 Habitat for Humanity was recently joined by young people with the Newport News YouthBuild program who helped on the construction of the home for the James family, sponsored by the Rotary clubs on the Peninsula. The YouthBuild program offers job readiness training, financial literacy classes, and career exploration opportunities.
Links to the news stories can be found here: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/newport-news/newport-news-training-program-teaches-both-job-and-life-skills-to-young-adults/ https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/community/newport-news-youthbuild-program-joins-habitat-for-humanity-home-building-project/291-4b8b7a73-6f70-4603-b58b-72c57b04ac37 https://vapeninsulamedia.com/building-youth-skills-and-family-habitats/
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 Join us for our 3-Year Anniversary Celebration of our new store location here in Newport News - Saturday, October 17, 2020!
We’ll be open until 5 p.m. for you to shop, attend DIY demonstrations, grab some lunch from food trucks, be on site for sales and more!  Join us as we break ground on our VERY FIRST Rotary House!
The ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 10:30 AM in the 2000 block of Madison Avenue in Newport News. Our groundbreaking ceremonies last about 30 minutes and are held rain or shine. Due to social distancing and gathering restrictions, this event will be streamed live on Facebook at facebook.com/habitatpgw. This home is being built in partnership with the James Family. The construction of this home is being supported by the following Rotary Clubs: -Rotary Club of Hampton -Rotary Club of Newport News -Rotary Club of Oyster Point -Rotary Club of the Virginia Peninsula -Rotary Club of Warwick at City Center  Please join us as we celebrate the dedication of the latest house sponsored by Ferguson Cares, which also happens to be Habitat's 201st home built!!!!
This house was built in partnership with the Niyonzima family. The dedication ceremony will take place in the 2000 block of Madison Avenue. Sam and Media Niyonzima were born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and later left their country due to the upscale of violence that was occurring. Both Media and Sam then moved and grew up in Uganda refugee settlement. While in the DR, Sam worked for Action Africa as a nutritionist assistant. Media diligently took care of her seven siblings through farming and helping to provide for her family. In 2016, the Niyonzima family moved to the United States. Media and Sam have three wonderful children, and together they love cooking together and traveling on the weekends! And they are so thankful to finally be able to afford their very own home! We hope you will join us for this ceremony! Event will last no more than 30 minutes and will be held rain or shine!  Please join us as we celebrate the dedication of the Shipyard's 17th AND Habitat's 200th house!!!
This house was built in partnership with the McCallum family. The dedication ceremony will take place in the 2000 block of Madison Avenue. Crystal McCallum was born in Newport News, VA but grew up in Hampton, VA where she currently works as an employee of Hampton City Public Schools. She is the mother of three beautiful children! The McCallum family with all of their compassion and love are very excited to have their own home right here in the near future! We hope you will join us for this ceremony!    Please join us as we celebrate the dedication of the Shipyard's 16th house, this one built in partnership with the Kabwe family.
Immediately following that, we hope you will stay as we break ground on the Shipyard's 17th house, which also will be Habitat's 200th home! This house will be built in partnership with the McCallum family. The dedication ceremony will take place in the 2000 block of Marshall Avenue, and the groundbreaking ceremony will be just around the corner at the 2000 block of Madison Avenue. The Kabwe family home was built in memory of Ron Nelson (longtime Habitat construction supervisor) and in memory of Everett Jordan (longtime Shipyard employee). These visionary men met at the start of the Shipyard-Habitat partnership over 15 years ago and, as a result, a friendship was born. Ron worked tirelessly with Habitat since 1999, building a majority of the homes we sell in partnership with low- and moderate-income families. Everett spent 44 years with the Shipyard in a variety of jobs, ultimately retiring as the director of the Apprentice School. We hope you will join us for this ceremony!  Our good friends and partners at the CNU Habitat chapter have organized a fundraiser to support Habitat for Humanity!
Come out to Panera Bread at 12368 Warwick Boulevard in Newport News on Tuesday, March 20th from 4 to 8! Bring this flyer, or show it to them on your phone, and a portion of your purchase will be donated to us! Hope to see you all there! You can also order online! Just enter "FUND" as your promo code and a portion of your proceeds will be donated to Habitat! |
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