Building New Hope in Historic River Park Walls Up This spring, Habitat volunteers and staff were joined by Naples Mayor Bill Barnett and members of the Naples City Council to raise the first walls of a single-family home in the River Park East neighborhood. The lot...
A Mortgage-Free Christmas After 17 Christmases in their Habitat home, Jose and Ana are giving themselves an extra-special gift this year: a fully paid mortgage. They stopped by the Habitat office in early December to make their final mortgage payment on the Habitat...
Giving back as a way of life After volunteering with a Habitat affiliate through her campus service group for an alternative spring break trip, Abigail Nelson knew she was meant to be of service to others. “The experience changed my life. It was the first time that I...
Saying goodbye For Tami Welford, Tuesdays in the fall were reserved for building Habitat homes with a group of volunteers she organized from her community. While Tami was keeping her hands busy on the jobsite in Immokalee, her thoughts were with her sister who was...
Every father wants to build a better future for his family. Father’s Day is just a few short days away, we want to take the time to recognize all of the hardworking dads who have partnered with Habitat Collier to provide their families with the gift of strength...
Continuing her Legacy Leona Springer Leona Springer was one of Habitat Collier’s first volunteers. She got involved through First Presbyterian Church of Naples doing office work and writing thank-you notes to donors in the late seventies and eighties. Back then,...