Stories

Melissa and James met nearly fifteen years ago and have been together ever since. They have five children, three daughters and two sons. James has worked for the same company for twenty years as a Senior Job Setter repairing radiators. Melissa recently started back to work as a data operator for a cable company. Melissa had been a stay at home mom for a few years as the cost of child care prohibited her from working. They are both employed now because James can work night shifts and Melissa works during the day, that way there is always at least one...

Rachel and Kevin, proud parents of three wonderful daughters, are college sweethearts. They met while attending Wilberforce University, married, and decided to start a family.

Rachel, Kevin and their daughters live in a small apartment in Xenia, Ohio. The family has lived there for many years. At first, the rent was affordable and the neighborhood was safe...but that is no longer the case.

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Vectren, a CenterPoint Energy Company, today announced the Vectren Foundation is providing grants totaling $600,000 for rebuilding the Dayton and Miami Valley neighborhoods devastated by the Memorial Day 2019 tornadoes. Vectren awarded organizations Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton and Rebuilding Together Dayton $300,000 each toward their disaster recovery efforts.

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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton’s strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator, for the fourth consecutive year . Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton is one of 7 nonprofits in Greene and Montgomery Counties who earned this top rating and is the only nonprofit addressing the need for affordable housing.

Since 2002, using objective analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most fiscally responsible organizations a 4-star rating...

Sherelle Gabriel, a single mother of three, recently became a Habitat homeowner. When she applied to the Habitat program, she lived in a public housing rental home in the middle of a drug-infested neighborhood. Her family sustained the heartbreak of several break-ins that would mysteriously occur soon after purchasing things to make her home more comfortable. She knew it was not a good atmosphere in which to raise her family. A friend (and fellow Habitat partner family) told her about the Habitat Homeownership Program and how it could help her achieve an affordable mortgage in a safe, new...

“I learned how to shingle a roof on one of the sites, and recently helped a friend put shingles on his home.”
Family: Nzamutuma Family
Family Members: Isaac Nzamutuma & Jacqueline Uwabera, Emmanuela (4 yrs), Daniella (4 yrs), Ariella (9 mos)
Why Habitat?: To live up to their duties as parents by providing a decent home for his family.
Read the full Nzamutuma Family Bio (PDF) ...