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12/25/17 - Baltimore Sun
A home of their own for the holidays through Frederick Community Land Trust
12/14-17/2017 and 12/29-30/2017 - Press Release
A holiday fundraiser benefitting Habitat for Humanity
Schaeffer Education Center of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at 26 East Second Street, Frederick
11/13/2017 - Press Release
Local couple realizes the dream of home ownership after 35 years in Frederick.
11/10/2017 - Press Release
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County Joins Global #GivingTuesday Movement, Pledges to use funds raised by donors, and matched by 3 local companies, to build more in Frederick County.
11/9/2017 - Press Release
Local family completes journey from homelessness to home ownership.
10/30/2017 - Press Release
Frederick Habitat fundraiser auction to feature purse donated by Mila Kunis
10/28/2017 - WDVM
Habitat for Humanity begins their neighborhood revitalization with landscaping
9/28/2017 - Frederick News Post
Frederick Habitat program offers unique solution to affordable housing
9/27/2017 - WDVM
Family gets new home thanks to Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County, Md.
9/26/2017 - Frederick Extra
Mother of three, one with special needs, to receive keys to new home from Habitat for Humanity
9/15/2017 - Press Release
Mother of three boys, one with special needs, to receive keys to new home
from Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County, MD
8/12/2017 -
Officials team up for Women in Leadership Build Day
6/15/2017 - WHAG
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County holds affirmation ceremony in new home
6/14/2017 - Press Release
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County seeks new office space
5/15/2017 - WHAG
Habitat for Humanity volunteers help build home during National Women Build Week
Women will be working on the home throughout the construction process
4/26/2017 - Frederick News Post
Habitat for Humanity Opens at a New Location
4/22/2017 - WHAG
The Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County ReStore relocated in Frederick
The thrift store moved from North Market Street to North East Street. To celebrate the reopening, the store held a special event to welcome customers to the new location.
4/20/2017 - WHAG
Habitat for Humanity ReStore has grand opening for new location
Officials say the new location is more like a retail store.
4/20/2017 - Press Release
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County and Lowe's Team up for 10th annual National Women Build Week
Habitat for Humanity and the Drury family will work alongside Lowe's volunteers and all-female construction crews for Habitat for humanity's 10th Annual National Women Build Week, May 6-14.
3/29/2017 - Frederick News Post
Habitat for Humanity ReStore to open in new Frederick location in April
The Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County ReStore will open in its new location on April 22. The organization will mark the grand opening at 917 N. East St. with a series of events from 9a.m. to 5p.m.
3/27/2017 - Press Release
Habitat for Humanity ReStore to Host Grand Opening of New Location
The Grand Opening on April 22nd will feature DIY demonstrations, face painting and family friendly activities, raffle prizes, live music, free food and a WFRE live broadcast.
2/20/2017 - WHAG
Habitat for Humanity o Frederick County ReStore will be moving to a larger location
Officials with Habitat said that this new location will help serve customers, donors and volunteers better.
2/15/2017 - Frederick News Post
Habitat for Humanity ReStore to relocate in April
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County has announced that it's ReStore will be moving to 917 N. East Street in Frederick In April. A short distance from their current location on North Market Street the new, larger location will allow them to better serve customers, donors and volunteers.
2/15/2017 - Press Release
Habitat for Humanity Finds New Location on East Street in Frederick
The Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County ReStore is pulling up roots and making a move to 917 N. East Street in Frederick. After more than five years, the store will move out of its current location on N. Market Street in April and open its doors a short distance away on N. East Street in a larger location to better serve customers, donors and volunteers.
12/22/2016 - Frederick News Post
Habitat for Humanity to Renovate Home for Family with Special Needs Child
On Nov. 9, Habitat for Humanity hosted a Rehab kickoff. Habitat purchased the house at 23 Hamilton Ave., Frederick, to be renovated and resold to Habitat's newest partner, Keysha Saxon, so she has a safe and affordable place to raise her three children.
12/15/2016 - WHAG
Residents support Habitat for Humanity Women Build program
The Women Build Committee is actively working on the build home project
11/29/2016 - WHAG
Habitat for Humanity helps raise funds for family home on Giving Tuesday
There was "Black Friday," "Small Business Saturday," followed by "Cyber Monday." Now, Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County, MD is participating in "Giving Tuesday".
11/12/2016 - Frederick News Post
Habitat for Humanity fundraiser features hope and handbags
Daphne Weedon was a single mother who, despite working full-time, had difficulty making ends meet for herself and her young son. Jessica Buchanan, a humanitarian worker in Somalia, was kidnapped and held for ransom in captivity for three months The challenges they faced were very different, but each shared a message of hope and perseverance as part of Habitat for humanity of Frederick County's seventh annual The House is in the Bag handbag auction and fundraiser.
11/10/2016 - Press Release
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County Joins Global #GivingTuesday Movement, Pledges Funds will be Used to Renovating Home for Special Needs Child
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. The funds raised by Habitat on this day will go towards their latest rehabilitation project at 23 Hamilton Avenue in Frederick for a family with a son who is wheelchair bound.
11/9/2016 - WHAG
Habitat for Humanity's home on Hamilton Avenue, Mother's willpower changes family of four
For the Saxon family of four, life as they know it is changing. It's all made possible thanks to the mother's willpower and the Frederick Habitat for Humanity. Keysha Saxon is a mother of three boys, and the home on Hamilton Avenue in Frederick will be her first she can call hers.
11/2/2016 - Press Release
Habitat for Humanity to Renovate Home for Family with Special Needs Child
On November 9, 2016, Habitat for Humanity will host a new kind of ceremony, a Rehab Kickoff, at 23 Hamilton Avenue in Frederick. This home will be renovated and resold to Habitat's newest partner, Keysha Saxon, so she has a safe and affordable place to raise her 3 children. It will be the first wheelchair accessible place her family has live in, which means new freedom for her 11 year old son with Cerebral Palsy.
10/28/2016 - Press Release
Inaugural Golf Tournament Raises More Than $9000 for Habitat for Humanity
A golf tournament hosted by TE , a local electrical construction company, raised more than 49,000 for Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County and leads to a bigger partnership.
10/6/2016 - Frederick News Post
Women take the lead in constructing new Habitat for Humanity home
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County celebrated girl power on Wednesday afternoon, breaking ground for a new home to be funded and built entirely by the organization's "Women Build" program.
9/23/2016 - Press Release
Habitat for Humanity to Begin Construction on a Home Built and Funded by Women
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County will break ground on a new home build at 731 Park Avenue in Brunswick on October 5, 2016 at 4:30pm. This is no ordinary home build for habitat, its a Women Build project, being completed primarily by efforts of local women.
8/13/2016 - Frederick News Post
Homeownership becomes real as family moves into Habitat house in Brunswick
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County dedicated its newest house in Brunswick and turned it over to the Heim family, who helped build it and will live there.
6/11/2016 - WHAG
Festa Italiana raises money for Habitat for Humanity
The fundraiser goes towards housing projects.
6/10/2016 - Examiner.com
Festa Italiana Festival and Fundraiser 2016
Festa Italiana in Frederick is back for the 2016 year this Saturday, June 11 at Rose Hill Manor Park.
6/8/2016 - Frederick News Post
Festa Italiana offers authentic taste of Italy
The fourth annual Festa Italiana sponsored by Habitat for Humanity will offer Frederick an exceedingly rare cultural experience in Amerca: a true taste of Italy.
5/3/2016 - Press Release
Raffle Tickets for Festa Italiana's Dream Vacation to Italy Now On Sale
Don't miss the chance to win a fabulous dream vacation to Italy! Raffle tickets are now on sale, and can be purchased online at www.festaitalianafrederick.com.
4/17/016 - Frederick News Post
Decade of trips brings Habitat for Humanity volunteers close
About 50 people from Frederick County's Habitat for Humanity Disaster Relief team remembered trips they took with the local Habitat for Humanity group at its 10th anniversary gathering on Sunday night.
4/4/2016 - Press Release
Advance Admission Tickets to Festa Italiana 2016 now available; Raffle Tickets for a Dream Vacation to Italy go on sale April 6.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2016 annual Festa Italian of Frederick County, which will be held on Saturday, June 11 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Festa Italiana is a full day of fun, food, wine, and discovery; a day for everyone to enjoy La Bella Vita in the beautiful setting of historic Rose Hill
Manor Park.
3/31/2016 - Press Release
Lowe's hosts 'how-to' construction clinics for volunteers leading up to Habitat for Humanity's National Women Build Week
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County Habitat for Humanity and longtime national partner Lowe’s are hosting “how‐to” construction clinics for women volunteering during the ninth annual National Women Build Week. Taking place April 30‐May 8, National Women Build Week encourages women across the country to devote at least one day to help families build strength, stability and self‐reliance through housing in their local communities.
3/24/2016 - Frederick News Post
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County seeking volunteer project leadersHabitat for Humanity of Frederick County is looking for volunteer project leaders to help the organization repair and build houses. Habitat is asking for people with experience in the building trades to volunteer their skills at project sites to help the projects move more quickly, according to a release from the nonprofit.
3/14/2016 - Press Release
Festa Italiana Kickoff Event Celebrates Those Who Have Pledged Their Support
The Ayze Meze Lounge hosted a full house on February 29th for the official kick off of the season leading up to the 4th Annual Festa Italiana, which
will take place on June 11, 2016, to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County. The evening, entitled "Serata Italiana," hosted numerous local
supporters of Habitat and Festa Italiana who have pledged support for the event this year, including many returning and new sponsors.
3/14/2016 - Press Release
Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County in Need of Volunteer Project Leaders
Bethany Miller, Community Development Director for the organization states that "Habitat Frederick is in great need of volunteer Project Leaders to
help guide, teach and move along the projects that are lining up in our office".
2/12/2016 - Frederick News Post
Construction plans take shape for former Habitat log cabin site
A downtown Frederick property that, until recently, housed a dilapidated, temite-ridden log cabin will get a new house built on it under construction plans submitted to the Historic Preservation Commission.
2/9/2016 - Frederick News Post
Habitat for Humanity welcomes newest homeowner
Benjamin Peterson is the newest Habitat homeowner, having purchased a home on Ice Street in downtown Frederick through the Frederick County Affordable Housing Land Trust program.
2/8/2016 - The Baltimore Sun
Community Land Trusts Make Their Pitch
Activists in Baltimore are working to create at least three new communiy land trusts. This article explores those options in relation to the success and challenges of Habitat's Frederick County Affordable Housing Land Trust.
1/6/2016 - Press Release
Habitat for Humanity Writes on the Walls
On Tuesday, Deccember 22, 2015, the staff, Board members and supporters of Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County gathered at a partially constructed home in Brunswick for one of Habitat's most heartwarming traditions, an Affirmation Ceremony.