A Homeowner with Deep Ties to Habitat Gloria has seen her fair share of Habitat families reaching milestone moments. As a respected community leader, dedicated Immokalee staff member and proud Habitat homeowner, Gloria has the pulse on all things Habitat. And now, she...
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...
“Dean can fix anything, from a pair of earrings to… well, just about anything!” says Kim Btiyk, eagerly describing her husband. Dean volunteers at Habitat for Humanity of Collier County’s Home Store, as a handy-man of sorts. While shopping for gently-used furniture at...
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...
Celebratory Final Mortgage Payment Made with the late Mary Ann Durso in Mind Just after making her final mortgage payment, Araceli wanted her celebratory photo to be taken in the lobby alongside her steward at Habitat for Humanity, the late Mary Ann Durso. “We...