Yo Gabba Gabba Show Benefits Habitat

DJ Lance Rock is a magician-musician. He brings a mysterious boom-box that carefully protects his special toy creatures. He breathes life into his toys with the magical words, “Yo Gabba Gabba!.” He loves to interact with his friends from above and sometimes beams in to teach everybody a DJ Lance-dance. Brobee, the little one green, [...]

Car Donations Help Build Homes

Do you have an older car, truck, van, trailer, RV or boat taking up valuable space in your yard? Your car donation will support Habitat for Humanity’s local and global mission of eliminating poverty housing and homelessness and save you the time and energy of finding a buyer.  By donating a car to our vehicle [...]

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 [...]

2nd Annual Sustainable Giving Sustainable Living Dinner Garners $45,000 in Support of Habitat’s Work

More than 300 friends of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga recently gathered last Thursday night at the Mill on the Southside for the 2nd Annual Sustainable Giving Sustainable Living Dinner and raised $ 45,000 in support of Habitat’s homeownership program. Guests enjoyed music by the McCallie Guitar Ensemble and a dinner catered by Sodexho [...]

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 [...]

Volkswagen Builds Community: The Pallet Project

Hamilton County Highway Department, Habitat ReStore, Volkswagen, Architectural Surfaces,  and Create Here  Collaborate on Pallet Recycling Project. The Volkswagen Pallet Project is a neighborly Volkswagen initiative to provide the Chattanooga community with ongoing access to large quantities of oversized pallet lumber. As a follow-up to last month’s highly successful launch, the second distribution will take [...]

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 [...]

Barnes Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Friends, Habitat homeowners, board members and staff gathered recently at the McCallie School to recognize the extraordinary contributions of Don and Diane Barnes to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga’s home building program.  The Barnes have worked as full-time volunteer construction site supervisors for more than 14 years! After heavy hors d’œuvres Sumner McCallie, Board [...]

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 [...]

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