Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
The Potluck Metaphor of Community Development
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...
ReStore helps customers recycle, repurpose, save money
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...
Housing bonds important for Twin Cities Habitat
Did you know that 2012 is a bonding year at the Minnesota legislature? Want to learn more about how bonding works? What are bonds? Without loans, it...
Twin Cities Habitat Donor Profile: Sharlene Hensrud
Twin Cities realtor Sharlene Hensrud is passionate about helping families achieve homeownership. Ever since 2003 she’s been making a donation to...
Shop the ReStore to save big and support Habitat
You never know what treasures you’ll find at the ReStore. It’s a store unlike most others. The ReStore constantly changes. Every day, all day, new...
Exporting Habitat’s mission to Mozambique and Haiti
This past fall Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity led a volunteer group on a Global Village trip to Mozambique on the eastern coast of Africa. The 18...
LEED-certified townhomes built by Habitat for Humanity in St. Paul
In 2009, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity built its first LEED-certified townhomes on Case Avenue in St. Paul. The six units were among the first...
Habitat for Humanity blog features Global Village Trip participant
Sharing a village spirit
Black Thursday?
Last Thursday brought surprising news to Minnesotans: a budget surplus of $876 million. No one expected the budget to be in the black, most predicted...
