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Preserving Our History: The Rowland-Clay Home

GMHFH

Apr 2
2 min

Preserving Our History: The Rowland-Clay Home

Explore James' journey for home repairs, ensuring safety and dignity in his family's historic house.

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GMHFH

Dec 18, 2023
2 min

The Rowland-Clay Home Restoration

Under our Home Preservation and Aging in Place Initiatives, we are set to commence work on the historic Rowland-Clay home.

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GMHFH

Sep 14, 2023
2 min

Emma

Emma and her family had lived without heat or air for over a year. Then the GMHFH Critical Repair program installed a system at no cost.

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GMHFH

Apr 11, 2023
2 min

Ryan

By partnering with Greater Matthews Habitat to build and buy his own home, Ryan looks forward to the family having their own safe space.

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GMHFH

Mar 23, 2023
2 min

Thank You, Community

Michael and Janet, who had been living without heat for 2 years, found their lives changing with the GMHFH Critical Home Repair Program.

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GMHFH

Dec 6, 2022
2 min

Todd

As the Habitat ministry leader of his church for the past eight years, Todd doesn’t have just one favorite part of volunteering on the...

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GMHFH

Oct 21, 2022
2 min

Thankful All the Time

For Natalie, Isaiah, and their family, knowing they didn’t have to move again changed their outlook for the future. “

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GMHFH

Aug 3, 2022
2 min

Cindy

As a retired physical education teacher, Cindy loves that volunteering in the ReStore keeps her moving.

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GMHFH

Jul 18, 2022
3 min

Home is the Foundation

For Lissa, family is everything and her biggest goal is to be the best mom she can be for JaColby and her ten-year-old daughter, TaLeah.

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GMHFH

Jul 6, 2022
2 min

Ann

Ann couldn't sleep if she thought it was going to rain.

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GMHFH

Mar 22, 2022
4 min

The Worth of Water

Vivian is one of the 2 million people in the US without water – and had been for 9 months.

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GMHFH

Dec 7, 2021
2 min

A Complete Home Rehab

We simply couldn’t allow the homeowner to keep living this way- it wasn’t safe for anyone to be living in this home.

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GMHFH

Sep 14, 2021
3 min

A Wide, Open Door

Natalie is more than a glass half full person - she reminds herself and her kids regularly that they are lucky to have a glass.

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GMHFH

Aug 26, 2021
2 min

Willie's Home

"I just didn't sit outside anymore, like I used to", Willie said, describing the adjustments she had made when the railings on her front...

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GMHFH

May 19, 2021
2 min

The Beginning of the Journey

After five years, Marie and Celestin have closed on their GMHFH home.

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GMHFH

May 2, 2021
1 min

25 Years and Counting

Sondra knows what it's like to be patient - she purchased her home 25 years ago, and every month since then, has made her mortgage...

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GMHFH

Apr 22, 2021
2 min

Home is Grown

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but...

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GMHFH

Apr 16, 2021
1 min

Home is the Key 2021

At Greater Matthews Habitat for Humanity, we believe that the moments that families experience together at their home —both small and...

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Aging in Place with Critical Home Repair

GMHFH

Jan 15, 2021
2 min

Aging in Place with Critical Home Repair

A troubling reality is that many older adults, about 19 million, are living in homes that are in disrepair or inadequate for their needs...

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GMHFH

Aug 3, 2020
3 min

Celestin & Marie

“We started the process when I was in sixth grade, and we came over when I was in eleventh”, Celestin recounts, describing the long...

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