From The Desk of Tim Daley In the spring we had a lot to celebrate, a successful home dedication, great progress on Miltimore Street and the Buttonwood Gateway Project and a fruitful 2022 BirdHouse Challenge fundraiser. You can read all about it in our Fall Community...
Habitat for Humanity of Berks County celebrated their work on the evening of April 19 with their Birdhouse Challenge at the DoubleTree, Reading. The Birdhouse Committee and DoubleTree staff pulled out all the stops to make the event a night to remember. The evening...
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh recently announced a $600,000 grant to Habitat Berks for the Buttonwood Gateway project. The money will be used to reimburse funds as they are used to build the homes on Miltimore Street in the neighborhood. Once the environmental...
On September 18, we celebrated our latest homeowners.“This is the beginning of a neighborhood,” said Executive Director, Tim Daley, “there is vision and hope that you can see. There is a future here, and you are witnessing it,”. Jose DeLaCruz, along with his wife and...
After months of preparation, our annual Birdhouse Challenge took place on May 11 at FirstEnergy Stadium, and the event yielded outstanding results! With profits made through the auction of unique birdhouses, the excitement of our liquor pool, and the generosity of our...
“When I walked in, I got chills,” said Mayor Eddie Moran, commenting on the completed space. As part of our work of helping local non-profits with construction projects at a reasonable cost, our construction crew removed the old plywood floor and replaced it with...
A blessed and joyous New Year to all our friends from all of us at Habitat for Humanity of Berks County! Let us all continue to be safe and remain healthy as we wait for days to be together again. This past year, I learned to expect and embrace change. I also saw even...
It’s been a year of change for us all and at Habitat Berks we’ve seen changes in our home office, on West Buttonwood Street, and in our ReStore. At our home office, The Goggleworks remains closed for much of our working day, so visits need to be scheduled in advance....
In mid-March, Habitat Berks announced the cancellation of the 5th Annual Birdhouse Challenge, the closure of the ReStore, and the cancellation of subsequent donation pick-ups. Construction was also temporarily suspended and our homeowner education programs shifted to...