“It’s really a true blessing, and I’m proud of myself and everybody that helped me." Aubri says, "And thank you everybody who helped; and I love my parents to death, and I annoy them every day. It’s really, really, a blessing, and I can’t believe this moment right now.”

Syracuse Habitat’s newest homeowner Aubri Lanier, shown in the far left of the picture,...

My name is Tina Shockley. I am a partner family for Syracuse Habitat for Humanity, on my way to owning and purchasing my very first home. Habitat for Humanity has been a great experience for me and I look forward to many more things to come in the future.

I was a FMF Corpsman in the Navy/Marine Corps for five years. Although my time in the military was sho...

“That build was the living embodiment of girl power!” Kheli R. Willetts says, “More than 25 professional women ranging in age from early 20s to late 70s, joined forces and hearts to build a house with love.”[1] Willets is a past volunteer that joined us on site, with her professional women’s organization, to help in our Women Build on Gifford Street. Wome...

On May 20th, our two AmeriCorps members, Sarah and Whitney, flew to Raleigh, NC for the annual AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon event.

Joined by 350 other Habitat for Humanity AmeriCorps members from across the country, they spent the week working with Habitat for Humanity of Wake County helping to build 12 new houses and repair an additional 10 throughout the city...

Do you have what it takes to be crowed Mr. Habitat 2018?

We are seeking contestants to help raise funds for the Syracuse Habitat for Humanity Women Build, through our biggest annual fundraiser, Mr. Habitat. In this twist on the traditional beauty pageant, male contestants walk the runway as an auctioneer solicits bids from the audience. Remember, people ar...

Not too many of us can grasp the feeling of having to escape an on-going war zone and flee a country. Belachew Tadese and his wife Genet Beraki, however, both know this as reality.

Being caught in the middle of a border dispute between the countries of Eritrea and Ethiopia, Belachew and Genet left their home countries in Africa in 2010. With Syracuse bein...