Jun 26 2025
We celebrated a home dedication for Elashia in June and are so proud of all of her hard work to reach her dream of homeownership.
21 Habitat Homes Coming 2025–2026
We kicked off our new build season earlier this month—debuting new house designs and raising the first walls alongside volunteers, sponsors, future homeowners, and staff.
Over 40 families are currently in our homeownership program waiting for their new home to be built. Your support is making it possible for us to serve 21 of those families!
2025-26 Build Season Overview:
New Huntington Homeowners
The Kelley Family
In less than a year, the Kelleys completed the Habitat Homeownership Program and are excited to start this new chapter in their lives.
David Kelley shared, “I’ve had an amazing support group with our church family, my in-laws, and I just thank everyone for making this possible. This home means more than you’ll ever know.”
Thank you to every volunteer, donor, and supporter who helped make the Kelleys’ dream of homeownership a reality.
The Morton Family
Jadee and her daughters’ Habitat home, framed by Bendix volunteers last year, is now a safe and joyful place they can finally call their own! This month, we celebrated all of Jadee’s hard work — from completing 32 hours of financial literacy classes to putting in 200 hours of sweat equity building her home and helping other families do the same.
“My time in the program has been very beneficial, especially the budgeting classes, which helped me better budget and figure out what I was spending on unnecessary things. Thank you to everyone who put their time and resources into building this home for me and my kids. I really appreciate it.”
What’s New
We're Hiring
We are looking to add a Construction Site Manager to our team — a servant leader who will guide volunteers and create meaningful relationships with Habitat families as they fulfill their sweat equity requirements on the build site.
ReStore Your Passion Photos + Fundraising Recap
The photos are in! Thank you AJS Photo for capturing the night.
Huge thanks to everyone who made this year’s fundraising event possible. Your commitment and generosity will build a Habitat home for a local family.
Recycle your aluminum cans for Habitat GFW!
We have recycling sheds throughout Fort Wayne — find a drop-off near you at habitatgfw.com/cans.
Live in Huntington? Drop off your donation at Clark’s and say it’s for Habitat GFW.
Got Stuff? Donate Your Unwanted Items to the ReStore
Let us give your stuff a second chance! Donate household items, furniture, appliances, and building materials to the ReStore — every donation helps build Habitat homes for local families.
Drop off items in our donation lane: Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm.
Snag Your Spot in our Upcoming Golf Outings
Annual Golf Outing
Brookwood Golf Club – Fort Wayne
September 3, 2025Jack Laurie Golf Outing
Brookwood Golf Club – Fort Wayne
September 18, 2025Twilight Golf Outing
Dogwood Glen Golf Course – Huntington
September 26, 2025
Future Happenings
Huntington Heritage Days Parade Saturday, June 14 | 10am – Noon
We’re Hiring at the ReStore Help us spread the word — we’re currently hiring for full-time Associates and Donation Ambassadors (Light Truck Driver). Join a great team in a fun, community-focused retail environment. View Open Positions
