Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 11:59 AM on January 31, 2012
Our team arrived at the build site in Santa Elena after a long and bumpy bus ride from our hotel in La Cruz. Because of the size of our group and the remoteness of the Habitat site, we travel more than an hour and a half each way – past cows,...
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Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 2:43 PM on January 30, 2012
Our team slowly trickled in to the Liberia International Airport; by dinner time on Saturday, we were all present and accounted for. In addition to...
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 1:00 PM on January 27, 2012
When I moved to Minnesota, I encountered the Structured Potluck complete with sign-up sheet. Often this takes the form of last names starting with...
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 1:00 PM on January 23, 2012
The following reviews the work of the 3M C.A.R.E.S. Habitat for Humanity Project, a group of 3M retirees that has volunteered with Twin Cities...
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 8:30 AM on January 20, 2012
NeighborWorks America recently issued a report, prepared by the Urban Institute. This report finds that Foreclosure Counseling, through a...
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 9:36 AM on January 18, 2012
Today, Twin Cities Habitat and other housing/homeless partners hosted a training session with the purpose of tackling some of the hardest topics...
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 9:00 AM on January 13, 2012
In one type of potluck, the host provides the main dish and asks the other diners to supply sides, dessert, and the like. We see this arrangement...
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 10:32 AM on January 12, 2012
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 12:00 PM on January 9, 2012
I love to eat. And as the son of a Baptist minister, I am a connoisseur of potlucks (or covered-dish dinners as they’re known in the part of North...
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 4:58 PM on January 6, 2012
recycling requires a good imagination. Consider the cheerful kitchen island in the photo. It may have started out in the ReStore as two beat-up...
