Habitat for Humanity


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  1. Official Site: Habitat for Humanity
  2. Habitat for Humanity: Local Affiliate Finder
  3. Wikipedia: Habitat for Humanity International
  4. DIY Network: DIY - Habitat for Humanity Partnership Colette: View the training videos and public service announcements, learn about partnership history, details on upcoming events and how to volunteer
  5. Amazon.com: Habitat for Humanity: How to Build a House Colette: A portion of the proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to help build more homes through Habitat for Humanity
  6. YouTube: Habitat Timeline Video 1 | Video 2
  7. MSNBC: Habitat for Hustlers

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  • 1976: Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is established in Americus, GA
  • 1977: Clive Rainey joins as its first volunteer
  • 1978: San Antonio, Texas, forms the first U.S. HFHI affiliate outside of Georgia
  • 1979: First HFHI house in Americus is built
  • 1983: HFHI begins development of National Partners to coordinate work in their own countries
  • 1984: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn become HFHI partners
  • 1984: The first Jimmy Carter Work Project is held in New York City
  • 1986: HFHI celebrates 10th anniversary with the 1000 Mile Walk from Americus to Kansas City
  • 1987: Campus Chapters program begins. First chapter at Baylor University, Waco, Texas
  • 1988: Global Village program and Corporate Donor department established
  • 1989: Hurricane Hugo strikes South Carolina. All HFHI houses in the state survive.
  • 1990: Bo and Emma Johnson, the first housing partners at Koinonia, pay off their mortgage
  • 1991: HFHI's 10,000th house is built
  • 1991: HFHI's first all-women-built house is completed in Charlotte, N.C
  • 1992: HFHI's Native Peoples Initiative partners with tribes to address the need for reservation housing
  • 1996: HFHI dedicates 50,000th house worldwide in Pensacola, FL
  • 1997: U.S. Congress begins work with HFHI on "The Houses that Congress Built"
  • 1997: Oprah Winfrey challenges viewers to "build an Oprah house." Within 2 years, the program has nearly met its national goal of 200 homes
  • 1998: HFHI ranks as the 15th largest homebuilder in the U.S.

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