Ground Breaking Ceremony for 631 Ferry Street, New Haven: October 6 at 12:00 p.m.

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Please join community build Sleeping Giant Build, the Haynes family, and other Habitat supporters when we break ground on our newest home! The ceremony will take place at 631 Ferry Street in New Haven on Sunday, October 6 at noon. All are welcome.
Homeowner Keyanna and her son Keyron, pictured here at our ReStore in Wallingford, are excited to be starting work on their new home and are very thankful for the volunteers who will be helping them in this process.
Special thanks to community build Sleeping Giant Build for sponsoring this house, the group’s 11th home.

Volunteers Needed for Head of the Housatonic Regatta: October 12

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All are welcome to be a part of this Habitat fall tradition! Each year our volunteers help direct traffic and collect parking donations at the Head of the Housatonic Regatta in Shelton. We receive a portion of the donations collected, which help to fund future Habitat homes. This is a great opportunity for friends, co-workers, neighbors, and other groups to volunteer together.
Volunteers ages 16 and older are invited to participate in one of three, 3-hour shifts between 6:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Join us for part of the day and then take the free shuttle bus down to the river to watch the rowers cruise by. Sign ups for this event are happening now and we hope you will join us!

House Party @ Olives and Oil to Support Sleeping Giant Build: September 18

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Community build Sleeping Giant Build is fundraising for their 11th Habitat house!
To support them is easy, just join the crew at Olives and Oil in New Haven for dinner on September 18 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. In addition to great food, sweet desserts, and bubbly beverages, attendees have a chance to play board games, enter raffles, and to learn more about volunteering.
10% of all food purchases will be donated to Sleeping Giant Build so check out the menu and plan for dinner out!
Parking will be available in the garages on Temple Street and Crown Street. Please bring in your ticket and a member of the Olives and Oil staff will validate it for you.

Shoppers Can Now Support Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven at Big Y and Stop and Shop

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With the plastic bag fee in effect, we know you are in need of reusable shopping bags! If you buy your groceries at Stop & Shop or Big Y you can now support Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven when you purchase one (or more!) reusable Community Bags at any store location.
Simply purchase your Community Bag, visit the website listed on the community bag tag, enter your individual bag code, and select our Habitat affiliate as the recipient of a $1.00 donation. Every dollar raised will help to support our home building and rehab projects in New Haven. Happy shopping!

Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven Receives a 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

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We are thrilled to announce that Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven has once again achieved a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. This is the highest possible ranking and indicates the organization adheres to sector best practices and executes its mission in a financially efficient way. You can be confident that when you donate to our organization the funds go directly to providing affordable home-ownership opportunities in our community.

Ground Breaking Ceremony for 39 Elliott Street, New Haven

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Join our community build Raise the Roof on Saturday, July 20 at 9:30 a.m. to break ground on their 16th Habitat home, located at 39 Elliot Street, New Haven! The group is thrilled to be building back in The Hill and just a few blocks from the two homes being constructed on Sylvan Avenue. Volunteers will be building at both locations throughout the summer. No RSVP is required to attend the ceremony and we hope you will join us!

Dining for Habitat at Shell & Bones!

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On Wednesday, July 10th  Shell & Bones in New Haven will be donating 10% of all food sales to Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven! Stop in for lunch or dinner and know that your purchase will help to support our next home building and rehab projects. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and the dinner menu is available all day. Check out the menus and then grab your friends to dine out for  a great cause!

Ground Breaking Ceremony for 62 and 66 Sylvan Avenue, New Haven

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Join other Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven supporters along with house sponsors Yale New Haven Hospital and its medical staff to break ground on our newest homes, 62 and 66 Sylvan Avenue in New Haven. The ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 6 at 4:00 p.m. These will be newly constructed homes, built alongside two families who will be accepted into our home-buying program this summer.
62 and 66 Sylvan Avenue are the 11th and 12th homes Yale New Haven Hospital and the medical staff have sponsored and we appreciate their continued support. Special thanks also goes to the Avangrid Foundation, our community revitalization partner, for their commitment to New Haven’s neighborhoods.

Celebration of 387 Lenox Street, New Haven: May 22 at 3:30 p.m.

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Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven invites the community to celebrate the completion of the recently restored house at 387 Lenox Street in New Haven, the home of the Sanchez family. The event will take place at the home in Fair Haven Heights on Wednesday, May 22 at 3:30 p.m.

The Greek Revival-style house, constructed in 1833, was carefully restored by Habitat’s staff, the Sanchez family, and hundreds of volunteers from the community. The restoration includes a high masonry basement, popular in nineteenth-century homes for use as oyster cellars, and a front entry way that fits the character of the home and surrounding neighborhood. Situated on the corner of Lenox and Clifton Streets, the house beautifully illustrates that the creation of affordable housing and the preservation on a historically significant building can go hand-in-hand.

Speakers at the dedications will include representatives from Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven, the City of New Haven, our community revitalization partner the Avangrid Foundation, and the New Haven Preservation Trust, which provided technical assistance and partial funding for the project. The Avangrid Foundation, the City of New Haven’s Community Development Block Grants, Eversource, and Habitat for Humanity community build Raise the Roof, were all instrumental in providing funding for this project.

Parking will be available on Clifton Street and the surrounding area, including at Dom Aitro Field in Fairmont Park (81 Clifton Street). Light refreshments will be served after the ceremony.

RSVPs to Allison Mangles (amangles@habitatgnh.org) are preferred.

The Great Give: May 1-2

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Join us for 36 hours of giving to support Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven! This is the tenth year we will be participating in the event along with other non-profit organizations that serve the New Haven community. Gifts made between 8:00 a.m. on May 1 and 8:00 p.m. on May 2 will help us to earn monetary prizes and increase funds raised to support our home-building program. There is a special opportunity for housing organizations to earn an additional $2,000 between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on May 2. The housing organization with the most unique donors during this time period will be named the winner. No gift is too small! Set your alarm and make sure to make your gift during the Great Give.