Lakeland Habitat Supports FREE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
Lakeland Habitat for Humanity now accepts all computers and electronis as donations.  In partnership with GreenSite, a leading recycler of excess and surplus computers and other electronics components.  GreenSite will does not send electronics to landfills instead all components are recycled them and other down-line processors using methods approved by the EPA and state governments. 

Bring in all you old and recyclable electronics and donate towards helping to build a home for a needy family.

The Lakeland Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian organization. We welcome people of all faith backgrounds to become family partners, volunteers, and supporters to join in our common goal of eliminating poverty housing and making decent affordable shelter for all people a matter of conscience. Our work provides a tangible expression to the love of God so that every man, woman and child can have a simple, decent affordable place to live in dignity and safety.

Lakeland Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1991 as an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, which began in 1976 as a Christian housing ministry.

How we carry out our mission:

Faith in Action

We are called by our faith in God to serve families in need with generosity, humility and love. We welcome people of all faith backgrounds and beliefs to join us in our common goal of eliminating poverty housing.

Building Community

Lakeland Habitat for Humanity is a partnership founded on common ground–bridging theological differences by putting love into action. When we build and renovate homes and preserve homeownership, we can build community and help people to live and grow into all that God has intended.

Global Reach

The need for decent affordable housing is a worldwide challenge. We partner with Habitat for Humanity in its global ministry by providing a tithe of our unrestricted resources to support house building in other countries around the world. In some years, the amount we tithe to Habitat International provides enough funding to build as many homes abroad as we build here in the Twin Cities.

If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him? Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. —1 John 3:16–18

We love our volunteers!

Volunteer Dinner

Habitat of Lakeland would like to thank all our hard working volunteers that help us make a difference here in the community. If  you are a volunteer or have been in the past, please come and join us for our Volunteer Dinner.

When:  January 19, 2012.

Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Where: First United Methodist Church ~ 72 Lake Morton Drive~ Lakeland

Must RSVP by January 11th.

Please call 863-682-3812

Are you a Habitat For Humanity of Lakeland volunteer?

Every time you make a purchase, you are helping build a future for another.

This is The perfect idea for last-minute gifts
Donate online today and we’ll send your loved one a beautiful personalized electronic gift card right away.

Or visit the online store for all kinds of products for your home or apparel. Give the gift that keeps on giving.

Habitat for Humanity of Lakeland.

1317 George Jenkins Blvd. -  863-688-4660

Habitat’s vision: a world where everyone has a decent place to live.–

It’s Christmas time again! 

Are you getting a new refrigerator this year? New cabinets? Adding a room onto the house, getting a new bathtub?

Please consider donating your old, but gently used appliances, furniture and  fixtures to the Lakeland Habitat ReStore!

We can pick up  your donated items and it’s tax deductable!

Maybe you still need to pick out some materials for your next project? 

We carry a variety of flooring, cabinets, fixtures, lighting and furniture …all from Brand New to gently used!

Come and see us this season!

1317 George Jenkins

Lakeland

688-4660

Did you know Habitat for Humanity has an online store?

You can get many different kinds of items for that special someone who has everything.  Making a purchase online helps support our efforts in providing safe, affordable housing to the community!

We carry T-shirts- water bottles, ipad travel bags, apparel, dvd’s, books, camera bags and much, much, more!

Don’t forget your local ReStore for great one- of -a -kind bargains!

Visit http://www.habitatstoreonline.com/main.asp today and start shopping!

Habitat For Humanity’s Disaster Corps -Providing support for Habitat’s disaster response and preparedness initiatives across the United States

After a disaster, affected Habitat for Humanity affiliates often need additional field support.

Disaster Corps helps with:

• Disaster preparedness planning.
• Post-disaster assessment.
• Affiliate capacity building.
• Resource development.
• Logistics.
• Community development.
• Volunteer coordination.
• Construction management.

Disaster Corps Volunteers assist with:

• Providing field and technical support to local Habitat for Humanity affiliates.
• Reducing the impact of disasters.
• Preparing for future disasters.
• Internal capacity building.

Volunteers:

• Do you want to volunteer for Disaster Corps? Visit the Interested Volunteers page.
• Are you a Habitat affiliate in need of Disaster Corps Volunteers? Contact Disaster Corps for an informational packet

 Read our Disaster Relief Newsletter for Fall 2011

By Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International

Recently, I was given the honor of delivering the 12th annual John T. Dunlop Lecture at Harvard University. The lecture is sponsored by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. My purpose was to either persuade or remind the business leaders, students, academics, policy makers and others who were gathered that access to affordable housing is a vitally important issue that requires action from all sectors of society. I wanted them to join me in the belief that people of widely varying incomes can be successful homeowners, and I hoped we might leave as better advocates with a renewed sense of urgency for tackling difficult challenges.

My talk focused on three myths that I often hear about affordable housing:

Myth 1: Housing is important, but it is not at the top of the list. The reality is that affordable housing is central to education, health, employment and economic development.

Myth 2:  Affordable housing is someone else’s problem. Housing at all economic levels has to be set in the context of community.  If we are to provide affordable housing for all, then public, private and social sectors must work together.

Myth 3:  Homeownership really isn’t for low-income people. We need the full spectrum of housing products, and people of many income levels can be successful homeowners.  At Habitat, we believe that owning a house is a “power move” for many low-income families.

I shared examples of compassionate and ingenious responses concerning shelter for some of those affected by the 2004 tsunami in Asia; of a community in North Carolina that has been transformed from an unsightly center of crime and blight to a thriving and inviting place to live; and about the health, education and livelihood improvements that have resulted from our efforts to provide housing solutions in a village in Brazil.

I find that while almost everyone knows of Habitat, few realize the breadth and depth of our global work so I welcome these chances to remind people that a world of hope starts at home. I urge everyone to consider the effect that stable housing has in communities all around the world. Ponder the fact that poverty housing affects everyone — across demographics — and that it takes everyone to address the challenges of ensuring adequate shelter for all.

Brand New Showcase Closet Organizers by Eleganza. 500 sets available.

Retail $529.99

ReStore price = $265.99

Your choice of two colors , Mocha or Cinnamon

1317 George Jenkins Blvd.

Lakeland

688-4660

Meet the Berg brothers, David, Isaiah and Nathan.

They are riding their bikes in a Pan American expedition from  Alaska to Argentina.

What makes them even more amazing and special, is that they are riding for a cause.

They are riding to support their local  Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity in Eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota.

Their goal, $60,000 to help build the house when they return home next summer.

“Each day is consumed with hard riding through some of the most spectacular places between Anchorage and Ushuaia, Argentina, our ultimate destination. And yet we ride with one eye looking homeward, to our local Lake Agassiz Habitat affiliate, which helps folks in need in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. We want to help build a house with Habitat when we return home next summer. We have met people from all over the world who have been inspired by what we are doing and are kind enough to donate.”

You can read more about and follow the Berg Brothers on their amazing  journey here at Bound South.