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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark has been building homes in Essex, Hudson, and Union Counties since 1986 and has been able to help over 120 families become home owners in our community.
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DTCC
Sponsor Spotlight DTCC We would like to express our most sincere gratitude to the dream teams of our Title Sponsor DTCC for being such loyal, ...
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Sharon
Partner Family Story Sharon My parents grew up in the south of the Unites States / Alabama and North Carolina and moved to Newark over ...
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Irving
Partner Family Story Irving Mr. Irving Ealy, a life-long Newark resident, has several disabilities including being hard of hearing, blind in one eye and an ...
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Tawayna
Partner Family Story Tawayna Tawayna is a local veteran who resides in Newark who has faced struggles with substance abuse and homelessness but eventually sought ...
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Doretha
Partner Family member Kisha reports. “We actually had no damage from Hurricane Ida. If we had not had our gutters repaired [through Habitat of Greater ...
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Shirley
"Our building was the first Habitat for Humanity project in Newark!” says Partner Family member Shirley with pride. “We’ve been here 30 years!"
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Weber Gallagher
Weber Gallagher engages in charitable initiatives at every firm location. "Many times, food insecurity and educational charities. Habitat was a natural extension.” Signing up to ...
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Sika Corporation
We welcomed Sika Corporation employees to our 24 Burnet Street worksite in Livingston in 2021. Even though our worksite safety protocols had expanded beyond hard ...
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Valerie
Valerie's family noticed that their basement was much leakier than the average basement in their neighborhood. Valerie knew that the basement also contained asbestos hazards. ...
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Janet
Janet, one of our volunteers, says, "I would definitely recommend volunteering for Habitat for Humanity to other people. This was actually a good opportunity for ...
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Julius
For his 40th birthday, volunteer Julius says, "We wanted to continue the tradition of a group volunteering event, but we wanted to do it in ...
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Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo began working with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark in 2012. Since that time, nearly 100 employees have put in over 400 hours ...
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Anthony
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark and Wells Fargo joined forces in November 2017 to make major improvements to home of veteran Anthony. Painting his ...
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Anna and Olivia
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark unanimously agrees: we hit the jackpot with our summer 2020 interns! At the beginning of the summer, our office ...
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Josh
After Josh graduated from Morristown-Beard High School, he decided to take a gap year--a sensible decision during the COVID-19 pandemic. Josh says, "Habitat of Greater ...
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Henry
Now in their eighties, local veteran Henry and his wife Thelma live in Orange, NJ, on a fixed income. As the years went by, maintaining ...
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Grand BK
Grand BK employees began volunteering with Habitat of Greater Newark during summer 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing. Executive Secretary Jamie Chun ...
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J.M. Huber Corporation
Headquartered in Edison, NJ, Huber supports Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark’s mission through financial contributions and in-kind donations of Huber Engineered Woods, one of ...
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