How your Habitat for Humanity Donation Changes Lives
Each year the parishioners of Saint Brigid come together to support our Habitat for Humanity Ministry by donating your time, talent and/or treasure. To donate your treasure online please visit:
Who Qualifies for a Habitat Home? It is not easy!
Families and individuals in need of decent, affordable housing apply for home ownership with their local Habitat for Humanity. As part of their willingness to partner, Habitat’s home buyers invest hundreds of hours of their own labor, called sweat equity, working alongside volunteers and other Habitat homeowners. Habitat for Humanity follows a nondiscriminatory policy of family selection. v Neither race nor religion is a factor in choosing Habitat’s homeowners.
The recipient families are typically parents that struggle financially to find decent, affordable housing in a good school district for their children. A move into a Habitat home provides these kids with better opportunities to succeed in life.
In addition, homeowners commit to a 25-year mortgage (with 0% interest rate). They DO pay a monthly mortgage for the value of the home – which then “pays it forward” to fund additional homeownership opportunities.
Each local Habitat’s family selection committee selects homeowners based on three criteria:
- The applicant’s level of need.
- Their willingness to partner with Habitat.
- Their ability to repay a mortgage through an affordable payment plan.
The 2024 home buyers are the Dzouali Family from Saint Brigid.
On October 12th we will start our seventeenth Habitat house – but this one is EXTRA SPECIAL. We are very pleased to announce that one of our own parishioners will be purchasing the home that we will help build this fall!
Nicole Dzouali has been a parishioner of Saint Brigid’s for 15 years. Nicole was already active with our Habitat build ministry when she received word that she had been selected to be assigned to the Fall 2024 build.
Nicole was born in Cameron, Africa where many experienced economic and political difficulties. She was accepted for political asylum in 2005 and became a US citizen a few years later. Adjusting to life in America was a struggle at first with some evictions and the loss of her husband. Nicole works for CVS as a pharmacy technician and is dedicated to providing a good life for her girls: Paris (17), Karmen (13) and Eyve (8).
The Dzouali Family Build Schedule
We still have a number of Saturday volunteer opportunities available. Please consider lending a hand one Saturday – – no experience necessary. Young adults 16-17 can participate with a parent on-site with them and completion of a parental approval form. Anyone over 18 simply needs to complete an online form.
Our Ministry philosophy by reserving volunteer time on Saturdays is to help create a “team spirit” among the St. Brigid parishioners. By volunteering your time one (or two) Saturdays, you are contributing your time and talent as a team to achieve a worthy goal.
Once you sign-up for a Saturday workday, please watch your email the day prior to (and morning of) for weather updates. If the event registration is full and you would like to participate, please contact Mike Ostien at mgostien@gmail.com to see if any openings are available. Within your email, please advise which weekend you would like to volunteer to attend and your cell phone number for a text reply.
Would you like to join us??
The register online, simply scan this QR code using your cell phone to enroll. Or go to the Saint Brigid Home Page / select “Outreach” / select “Habitat”.
Register here: https://cerv.is/0251rStBrigid.
| DATE | TASK | VOLUNTEER ALLOTMENT # |
| 10/12/24 | First Nail – 1st Wall Framing | 10 |
| 11/23/24 | Siding / Exterior Paint | 15 |
| 12/14/24 | Interior Paint | 10 |
| 1/4/25 | Landscape | 15 |
| TBD | Dedication | All Invited |
How do I donate to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore?
Habitat for Humanity ReStores is a nonprofit home improvement store and donation center that sell new and gently used furniture, home accessories, building materials, and appliances to the public at a fraction of the retail price. Local ReStores are in Atlanta, Smyrna, Lawrenceville, and Gainesville. Use the following link to find out everything you need to know and the location closest to you, www.habitat.org/restoreswww.habitat.org/restores.
The ReStores are proudly owned and operated by local Habitat for Humanity affiliates. Proceeds are used to build homes and improve communities locally and around the world. ReStores sells reusable and surplus building materials, furniture, and appliances to the public.