Family Stories
Lakeland Habitat appreciates your giving to build homes for those in need. You are changing lives one house at a time!
Family Stories
At Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity we feel that each partner family has their own unique story to tell. We encourage you to take a look at some of the stories to see the impact our work has on the families we serve.
Barnetts and Lakeland Habitat for Humanity Raise Wall of Chapter’s 100th House
Barney and Carol Barnett personally donated two new houses – $60,000 for each home to Lakeland Habitat for Humanity. The Ledger reports “Side by side with young men and women from Youth Build, a job training program, the Barnetts ceremonially raised the first wall of the 100th house to be built by the Lakeland chapter of [...]
Final Day in VietNam
Our last day on the work site and our house is finished. Our family whose name is Dong had a ceremonial tea service for all the volunteers to thank us, with a tea set that we all gave to them for their new home. It was very emotional for all of us. One of the volunteers [...]
Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project: Mekong Build 2009
Overview The need for affordable housing in the Mekong region is immense. Some of the poorest people in Asia live along the countries touching The Mekong River. Nearly one-third of the population lives in poverty—many on less than one dollar per day. Build Sites: Thailand | Vietnam | China | Cambodia | Laos From November 15–20, 2009, The Jimmy [...]
Faith In Action
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