Loveland Habitat for Humanity has reached numerous milestones since its inception in 1987, including building homes for nearly 90 Loveland families. The affiliate has also reached an additional noteworthy event: the $500,000 tithing milestone, which was recently recognized during the Camp Colorado Conference. Camp Colorado attendees included affiliates from Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Montana.
Habitat for Humanity affiliates tithe 10 percent of their undesignated donations to help serve families with housing needs in countries outside of the United States. Donors have opportunities to designate where their monies go through the Loveland Habitat website and also on direct mail opportunities. Monies not specified can be used toward the tithing program.
As an International organization, the ultimate goal of each Habitat for Humanity affiliate in the United States – as well as our global partners – is to work together to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the face of the earth. It is through each affiliate’s Global Building program, which is funded by tithe donations, where they transcend their local community impact to become a global organization, working to achieve a world where everyone has a simple, decent place to call home. The organization truly makes a positive impact on poverty throughout the world, as dictated by its mission statement.
“We are grateful to be able to help serve families in Nicaragua and Paraguay in addition to building houses in partnership with families in our community,” said Gwen Stephenson, Loveland Habitat for Humanity Executive Director. “We are reminded of the global impact we are making by partnering with people in need here and abroad.”
Contributions from Loveland Habitat for Humanity have supported 157 families since 1987. It has taken Loveland Habitat for Humanity 23 years to reach this important milestone.
“The need for decent and affordable shelter is a universal challenge,” said Christine Odom, Habitat for Humanity International’s Tithe Director. “International construction costs are considerably less than in the United States. When we share financial resources as well as operational knowledge, Habitat for Humanity gets closer to our goal of eliminating poverty housing.”
Loveland Habitat for Humanity is currently accepting applications for partner families as it continues moves toward its goal of 8 homes built this year alone, surpassing the 90-home mark. Habitat provides a hand up, not a hand out. Qualified families, along with countless volunteers, spend hundreds of hours building their homes as they become a member of the Habitat family. For more information about home ownership, volunteering, the Loveland Habitat ReStore (and Thrift), upcoming fundraising events or Loveland Habitat for Humanity, please call 970-669-9769 or visit the website at www.lovelandhabitatforhumanity.org.
