Thank you for your support! End of year giving has been phenomenal in 2014! The donations you have given will bring new homes (and more) for many hard working local families. You are New Orleans.
Next year will prove to be a major year in our affiliate's ongoing commitment to New Orleans. With the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the event that brought support and attention from around the world to NOAHH, we hope to honor both the losses from the storm and progress that has occurred in the... Read More »
At dozens of locations around the New Orleans area, Charity Clothing Pickup has placed bins, marked with NOAHH's logo, in parking lots and open spaces to collect clothing for thrift stores and other outlets, and part of the proceeds raised will go to NOAHH! The boxes are for clothing, apparel accessories like purses and bags, glasses and jewelry, footwear, housewares, baby items, and towels and other linens. To find a nearby box, click here or see below for a list of local businesses who have agreed... Read More »
On a windy day in early November, Sheldonna Durosseau and her daughter Aviona arrived at their new home as staff and volunteers gathered to join them in celebrating their home dedication ceremony. Her words to the gathered crowd are words of gratitude. In the crowd are people who helped to build her home and the people who guided her through the program, and volunteers who worked on homes for other partner families, but her gratitude extends to everyone who helped make her home possible.
Sheldonna... Read More »
The men and women in the National Association of Realtors (NAR) first began volunteering with NOAHH in 2002, when their convention first came to New Orleans and first partnered with a Habitat affiliate. They worked on Annunciation St. with homeowner Rosalee Lewis, Nelle Postell, realtor of Charleston, SC, designed a basket weave walkway for the home that, despite the effort involved, they managed to finish in one day.
As their conventions have a four year cycle, their next scheduled convention... Read More »
A warm and breezy Sunday afternoon brought together New Orleans Habitat and St. Roch Community Development Corporation to dedicate a home on Spain St. in St. Roch to Pastor J.B. Watkins, his wife Stephanie and their three children. The Watkins family graciously accepted symbolic house-warming gifts and the key to their brand new home from friends and members of their congregation as a sign of the devotion the Watkins are bringing to St. Roch..
“We are grateful that this reality will take... Read More »