In a newly released report entitled “Housing an Aging Rural America: Rural Seniors and Their Homes”, the Housing Assistance Council calls for an increase in home rehabilitation and repair services to help seniors stay in their homes. Here’s a portion of the report’s summary we found striking: Most seniors wish to remain and age in … Read more
We’re so excited to spend the next 2 days with friends and fellow home-repair collaborators at the ReFrame Conference in Johnson City, TN! What is Reframe? In their own words, “ReFrame Association is a national network of nonprofit home repair organizations committed to providing occupants of substandard housing with safer, more livable shelter.” They’re a … Read more
Poverty Awareness Week 2014 begins this Saturday, October 18th.We invite you to take this opportunity to join us in saying no to shacks and building sweet homes in Alabama. Watch below as our director, Lisa Pierce, shares more about how you can be involved in Poverty Awareness Week 2014! Don’t forget that you’re invited to … Read more
We’re excited to announce that registration for our summer youth mission camp is now available! Sorry for the long wait but we’ve been doing a lot of thinking and praying around these parts lately. All that thinking and praying has led us to make a change in our mission camp structure that we’re pretty excited … Read more
College football – we love it. But it sure does make scheduling events in October difficult! Case in point: we’ve had to re-work one of our favorite days of service, Make a Difference Day (MDDAY). This is a huge national day of service sponsored by USA Weekend which draws thousands of volunteers out into their … Read more