Jobsite Superstar Reaches Life-Changing Milestone

Accomplishing the Milestone Staff members at Habitat Collier left their offices to the sound of a ringing bell to discover fellow coworkers in tears of joy, eventually congregating in the building’s common area. To great delight, the staff discovered that their...

Wells Fargo Donates to Build New Habitat Community

Investment Will Support the Cost of Infrastructure in Community of 55 Affordable Homes Habitat for Humanity of Collier County is pleased to announce that it has been awarded $50,000 from Wells Fargo to assist with infrastructure costs in the newest of the...

Father’s Habitat Tools Among First Donations to ReStore

For 22 years, the hammers, boxes of nails and saws that Doug Ramsay found in his father’s car trunk helped build dozens of Habitat for Humanity houses in Immokalee. “I can’t think of a better place for these tools to go,” he said as he unloaded...

Family Escapes 162 Sq. Ft. Trailer

Following row after row of decaying mobile homes, you will find the small trailer belonging to the Roberto and Mina’s family. Roberto, Mina, Roberto Jr., and Lemay have called this one bedroom, one bathroom camper trailer home for over a year. At 6-by-27 feet,...

Virginia Overcomes Adversity, Drives Semi-Truck

Struggling to find nearby work, Virginia visited an area nursery to inquire about a job. Told that they had no jobs suitable for women, desperate, Virginia said that she would take anything. Now she drives an eighteen-wheeled semi-truck, having been given the...

5-Year-Old Makes First Donation of New Fiscal Year

The first donation of Habitat Collier’s new fiscal year came from an unexpected contributor. Elijah Shumaker, age 5½, brought in a Ziploc bag filled with the money he had been saving for his family’s Florida vacation to donate. “When Elijah found out that we were...