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Volunteer Spotlight Issue 4: Brian Reid
For Brian Reid, originally from New England, Habitat for Humanity is more than just building homes. “I met my wife on a Habitat affiliate in Boston,” Brian said. “At the end of the two-year project, that Habitat did a walk from Portland, Maine to Atlanta,…
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Crane Day Success!
Habitat for Humanity of Archuleta County is hitting the ground running for our third build season of our mission to build 15 Homes in 5 Years. Habitat Archuleta’s third annual Crane Day was on June 6 and 7, in which three modular homes were lifted…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Issue 3
Meet Maddie Van Duzer, an AmeriCorps team leader who spent 12 weeks on our build sites last summer. Maddie Van Duzer was the crew leader for 12 young adults participating in the AmeriCorps NCCC program who spent 12 weeks on the Habitat Archuleta build…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Issue 2
Meet Duane Peter of Pagosa Springs and Plano, Tx. Duane Peter said that he had very limited building experience when he started volunteering for Habitat Archuleta 5 years ago. Since then, he’s assisted in building six houses and “feels much more confident in solving problems…
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Build Season Round-up by the Numbers
Partner families are in! We at Habitat Archuleta couldn’t be more excited to announce that our 2023 Partner Families have moved into their homes! This marks the completion of Year 2 of our plan to build 15 homes in 5 years. We want to thank…
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Issue 1: Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Larry Parks of Pagosa Springs, CO and Austin, Texas Habitat Archuleta’s volunteers contributed 1,890 hours on our build sites in 2023. Larry Parks, a retired lawyer and mechanical engineer, accounts for 496 of those, more than a quarter of total volunteer hours. At present,…
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Volunteers are the Backbone of Habitat Archuleta
Imelda Mulholland, a semi-retired immigration attorney from Grand Junction, took a break from running the bandsaw at the Habitat for Humanity site on Sam Houston Avenue to sit on the trailer and sip from a water bottle. “One of the greatest moments of my life…
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Americorps Members Visit Habitat in Pagosa Springs
We will host our first ever AmeriCorps team this summer…