Master Your Garden with the Master Gardeners
The Master Gardener Program, which is run by the University of Minnesota Extension, has worked alongside Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity for the...
Volunteer Spotlight (28)
On Working with Women Build
This summer I had the opportunity to be one of ten Summer VISTAs here at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. When I first found out I had been assigned...
Bailey Nurseries provides the finishing touch of a Habitat home
Bailey Nurseries is a long standing and influential member of the Twin Cities gardening and horticulture community. They also donate thousands of...
Family and friends volunteer (again) to build in honor of Jim
matt haugen: 3:44 PM on September 6, 2012
When Jim Baller passed away he left a large hole in the hearts of some very dedicated and hardworking friends and family members – including his wife...
Some History and Habitat
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 11:18 AM on August 13, 2012
I was looking for some “blog inspiration” and as I was thinking about what to write about this month, I remembered that most months have some sort of...
From Bosnia to Frogtown: My Neighborhood Revitalization story
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 8:07 AM on July 17, 2012
When I was a recent college graduate, a friend and former classmate, Katherine Anderson, suggested I volunteer with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity....
ReStore volunteers help increase profits for Habitat homes
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 2:32 PM on July 6, 2012
Take a left when you enter the ReStore and you’re in the hardware department. It’s the first area customers see, so it needs to look good. Volunteer...
Twins provide A Brush with Kindness for two families
matt haugen: 8:52 PM on June 12, 2012
Twin Cities Habitat is happy to have the Twins as a teammate this season. Volunteers from the team's front office staff helped repair two homes in...
Affordable Housing Advocates: Q & A with Jim and Sarah
Jim and Sarah have raised two daughters in their East St . Paul neighborhood, living there for the past 32 years . They became Neighborhood Family...
Habitat homeowner training to become homebuilder
For years, Heather Brierly was on the move. Apartment to apartment, even moving in with family and friends when the safety of her living situation...