Many hands make light work
August 5, 2021: With volunteers and community support, a Main Street home built in 1951 is undergoing a transformation into a two-family residence by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell. The site is abuzz with men and women who provide free labor to rehabilitate the property, including the two new homeowners, said Kim Trainor, the chapter's director of development.... Read More
Habitat Greater Lowell Celebrates Build Project Opening
June 23, 2021: The ribbon was cut on June 23rd kicking off the 50th & 51st home renovation project at 930 Main Street for two local families. Dating back to the early 1900’s, the house at 930 Main Street was acquired through a collaborative effort with the Town of Concord, the Community Preservation Committee, the Concord Housing Foundation Inc, the Concord Housing Development... Read More
Workers Credit Union Supports Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell with $5,000 Donation and Employee Volunteerism
April 20, 2021: Workers Credit Union Supports Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell with $5,000 Donation and Employee Volunteerism. Workers Credit Union is pleased to announce their donation of $5,000 to the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell as part of their annual sponsorships. On March 12th, six Workers Credit Union employees volunteered with Habitat to complete tile and finish... Read More
Trinity Church launches joy campaign
November 23, 2020: Trinity Church of Concord launched a new capital campaign called Embracing JOY! Journeys in Outreach and Youth. The campaign aims to raise $2 million over four years to fund Trinity’s Outreach Ministries and Youth Formation in perpetuity. “Unusual times require unusual commitments,” said Senior Warden Charlie Stone. “We decided to be bold because the need is now... Read More
Westford resident moves into Habitat for Humanity house
May 15, 2019: Two years and 255 hours of labor and learning later, Westford resident Tracy LeBlanc is officially a homeowner, one who can look at the walls and say, “I built that.” LeBlanc and her three children moved into their Habitat For Humanity home on Juniper Hill at the beginning of May, celebrating with local officials, family and the... Read More
Dreamy Builders Hammer Away for Habitat
March 12, 2019: The spring social scene just began to hammer away when Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell hosted its sold-out 12th annual Dream Builder’s Gala and Auction at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. More than 250 dreamy builders, real-estate brokers and agents, developers and partner families nailed it at “The Only Party that Builds a... Read More
Analog Devices partners with Habitat
September 16, 2018. Lowell Sun – Analog Devices has committed to a multi-year relationship with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell to build affordable homes in the Greater Lowell/Northern Middlesex community. The partnership includes a series of “build days” where teams of Analog Devices employees spend the day out of the office and on a home construction site. Read more: Read More
Ex-Burmese refugees helping to build their own house in Lowell with Habitat for Humanity
July 19, 2018: From raising their children in a refugee camp in Thailand to soon becoming homeowners in the Acre, it’s been a long road for Zaw Aung and Hel Pho. The couple fled Burma — now known as Myanmar — in the mid-1990s amid the long-running civil war resulting from a series of ethnic conflicts. They found themselves... Read More
The Youngest Philanthropists
June 13, 2018. Lowell Sun – “No matter how old you are, you can make a difference.” Those words, spoken by fifth-grader Sarah Cunniffe, form the central philosophy Cunniffe and seven of her classmates embody in their work to support their community. As the group Westford Girls for a Better Tomorrow, they have organized two different events to raise... Read More