by Storytelling Team | Feb 1, 2024 | Homeowners
Being disabled, Janet’s home has fallen into disrepair over the years. Why not just move? “I can’t go anywhere else to live for $500 a month,” she said. “I can’t afford to leave this house.” Luckily, a couple of kind neighbors have proved to be a lifeline...
by Storytelling Team | Jan 17, 2024 | Homeowners
“Poor folk don’t care how it looks. As long as it works, that’s all that matters,” said Janet, single mother to two adult children and grandmother to four. That kind of thinking, along with her faith in God, has brought self-proclaimed country girl Janet through many...
by Storytelling Team | Oct 30, 2023 | Updates
Construction knowledge and a heart for those who are hurting – that’s what brought Clarence Atsma to Home Repairs as project manager this August. “I was working at Habitat for Humanity at the time, along with my wife Evan, as a house leader. Over the course of 12...
by Storytelling Team | Aug 1, 2023 | Homeowners
It’s the home she was born and raised in. The same home her parents moved into after they got married in 1968. And it’s the home Betty has shared, once again, with her mom, Sarah, since 1982. In all those years, some things have changed. Betty’s father passed away....
by Storytelling Team | Jun 8, 2023 | Homeowners
Life can change in a flash. When Adam Cherney joined the Marine Corps, he never imagined he’d leave the Marines as a wheelchair-bound veteran. But, in June 2021, his life changed forever, due to an accident while serving. On top of that, he developed a rare spinal...
