Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna

11/04/2026

📣 We have an UPDATE: Thanks to several generous donors, to date, we have reached 44 percent of our goal, and have raised enough to help FOUR of the 10 people in our community who have applied to our Repair Program for help keeping their homes warm this winter.

🌡️⬆️ Won't you help us raise the bar and bring heat to the SIX remaining low-income neighbors? It takes $130 to fully fund a new heater, but no gift is too small to help. Your contribution of $5, $10, $20 or more -- added together with other donations -- can help us reach our goal.

🙌 Please SHARE this message! Gather your friends, family, co-workers and faith community, and encourage them to make a contribution towards the next heater! When we pool our support, a single contribution ripples outward to lift up someone in need.

https://habitatsusq.org/heatingfund/

11/02/2026

📰 Our latest monthly newsletter is out! Are you on our mailing list?

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10/31/2026

🎃 Has your car given you tricks lately? Treat your community and help a family by donating it to Cars for Homes.

🚗 Learn more about how vehicle donations help fund our work!

🔗 Visit the Cars for Homes link indicated in the photo.

10/28/2026

We give a Wednesday Welcome to Rich Donahoo who has joined our staff as the Driver/Donation Ambassador at the Aberdeen ReStore.

10/26/2026

👀 We are looking for volunteers who want to be involved in supporting our mission by joining a committee! Could YOU be the person we need?

Here is a description of each committee:

1️⃣ The Events Committee volunteers are responsible for helping to plan, coordinate and execute major events and fundraisers that raise vital funds and awareness for our mission. To learn more, contact Kelly DeNichilo, Events Coordinator, at [email protected].

2️⃣ The Homeowner Selection Committee plays a key role in determining one of the main components of our Homeownership Program, the "need for housing” and reviews, as a committee, all components of the review criteria on becoming a Habitat homebuyer. The committee members can additionally serve as mentors, guiding Habitat homebuyers throughout their homebuying journey, and beyond homeownership. To learn more, contact Heather Gibson, Homeownership Program Manager, at [email protected].

3️⃣ The Outreach Committee builds awareness, relationships, and connections throughout our community. Outreach volunteers and committee members share Habitat’s mission, participate in community outreach events, and provide information about our programs and volunteer opportunities. They also identify new community events and opportunities where Habitat can connect with people and raise awareness of the need for affordable housing in Harford and Cecil counties. To learn more, contact Michele Louderback, Community Engagement Manager, at [email protected].

10/24/2026

Today -- National Make a Difference Day -- serves as a good reminder that every contribution matters when your efforts help us offer affordable housing opportunities to the community! You don't have to wear a toolbelt or hold a paintbrush to help Habitat! Here are some other creative ideas:

🤝 Join one of our committees! Our Events Committee is always looking for extra helping hands, and we have a NEW group called the Outreach Committee for people who want to help us share our mission and spread the word to the general public.

📷 Snap pictures! We're always looking for volunteer photographers to capture important moments and milestones, such as at fundraisers and home dedication day ceremonies, and to keep our photo files supplied with "evergreen" content. For instance, the picture shown in today's message is by Laura Ames Photography. She photographed one of our homebuyers, Linh, when she symbolically received the key to her forever home from our Site Construction Supervisor, Jim. (And Linh completely "nailed" our logo look!)

🥪 Make lunches! We have some volunteer groups -- like the college students who come from anywhere in the USA to help us for a week -- and they need to be fed. They volunteer at both the Aberdeen ReStore and on our build sites.

🛋️ Be a donor or a shopper! Donate your household items (such as dishes, furniture, paintings, clothing, etc.) to our Aberdeen ReStore, or be one of our many treasure-hunting shoppers who love to find a bargain! Sales of donated items help us partner with local families to build, rehabilitate, and repair safe and affordable homes in your community.

🧽 Clean up to get ready for the "close up!" We are looking for clean-up crews to help get the interiors of our Habitat houses ready in the days leading up to the home dedication ceremony. That's when the public is invited to take a tour.

🪴🌻 Have a green thumb? Join a local garden club! Members of the Evergreen Garden Club volunteer with us and regularly come to our Habitat homes to transform the exteriors of our Habitat houses before the public sees them on the home dedication ceremony.

For more ideas, visit our website: https://habitatsusq.org/volunteer-with-habitat/non-construction-volunteers/

10/23/2026

📣 We are raising $130 per heater to support ten low-income homeowners in need of help. If you and 12 friends donate just $10 each—about what you'd spend on a fancy coffee—we can fully fund a heater for another home!

🏘️ Thanks to generous supporters, we have already covered heaters for three households. Help us reach the remaining seven!

Who's in? Please SHARE and help us spread the word!

🌐 Visit our HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SUSQUEHANNA website to make a monetary donation:
➡️ Hover over PROGRAMS in the top menu of the home page.
➡️ Hover over REPAIR PROGRAMS at the drop-down menu.
➡️ Click DONATE TO HEATING FUND.

OR scan the QR code in this graphic.

🚗 Want to make a donation of a NEW heater? Drop it off at our Aberdeen ReStore:
✅ Mark the donation as intended for the REPAIR PROGRAM HEATERS. (New heaters only.)
📍 The Aberdeen ReStore is located at 1013 Beards Hill Road, Aberdeen.

🙌 Remember: Even a small donation from several people can add up to providing heat for 10 low-income homeowners this winter! Most of the people who are assisted by our Repair Program are seniors living on fixed incomes.

🤔 Questions? Contact our Repair Program Manager Lydia Jordan at [email protected].

10/21/2026

🎉 Join us in congratulating Brandon, our newest homebuyer whose application to the Homeownership Program was approved! He will be purchasing our "Habi-Tech" house located at Booth Street, Elkton.

💪🔨 As you may recall, this is the house that was built by the students of the Cecil County School of Technology (CCST) during two school years, under the supervision of their instructors and in partnership with Habitat Susquehanna. In July it was transported from the CCST to Booth Street, where it is currently being finished by our staff and volunteers.

🤔 What comes next? All homebuyers, such as Brandon, put in Habitat partner hours — 250 total — during their homeownership journey. Those hours are comprised of working side-by-side with Habitat staff and volunteers on their home or another homebuyer's house; taking financial education classes to help build financial independence; and, attending a home maintenance course that will equip them with the skills needed to handle future repair or maintenance issues once they become homeowners. Habitat also provides an affordable mortgage with monthly payments. These mortgage payments made by Habitat homeowners help fund the construction of additional homes, allowing more families to achieve the dream of homeownership.

🏡 No investment is more powerful for long-term wealth building than homeownership.

10/19/2026

10/19/2026

🎉 John Lanigan (pictured at a Hammers Up Build Day) has been involved with Habitat Susquehanna for a total of 11 years -- nine as our current staff member, and two as a previous Habitat AmeriCorps member working alongside our staff and volunteers. John wears "two hats" in that he is our Development Manager and our Safety Officer. Happy "workiversary" to John this month!