On 15 and 20 October, teams from the New Smyrna Utilities Commission joined Habitat staff and volunteers to repair and paint a home on Live Oak Street New Smyrna. . We are so grateful for their help to get the repairs on this house finished and made safe for the residents. The Critical Home Repair and Brush with Kindness programs …
TEAM BUILD- NSB Utilities Commission
On Friday, 23rd July, a team of 15 volunteers from The NSB Utilities Commission joined the SEV Habitat team to build the house at 200 Howard St. This strong, hard working group, built the walls of the future home of the Figueroa family, despite the grueling heat and humidity. The Utilities Commission bring teams to work with us several times …
Habitat Ethiopia
In May, 2019, Coralie joined a team of Habitat leaders from worldwide locations, to visit and work with HFH Ethiopia, in Addis Ababa and surrounding area. The main goal of the visit was for us to see the extensive work that Habitat has done in this country, through the help of our tithe. SE Volusia Habitat has been sending funds …
Habitat Volunteer Creates Beautiful Baskets
Re-Store Volunteer, Niki Ellinor, is sharing her artistic flair with us by creating beautiful baskets for Habitat fundraising events. She is making these as a donation to SEV Habitat, towards home building materials. This one is for Women Build on April 10th, 2019. It is artistically arranged for ladies to enjoy, with wine, glasses, chocolate truffles, aromatic candles, a variety …
Fact Fair 2018
The NSB Middle School Fact Fair took place on the evening of Feb. 21st, 2019 and was very busy with families enjoying the exhibits. The Habitat stall was a popular destination, among many interesting and educational booths from the area. The table was attended by future Habitat home owners Ashley Melancon and Maria Milam who both enjoyed speaking to the …
St. Paul Church, Pinkneyville, bring a group to build with Habitat and help other charities, too.
Ray Porter, Youth Coordinator of St. Paul Church, Pinkneyville, Illinois, has been selecting this area for summer mission work for several years. They arrive in the heat of July, when we are short of hands in construction, so it is always great to have a team of adults spend several days building with us. This year, the group was larger …
Honoring our volunteer, Bob McManus
On 12th of December, 2017, volunteer Bob Mc Manus was awarded for his 10 years of dedicated service to Habitat. His work was celebrated at his favorite place, the construction site, presently at Pinehurst subdivision, among his fellow volunteers and staff of SEV Habitat. Bob served on the board and has always been very involved with the affiliate. He is …
Deck the Re-Store with boughs of holly!
On Sunday 19 Nov, volunteers and staff of the Re-Store gave up their day off to decorate the Re-Store for Christmas, by bringing in the holiday merchandise and arranging it in the SEV Habitat store. The whole showroom is now bright and seasonal with Christmas trees, every kind of Christmas ornament, tree decorations, wreaths, and festive clothing for everyone. Oh, …
Lineman College partners with SEV Habitat for 2 days
Lineman College in Edgewater chooses SEV Habitat for their Community Outreach each quarter. On Oct. 20th and 21st, twenty-four students joined us at the Re-Store and at the rehab house on Julia Street. At the store, they landscaped the whole outside area, and left the exterior of the store looking really sharp and tidy. They also worked very hard for …