Tamara's home, scheduled to be dedicated in June 2025, is the Paul Johnson Memorial Build, named to honor the man who served as Pikes Peak Habitat's executive director from 1997 to 2014.
After the ground blessing, at 10:30 a.m., we celebrated the home dedication for Miranda's family.
Miranda later shared that as soon as her family moved into the home, neighborhood kids were knocking on the door, asking her son to play! This is the community you are partnering with us to build here in El Paso County.
See more photos from Miranda's home dedication >>
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 >>
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!
Learn About Planned Giving During National Estate Planning Awareness Week
National Estate Planning Awareness Week (NEPAW) is Oct. 21-27. NEPAW is a nationally recognized week with the purpose of elevating the importance of estate planning and why it is vital to financial planning.
During NEPAW, Planned Giving Officer Abigail Hernandez will host informal information sessions throughout Colorado Springs. Join her to learn more about leaving your legacy with Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity through estate planning—no appointment necessary!
Monday, October 21, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Good Neighbors Meeting House, 505 E Columbia St, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Wednesday, October 23, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity Business Office, 2802 N. Prospect St, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Friday, October 25, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity ReStore Northeast, 6250 Tutt Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80923
Saturday, October 26, 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
Kairos Coffee House, 505 Popes Bluff Trl, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Learn more about planned giving at Pikes Peak Habitat>>
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.
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:
