It's About...Reaching out to our neighbors.

Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliates will be assisting in the rebuilding efforts of those affected by Hurricaine Katrina. Continue to visit this page for news and updates on your community's and Habitat's relief program efforts.

Habitat and NAACP launch partnership to help hurricane-affected families. At least 25 homes will be built through a partnership between Habitat for Humanity International and the NAACP in hurricane-affected Mississippi. Most of the homes will be built in the Forest Heights community, a historically important neighborhood created more than 30 years ago through a partnership spearheaded by the National Council of Negro Women. The community has been a model for the creation of similar communities meant to provide affordable homeownership opportunities for low-income families.

> Read the article, watch video and see photographs on Habitat International's website!

Musicians' Village plans announced. Habitat for Humanity International and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, working with Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis, announce plans for a “Musicians’ Village” in the Crescent City. The Musicians’ Village, conceived by Connick and Marsalis, who are also honorary chairs of Habitat’s Operation Home Delivery hurricane rebuilding program, will consist of Habitat-constructed homes for displaced New Orleans musicians. Its centerpiece will be the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, dedicated to the education and development of homeowners and others who will live nearby.

Funds raised for Habitat from sales of the “Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now” album; Nonesuch’s “Our New Orleans” CD; and “Amazon.com A-List for Hurricane Relief” program will help fund the Musicians’ Village.

> Read the whole story at Habitat International's website here
> Make a donation directly to Musicians Village here

How can you help the victims of Hurricaine Katrina? There are lots of ways for you to get involved with the relief efforts right now! Click on the links below to send a monetary donation to Habitat, sign up to be notified of Habitat volunteer opportuities in the hurricaine-affected areas and learn about local relief efforts:

> Visit the Central Bucks Cares website. Habitat Bucks will be working on this committee, collectively with other Bucks County organizations, to raise funds and awareness about the hurricaine.

> Make a donation to the Habitat for Humanity affiliates struck by Katrina.  Send your donation to our office, specifying your wishes that the money be used directly by the hurricaine-affected areas.

> Make a donation to the Habitat International.  Habitat International has a special page from which you may make a donation to the Katrina Response efforts of Habitat.

> Sign up to volunteer for the rebuilding efforts.  While Habitat for Humanity doesn't act as a relief agency, it seeks to facilitate recovery options for those victims who seek permanent housing to rebuild their lives.

Learn more about the victims of Hurricaine Katrina and how Habitat is helping by following the links below. (All links will open in a new window on Habitat for Humanity International's website.)

> NCAA launches partnership in conjunction with championship game. Members of the Appalachian State University football team work with an HFH Chattanooga volunteer to help frame an Operation Home Delivery house...

>America Builds on the National Mall: 51 houses, 51 more families with a decent place to live...

> Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity, speaks briefly about Operation Home Delivery, Habitat's long-term effort to help those hurt by Hurricane Katrina...

> New Orleans’ sons Harry Connick Jr., Branford Marsalis helping Habitat Musicians’ support will help communities rise, like a Phoenix, from devastation...

> Major League Baseball and Habitat for Humanity make rebuilding the Gulf Coast a team effort...

> Delivering hope by barge: Over the past few weeks, Habitat houses have traveled from as far away as St. Paul on barges...

> Artists support the rebuilding effort as some of the world’s leading songwriters and singers are supporting Habitat for Humanity's hurricane response efforts with their lyrical talents...

> George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush joined Habitat for Humanity volunteers in Covington, La., to help build houses with three families left homeless by Hurricane Katrina...

> In a statement addressed to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce Finance, singer Harry Connick Jr. challenges lawmakers to make rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast region a national priority...

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