The Micah’s Creek neighborhood in Athens, GA, isn’t just a place. It’s an innovative approach to housing. Since the 1980s, the Athens affiliate of Habitat for Humanity had been building 2 or 3 new homes a year in its midsized college-town market, selling them at cost and servicing no-interest loans so families living well below Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat Nation! The times are uncertain, as our nation’s investment in housing for those who can’t afford it, and in the people who create that housing, is ebbing while the portion of Americans Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Well, it’s been a long, hot summer! We’re looking forward to cooler weather and the upcoming holidays, but we can’t slow down because there’s just so much to do…. ↑Back to Top Building the Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Hey, y’all! It’s been a busy year, and we expect it to stay that way for the foreseeable future. But hey, that’s why we’re here! Let’s take a look at what your support is Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat nation! There’s so much going on here at Habitat, it’s hard to know where to start. While there is great need for cost-manageable housing right now, support for our mission is stronger Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat nation! So much is going on these days, sometimes we can barely keep up. But hey, that’s why we’re here! Some of our new projects are pending grant approval — keep your Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat nation! It’s been a long year, in many ways a difficult year, but also a hopeful one for us. We’ve faced new variants of the covid virus, supply shortages, cost increases, and Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat nation! It’s been just over a year now since our build sites and stores were temporarily shut down by the pandemic. And while our volunteer program isn’t fully open again yet, our Read More
ReadAthens Area Habitat is dedicating this home on December 26th, 2020 Although we are dedicating this home on the day after Christmas, the family has already moved in so that they may spend this Christmas Day in their own house. Because the family has already settled in, and because of the current pandemic, we will Read More
ReadA Habitat donor will be chosen to select the recipient of a 7.5′ tall tree loaded with lights and decorations. What if you could give someone a fully decorated Christmas tree for their home or place of work this year? You would be awesome! Well, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Athens Area Habitat will be Read More
ReadAthens Area Habitat for Humanity dedicated its 2019 annual fund drive to Lydia’s Homeplace — now it’s ready to become a home. In January of 2020, supporters of Athens Area Habitat gathered to celebrate a successful annual fund drive which raised more than $30,000 to help complete an innovative local project, an off-campus multiplex to Read More
ReadThe covid pandemic put Habitat homeowners on hold, but Wells Fargo has stepped in to get things moving again. The spring of 2020 seemed like any other as Collegiate Challenge students visiting Athens, GA, for an “alternative spring break” worked on homes with Athens Area Habitat for Humanity. Little did they know that their group Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat nation! Well, it’s been a strange few months since our last newsletter. We hardly know where to begin. The pandemic has knocked everyone for a loop, and it has required us to Read More
Read“No wimps, no whiners” is the motto of the Flying Ice Bowl, the first PDGA Ice Bowl tournament to be held in Athens, GA. Who in their right mind would play disc golf in February, come rain, sun, or snow? Well, perhaps folks who want to raise money for a good cause without having to Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat nation! It’s been an exciting summer for us here at Athens Hab, with an innovative new project getting off the ground (see the Local Partners section) and new homes going up (see Read More
Read