More than 100 volunteers were welcomed in to the residences of East Palo Alto homeowners earlier this month during Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco’s latest Building Blocks event. Building Blocks is all about home repairs. It is the perfect way of providing a critical mass of volunteers to undertake larger-scale repair projects that need sustained effort. It is part of Habitat’s Neighborhood Revitalization program which aims to keep residents in their homes and part of the communities they love. One house in this round of repairs was occupied by...

From March 16th to 23rd, 2018, a team of 28 volunteers from Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco traveled from the Bay Area to Vietnam to help build two homes through the Global Village program. Before the Build Week began, the group of volunteers first flew into Hanoi to experience all the rich cultural activities, famous landmarks, and delicious food that the capital city of Vietnam offers. The next day, the volunteers headed to their final destination: Hòa Bình. Just 55 miles south of Hanoi, Hòa Bình is a...

Glenn Claghorn is a Vietnam Navy Veteran.  He and his wife JoAnne have lived in their Fair Oaks home for nearly 40 years.  JoAnne has Crohn’s disease and has had 23 surgeries.  Glenn has had his share of health problems as well.  Their home has been in JoAnne’s family for 5 generations, however due to their health issues and income they were concerned about possibly being displaced due to the dire repairs needed on their home.  Through the support of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento and the local community,...

Jasmine Palmer “…learned to be a responsible adult” later in life. “I got myself into a lot of trouble…lived like an adolescent teenager for a long time…I was an addict…” she said bluntly but with a confident acceptance of the past. “I kept getting arrested….” When her daughters were four and seven she was jailed for six months and then entered a residential rehabilitation program for another six months. Her mother took care of her girls that year. When she was released, she moved in with her mother and her...