At Habitat for Humanity, we’re lucky to witness new beginnings in our work all the time. We celebrate a fresh start whenever we plant shovels in the earth at the Groundbreaking of a new site. We look with hope and optimism to a renewed future at every Home Dedication. We see children race through newly-built bedrooms as their parents clutch their house keys for the first time. We’re also lucky enough to celebrate completions. We honored to celebrate Russell Johnson, who recently finished paying the mortgage on his Habitat home.

On Friday, June 22, 2018, Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco kicked off our partnership with AbbVie during its global “Week of Possibilites“! Throughout this week, AbbVie employees from around the world unite for a single purpose: to give back to local communities. To mark the start of our local partnership, Pharmacyclics, Stemcentrx, and AbbVie employees from three locations in the Bay Area came out to volunteer and help build seven playhouses that were donated to YMCA SF, Malcolm X Elementary School in the...

In mid-March, Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside) proudly honored Kathy Michalak, Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s Executive Director, as the 31st Senate District’s Woman of the Year. “Kathy has made a living out of being in touch with her community. Her work at the Los Angeles Times and Press Enterprise allowed Kathy to become intimately familiar with Inland Southern California,” said Senator Roth. After 35 years in the newspaper industry, she could have retired, but Kathy realized she had more to give, which led her to Habitat for Humanity Riverside. Kathy...