Dennis Kehoe - Spirit to Serve
(August 22, 2011) -- On August 20, New Orleans Habitat for Humanity's long-time volunteer Dennis Kehoe was recognized by the Louisiana Habitat for Humanity with the Spirit to Serve Award. This award recognizes volunteers who go above and beyond donating time and supporting the Habitat for Humanity affiliate in their area. New Orleans Habitat is fortunate to have Dennis Kehoe on it's team.
Dennis first became involved with New Orleans Habitat in January, 1991, when he volunteered with a group...
Dennis Kehoe - Spirit to Serve
8/22/2011 12:00:00 AM
(August 22, 2011) -- On August 20, New Orleans Habitat for Humanity's long-time volunteer Dennis Kehoe was recognized by the Louisiana Habitat for Humanity with the Spirit to Serve Award. This award recognizes volunteers who go above and beyond donating time and supporting the Habitat for Humanity affiliate in their area. New Orleans Habitat is fortunate to have Dennis Kehoe on it's team.
Dennis first became involved with New Orleans Habitat in January, 1991, when he volunteered with a group from the Tulane University Catholic Center. His friend was a volunteer for Habitat in another city, and Dennis became interested in becoming a volunteer himself. When this opportunity arose, he was glad he had the chance to volunteer on a Habitat worksite. He credits his construction supervisor’s ability to make the volunteers comfortable that kept him coming back and becoming hooked on volunteering with Habitat.
Dennis became such a large supporter of New Orleans Habitat that he has served not only as a volunteer, but also as a board member. While a member of New Orleans Habitat’s board for 16 years, Dennis served as Board President, chair of Volunteer Committee, chair of Church Relations Committee, and as chair of Building and Site Selection Committee. In addition to his personal volunteer days, Dennis has put his service commitment into practice as a professor at Tulane University. Dennis currently teaches a course at Tulane University titled “Non-Profits and Community Engagement in New Orleans”. This course involves a service component with New Orleans Habitat thus passing on his passion for volunteering.
Dennis is the embodiment of the “Spirit of Service” as he shares in the belief that decent, affordable housing is a basic human right and not a privilege. He has said that New Orleans Habitat is also a teaching ministry — by bringing volunteers into disadvantaged neighborhoods, and by bringing them into contact with our partner families, we have the opportunity to teach many people both about the challenges of providing housing for the working poor and more generally about the importance of community engagement. New Orleans Habitat is fortunate to have the support and sweat of one of the most dedicated volunteers, Dennis Kehoe.