August 30, 2010
Marilyn Vavasour, the house donor, visited the renovated Gift Home for the first time on
August 30th. Things are progressing well and we are getting ready for our first open house on
September 24th.

Gift Home Update 2

July 19, 2010
Here is the latest on our Gift Home – the drywall has been done courtesy of Korban Drywall and now the volunteers are doing the trim. We are waiting for the windows to arrive to begin the final push.

Habitat for Humanity Changes The Way It Does Business

May 24, 2010
CEO Donna Hicks talks with Carol Anne Meehan about the Habitat for Humanity Gift Home and other innovate ways the organization is adapting its business and raising funds to help house low income families. (View Video)

Gift Home Update

May 23, 2010
Recently, Habitat for Humanity-NCR received the biggest donation in our history; a nice home in a great neighbourhood. Our plan is to turn this gift into a major marketing campaign and capital funding drive. We plan to renovate the home (it has been untouched since it was built in the 60s) using our very talented volunteer design pool in the Nations Capital. In the early fall, we will have open houses (over the course of four weekends) for public viewing, before we sell the home.

Dedication Day, 14 Kevin Avenue

May 19th, 2010
Watch as another deserving family take possession of their newly updated Kevin Avenue home at the May 19th Dedication Day ceremony.

It's been a challenge

APRIL 17, 2010
Volunteers add hope, inspiration when the roof leaks, work bogs down. Lagging a little, but still in the race. That's the latest on the Gift Home, the ambitious renovation project intended to raise $1 million... (Read More)

The Gift Home

NOVEMBER 20, 2009
An Ottawa man’s love for his Calgary family, a Calgary lawyer’s desire to give back and the infectious enthusiasm of a dream renovation team add up to an ambitious $1-million Gift Home campaign for Habitat for Humanity... (Read More)