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This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition - Habitat for Humanity brings CEOs together in service
Read full article: This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition - Habitat for Humanity brings CEOs together in serviceHabitat for Humanity has chapters all over the world. This week, the Beaches Habitat hosts the 5th annual Beaches Habitat CEO Build to bring business leaders together in servi
Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood talk working with the Carters for Habitat for Humanity and new music
Read full article: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood talk working with the Carters for Habitat for Humanity and new musicOn Sunday, Habitat for Humanity's 2023 annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Week Project kicked off on the President's 99th birthday.
Positively JAX: 100 hurricane kits distributed to low-income individuals & families in Clay County
Read full article: Positively JAX: 100 hurricane kits distributed to low-income individuals & families in Clay CountyLow-income individuals and families will be able to get their hands on a hurricane kit this weekend in Clay County.
Small wonders: Construction underway for 1st HabiJax tiny homes project
Read full article: Small wonders: Construction underway for 1st HabiJax tiny homes projectConstruction is underway for a new housing community on Jacksonville’s Westside, featuring 50 tiny homes. RELATED: HabiJax to build tiny houses in LackawannaHabitat for Humanity of Jacksonville, also known as HabiJax, and the Northeast Florida Builders Association are heading this project. Other builders participating in this project include Dream Finders Homes, Dostie Homes, Encore Homes of North Florida, New Atlantic Builders, Providence Homes by Bill Cellar, Pulte Group, and TerraWise Homes. The community is made possible by a grant from the Delores Barr Weaver HabiJax Tiny House Fund at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida. Walker said this new project is bringing attention to the affordable housing crisis in Duval County.
Famous Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree chosen
Read full article: Famous Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree chosen(CNN) - The 2019 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has officially been selected, and it's coming from Florida ... New York that is. The famous tree will be coming from the Village of Florida in Orange County, New York. The tree is the Center's normal Norway Spruce, and was chosen from several submissions. After the tree is cut on November 7, the Center plants a young tree in its place. Then after the holidays, it donates the chosen tree to the Habitat for Humanity to be used for lumber on their home projects.
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood on Building Homes for a Good Cause (Exclusive)
Read full article: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood on Building Homes for a Good Cause (Exclusive)Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood love giving back to their community. The couple teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to build 21 affordable homes in their hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. "We are muddy," Yearwood quipped, with Brooks adding, "Take a look at this," pointing to his shoes. With Brooks on his stadium tour and Yearwood working on new music and her cooking show, the couple will always make time to lend a hand. For more on Habitat for Humanity visit, https://www.habitat.org/RELATED CONTENT:How Trisha Yearwood Is Handling Time Apart From Garth Brooks on Tour (Exclusive)Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Show Support for Daughter Allie's Music Career
Jimmy Carter back to building houses after hip surgery
Read full article: Jimmy Carter back to building houses after hip surgeryEddie Mullholland-WPA Pool/Getty Images(CNN) - Former President Jimmy Carter, who underwent hip surgery last spring following a fall, plans to resume his decades-long role as a volunteer house builder with Habitat for Humanity this fall, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center said Tuesday. The 94-year-old Democrat is set to construct 21 new homes alongside his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, in Nashville, Tennessee, in October. This year's build will come several months after the former president underwent successful hip surgery in May after falling at his home in Plains, Georgia. Carter, who became the oldest living president in U.S. history in March, last participated in the 2018 Carter Work Project in Mishawaka, Indiana, alongside Rosalynn. In addition to the hip surgery earlier this year, Carter has also undergone several other medical treatments, including successful treatment in 2015 for cancer spots on his brain and a separate operation that same year to remove a "small mass" from his liver.
Drawing found in New York thrift store could be worth $100K
Read full article: Drawing found in New York thrift store could be worth $100KA previously unknown drawing by Egon Schiele turned up in a Habitat for Humanity thrift store in Queens, New York, more than 100 years after the Austrian painter's death -- and it could sell for more than $100,000. (CNN) - A previously unknown drawing by Egon Schiele turned up in a Habitat for Humanity thrift store in Queens, New York, more than 100 years after the Austrian painter's death -- and it could sell for more than $100,000. The next set of photos was better, and she asked the man to bring the drawing to the gallery. If it sells, the man who found the drawing plans to donate some of the proceeds to Habitat for Humanity New York City, Kallir said. Karen Haycox, chief executive of Habitat for Humanity New York City, told The Art Newspaper.