Open Build Day

On the first weekend of November we held an open build day, where anyone was welcome to drop by and help us as we framed our next home project and did some interior work on our current home build. Habitat is busy at this time of year, as we're trying to finish up one home …

Meet the Care-a-Vanners

It was great to get to know the Care-a-Vanners while they were in town! Most of them spend about 6 or 7 weeks on the road a year, visiting different Habitat build sites across the country. Sometimes they visit sites close to home in Minnesota, but they've also gone as far away as Texas and …

Here Come the Care-a-Vanners!

Care-a-Vanners spend their time traveling the country in RVs, volunteering at different Habitat construction sites. They spend about two weeks at each site they visit, camping out in local campgrounds. A group of Care-a-Vanners arrived in Grand Rapids on September 7th and will be here through the 21st, helping us with our current home build …

Build Update: August 2019

A few weeks ago we stopped by the site of our current home build to see our volunteers in action. That day on the build site a volunteer group from Star of the North Lions Club was working. Many of the volunteers had worked with us or on other construction projects in the past, so …

Faith Build: Groundbreaking

Last month we held a groundbreaking ceremony for our Faith Build house. Kristel and her two sons (our newest partner family) were there with family, friends, and their pastor, along with representatives from Habitat, Thrivent Financial, and Wells Fargo. Our volunteer construction crews are hard at work at the build site! We'll post more updates …