Ramirez-Escobar Family Pays Off Mortgage
"Our lives have changed enormously since our arrival in this country seventeen years ago. We arrived with a suitcase full of dreams and hopes for a chance to rebuild our life. One of our goals was to acquire a home of our own. A goal that seemed so impossible at that time since we did not have resources, five mouths to feed and a single source of income. However, Habitat for Humanity appeared giving us hope that homeownership in the states was a possibility for my family.
Villanova Students Set to Return This Spring
Villanova University is set to return this spring for their Service and Justice Experience week with Habitat Catawba Valley. The group of 15 students will be serving with us from March 3-10. While they're here, they will work on new construction in the Northstone...
Letter from the Executive Director
Who Serves Whom? Mitzi Gellman, Executive Director I treasure warm winter days like crown jewels. After living my entire life in North Carolina, I’ve grown accustomed to expecting 40-degree winter days and complaining about how cold it is. Following a brutal few...
End of Year Giving
Dear Friend of Habitat Catawba, Much of Habitat’s success over the past three decades has been because people like you support Habitat’s mission with gifts, time, and prayers. You’ve made a difference to Habitat and those we serve. Habitat families are like all of...
World Habitat Day
Make a bigger impact this World Habitat Day! For every $2 donated to Habitat Catawba Valley for World Habitat Day, Punker LLC will donate $1 (up to $2,000) towards a Habitat Repairs! project. Our goal is to raise $5,000 to support the Habitat Repairs! program,...
AIM Meeting 1-16-2018
Applicant Information Meeting (AIM)Our next application cycle will begin with an AIM on Tuesday, January 16th, 2018, at the St. Stephen’s Library, Meeting Room from 6:00-7:30 p.m. (For GPS 3225 Springs Rd. NE, Hickory, NC 28601) To find out if your...
Northstone Receives 2nd National Homebuilder Award
The U.S. Department of Energy recently selected Habitat for Humanity of Catawba Valley as a 2017 Housing Innovation Award winner for its energy-efficient home owned by Keondra Allred. This is the second national homebuilder award that Habitat's Northstone Subdivision has received.
The Rudy Project
Build Update Update #2: Construction has finished on The Rudy Project house, and proud homeowner is set to move-in next week! We are sending the homeowner and her children lots of luck and love to fill their new home. We look forward to celebrating with them at the...
Mitsubishi Electric Publishes New Case Study Focusing on Habitat’s Northstone Subdivision
Habitat for Humanity of Catawba Valley (Habitat Catawba), Hickory, North Carolina, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building affordable housing for low-income families within their local community. In recent years, the organization developed the idea to...