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About Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley
Who We Are
Habitat Lehigh Valley is made up of a volunteer board of directors, a dedicated paid staff, volunteer leadership committees, hundreds of homebuilding volunteers and parents and children working together to secure homeownership for families who are in need of affordable, decent housing.
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Our Mission
Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley works in partnership with people from all walks of life and a variety of faith communities to build and renovate houses so that people in need can live in decent houses, in safe communities and grow into all that God intended.
What We Do
We work with the community to change the community, one home, one family at a time. We build new or renovate damaged homes by drawing the community together through support of donated materials, contributed dollars and giving hands.
Habitat Lehigh Valley seeks and works with local disadvantaged families willing to work for their home. We provide mentoring and homeownership skills to help those families succeed as homeowners.
Affiliate History
In 1989 an inspired group of Lehigh Valley citizens began meeting at First Presbyterian Church in Bethlehem to form a local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity. Working with borrowed space, donated materials and hundreds of volunteer hours, the first Habitat Lehigh Valley home was completed on Pawnee Street in Bethlehem on land donated by an individual.
During the next several years, the organization's grass roots efforts began to take long-term shape as a Board of Directors formed, an office was established and staff was hired. Since then, Habitat Lehigh Valley has grown and transformed into an efficient and effective full-time home building operation that has completed over 60 homes across Easton, Bethlehem and Allentown, assisting families in need of affordable, decent housing.
Faith
From gatherings in church meeting rooms to homes built and funded completely by a congregation, Habitat Lehigh Valley embraces its foundation with faith communities. Guided by a non-denominational underpinning, Habitat stretches across Christian, Jewish, and unaffiliated memberships. Following the "theology of the hammer," we have seen that people of all faiths can come together to work side by side in harmony to help others. Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley recognizes and thanks the many congregations who have volunteered, supported and funded our work since 1989.
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