Chattanooga Mud Run Benefits Habitat

The first annual Chattanooga Mud Run will be held at Greenway Farms on Aug. 28 at 8 a.m. to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga. Sponsored by Capital Toyota and Toyota of Cleveland, the Mud Run will be a 5K-style run featuring a military-style obstacle course with most of the obstacles surrounded by (or [...]

Father and Son Get New Home

This week Tommy Back and his son Titus will have something very special to celebrate – the completion of their new Habitat for Humanity Home, funded and built by members of Rivermont Presbyterian church. With a grown son, Tommy Back thought his child raising years were behind him, until a girlfriend said she was pregnant [...]

Thinking About Becoming a Homeowner?

Does homeownership seem just out of reach?  Resources are available in our community to help families purchase homes.  Learn more at the 2010 Homeownership Initiative Seminar. Come enjoy lunch, as homeownership and financial expert Lori Jones Gibbs shares how you  can make your dream of owning a home come true! The seminar will be held [...]

A-1 Surplus Wins ReStore Donation Drive

A-1 Surplus is the winner of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga ReStore’s 3rd Annual Spring Donation Drive sponsored by the Hixson Lowe’s.  David Stoner, owner of A-1 Surplus, donated over 17 pallets worth of brand new ceramic tile to the ReStore. “Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga ReStore is thrilled to begin working with [...]

Chattanooga Families to Get Homes Thanks to Stimulus

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga is among area affordable housing organizations who are working on housing projects supported by the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) From The Chattanooga Times Free Press … More than $2.3 million in federal stimulus money was funneled through the city Tuesday night [April 27, 2010] as City Council members voted [...]

Urban League “Green” Students Help Build Habitat Home

From www.chattanoogan.com …. After weeks of studying manuals and taking exams, the men and women of Urban League of Greater Chattanooga Green Construction and Weatherization Program will put their handy skills to work. The Urban League’s “green” students will join Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga to help build a home for a deserving family [...]

Chris Horne Memorial Home is Complete!

Home for Michelle Moore and Family Built in Memory of Late Son-In-Law of County Commissioner Bill Hullander On March 30, family and friends will gather to remember Chris Horne, late son-in-law of Hamilton County (TN) Commissioner Bill Hullander and celebrate the completion of a Habitat for Humanity home built in his memory for Michelle Moore [...]

From A Freezing Apartment to a New Home In St. Elmo

This winter was a tough one for Carey Glass.  She faced a hard choice when school was out– go to work and worry about the danger of the space heater running full blast to warm the one room where she and her three children could stay barely warm, or stay home with them, but not [...]

From War, to Exile, to Safe Harbor in Chattanooga

It has been a long journey for Santo and Mary Majok Takfiny from Sudan to Egypt, and then to Chattanooga. Thanks to Rivermont Presbyterian Church, Mary and Santo’s dream of a new home for their family will start to come to life today as construction started on their new Habitat for Humanity home.   This is [...]

Carroll & Mildred Fox Memorial House Complete

Since October 2009, members of First Baptist Church (Chattanooga) have been at work on a Habitat for Humanity Home for Zachary and Christy Hullender and their children in memory of the late Carroll and Mildred Fox.  Their work is now complete – the home was dedicated February 20. “Carroll Fox was a dedicated supporter of [...]