Lopez Family Is Home for the Holidays

By Brian Stephens | Austin Habitat Staff On Saturday, we dedicated our last house of the year as Estella Lopez and her family received the keys to her new Habitat home. Congratulations, Lopez family, and thanks to our sponsor State Farm and media partner KVUE. Watch the Dedication Photo Gallery

Celebrating the Season All Year Round

By Michael Willard | Austin Habitat Executive Director Yesterday I attended my daughter’s Christmas program at her preschool. Now for a guy who has a kid in college, high school and middle school, you might think I have done my share of preschool Christmas programs. Well, I have. However, these programs never grow old for [...]

Congratulations, Echols family!

By Brian Stephens | Austin Habitat Staff Lives were forever changed again today in Devonshire Village as a big crowd of well wishers watched Sandra Echols, along with her family, receive the keys to her new Austin Habitat home. Congratulation to Sandra and her two sons! Watch the Wells Fargo Build Dedication Photo Gallery

Holiday Wishes

By Brian Stephens | Austin Habitat Staff

Two down, one to go

By Brian Stephens | Austin Habitat Staff With two weeks of building under their belts, volunteers from State Farm were out today working hard to make sure the Home for the Holidays is ready for dedication in one week. Photo Gallery

Home for the Holidays: Day Two

By Michael Kellerman | Austin Habitat Staff Check out the photos from day two of the 2008 Home for the Holidays. Day Two Photo Gallery

Home for the Holidays: Day one

By Brian Stephens | Austin Habitat staff I stopped by the Home for the Holidays just after the hard-working team of volunteers from State Farm finished up the first day of construction. Building from a bare concrete slab to a framed house, the team made tremendous progress. Thanks to everyone who came out to lift [...]

KVUE broadcasts LIVE at midday

By Brian Stephens | Austin Habitat staff Reporter Tom Harris was LIVE today in Devonshire Village during KVUE News Midday for the wall raising of the 2008 Home for the Holidays. The story includes future Habitat homeowner Estella Lopez. http://www.kvue.com/video/index.html?nvid=308924&shu=1

2008 Home for the Holidays gets underway

By Brian Stephens | Austin Habitat Staff While it may have been windy, cold and gray to some, for Estella Lopez, Monday morning could not have been brighter or warmer. Estella, a future Austin Habitat homeowner, watched as volunteers from our house sponsor State Farm and media partner KVUE joined Austin Habitat staff and volunteers [...]

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