Leidos

Leidos is a technology company serving national security, health, and engineering organizations. Their team has joined NOAHH on site twice in the last two years and funded two A Brush With Kindness projects!
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Singer Kitchens Supports Habitat’s Restore
Singer Kitchens has made an unprecedented donation to New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity’s (NOAHH) Restore consisting of over 100… Read more »
Read MoreDot’s Diner Gives Back
NOAHH would like to thank everyone who voted for us in the recent Dot’s Diner Give Back contest on Facebook… Read more »
Read MoreMicroSoft Convergeance Works with NOAHH
REDMOND, Wash. — March 14, 2013 — To many people, New Orleans is synonymous with jazz, Louisiana cuisine and Mardi… Read more »
Read MoreNOAHH Volunteers Attack the Block in New Orleans Neighborhoods
This Spring NOAHH volunteers have been taking a half of a day off the construction site to Attack the Block… Read more »
Read MoreNissan and Habitat for Humanity Work Together to Build Real “Heisman House””
NEW ORLEANS— April 16, 2013 – On most days, Aldon Lightfoot works with fellow longshoremen to load and unload ships… Read more »
Read MoreBrocade Commits to Helping New Orleans
As a corporate partner committed to creating meaningful change in communities, in March Brocade dispatched over 90 volunteers throughout New… Read more »
Read MoreGreat American Cleanup Day Brings Neighborhood Groups Together With New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
Braving the New Orleans summer heat, volunteers turned up Saturday morning to help with neighborhood cleanup efforts in the Upper… Read more »
Read MoreNissan, the Heisman Trust, and NOAHH Dedicate New Home in Central City
On Friday, Aug. 16, Kimberley Jones and Aldon Lightfoot celebrated the completion of their NOAHH home in Central City in… Read more »
Read MoreCotton Incorporated’s Blue Jeans Go Green Program Supplies NOAHH With Volunteer-Friendly Insulation
Since Hurricane Katrina, the program Blue Jeans Go Green has diverted over 600 tons of denim from landfills, recycled over… Read more »
Read MoreWayne Foster’s Garden of Lost Treasures
Wayne Foster created his own backyard oasis. His materials? He picked up trash. “If I see something I can use,… Read more »
Read MoreDonor Profile: PEMBA Lighting and Automation
This week New Orleans Habitat ReStore is shining a thankful light on PEMBA Lighting, Electrical, & Automation, a new donor… Read more »
Read MoreWines of South Africa Brings “From BBQ to Braai” Tour to New Orleans”
The Wines of South Africa (WOSA) “From BBQ to Braai” tour, which was created to promote a better understanding of… Read more »
Read MoreDonor Profile: Jewish FreeCycle
The New Year is always a good time for reflection. As we look back on the past year here at… Read more »
Read MoreDonor Profile: Peter Mayer
As you walk through the Habitat ReStore, you’ll see the word “partner” everywhere: on the shirts that our partner families… Read more »
Read MoreDonor Profile: Acadian Flooring
At the ReStore, we look forward to seeing familiar faces: our repeat customers, our core volunteers, and the donors who… Read more »
Read MoreDonor Profile: Quality Group
Anyone who’s watched all the preparation that goes into setting up for Mardi Gras (the stands, the roadblocks, the miles… Read more »
Read MoreThe Third ReStore Art Show Was Our Best Yet!
Jazz and and classical music filled the ReStore as the Metairie Park Country Day students played to a crowd of… Read more »
Read MoreNOAHH Finishes Its Third Annual Attack the Block
Part of fighting substandard housing and blight in New Orleans is addressing every facet of what makes neighborhoods places people… Read more »
Read MoreSSPADS Helps NOAHH Continue the Recovery of New Orleans
NOAHH extends special thanks to South Suburban PADS (SSPADS) of Chicago’s south suburbs for their recent gift. The Illinois agency… Read more »
Read MoreDonor Profile: Pigeonhole Mini-Storage
With the warmer weather, a lot of us are probably thinking about spring cleaning: dusting, reorganizing, pulling items out of… Read more »
Read MoreLafarge Volunteers Help Make a Difference
Over fifty volunteers from Lafarge North America joined NOAHH on site to help build a home in Hollygrove. Sharing fresh… Read more »
Read MoreNew Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore Accepting Donations from Film and Television Industry
The New Orleans Habitat ReStore is accepting donations of furniture and building materials from local film and television sites. “Our… Read more »
Read MoreDentsply GAC Volunteers Revitalize a Neighborhood
On Friday, April 25, 90 employees of Dentsply GAC joined NOAHH on site in New Orleans East to work on… Read more »
Read MoreDonor Profile: Cameron Kitchen & Bath Designs
Our donors give for a variety of reasons–a move, a renovation, an upgrade—but they all have one thing in common:… Read more »
Read MoreLe Petit Theatre and NOAHH Partner for Death of a Salesman
NOAHH has been selected as Le Petit Theatre’s charitable partner in conjunction with Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, May… Read more »
Read MoreDonor Profile: Ashley Furniture
The ReStore is a lot of things to a lot of different people. To some homeowners who are renovating, we’re… Read more »
Read MoreDonor Profile: Art Egg
Like New Orleans itself, the ReStore is a diverse, DIY-type community of artists and entrepreneurs. From our cashiers to our… Read more »
Read MoreThe Value of a Volunteer Hour
The Independent Sector, a leadership network for nonprofits, recently issued the results of a study calculating the value of a… Read more »
Read MoreNOAHH ReStore and Freeman Convention Services Make Giving Back Easier
Conventions are a part of New Orleans life. The same qualities that attract thousands of tourists and volunteers every year… Read more »
Read MoreNational Association of Realtors Returns to Volunteer With NOAHH
The men and women in the National Association of Realtors (NAR) first began volunteering with NOAHH in 2002, when their… Read more »
Read MoreGiveNOLA Day Highlights Local Support
Tuesday, May 6, was the first annual GiveNOLA Day, and it was a huge success! Over the course of 24… Read more »
Read MoreDat Dog and NOAHH Celebrate National Hot Dog Day
On July 23, Dat Dog, New Orleans’ premier hot dog house, celebrated National Hot Dog Day by donating $1 to… Read more »
Read More20 on 20 at Dirty Coast! Support NOAHH on August 20th!
This August 20, all profits from locally oriented t-shirt and apparel company Dirty Coast will be sharing 20% of their… Read more »
Read MoreBell Family Dedication Brings Together NOAHH Partners
Bringing together the Advil Relief Team, volunteers from the New Orleans Mission, Havilah Malone and some crew from her show,… Read more »
Read MoreNOAHH in the Classroom
In 2013, NOAHH partnered with Metairie Park Country Day and the Brown Foundation to create a pilot service learning program… Read more »
Read MoreDonate Clothing and Household Wares to Raise Money for NOAHH
At dozens of locations around the New Orleans area, Charity Clothing Pickup has placed bins, marked with NOAHH’s logo, in… Read more »
Read MoreABWK Homeowner Profile: John Washington
The resilient nature of New Orleans–and New Orleanians–has never been as evident as in the case of John Washington. Sitting… Read more »
Read MoreABWK Partners Highlight the True Value of a Home
The damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina had a toll that went beyond a monetary value. For those able to return,… Read more »
Read MoreSouthwest Airlines Attacks the Block With NOAHH
As one of the earliest conventions to return to New Orleans after the storm, and one of the earliest airlines… Read more »
Read MoreKicking Off Build-A-Thon With VMware
Syrena Johnson’s voice didn’t carry quite like the others. She stood on the floor system of her in-progress home and… Read more »
Read MoreTwelve New ABWK Repair Projects Made Possible by SNAP Grants!
NOAHH is excited to announce that we will be partnering with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB) and… Read more »
Read MoreNOAHH Celebrates 100th ABWK
David Cotton, a retired art teacher, bought his home in Central City in 1968. His wife and mother-in-law picked it… Read more »
Read MoreUpcycled Art at the Home and Garden Show
The NOAHH ReStore partnered with local artists this year to feature works created from materials at the ReStore in an… Read more »
Read MoreSheryl Crow and Blue Jeans Go Green Volunteer at Build-A-Thon
A cheer went up at the house at 4925 America. Employees and board members of Cotton, Inc. gathered on… Read more »
Read MoreA Little Wind and Rain Won’t Stop Build-A-Thon
It’s raining! The second week AmeriCorps’ first day on site saw a little bit of inclement weather, but a lot… Read more »
Read MoreThe Parish: An AmeriCorps Story Writer Joel Smith on Site During Build-A-Thon
In 2007, Joel Smith was an AmeriCorps NCCC working for NOAHH in St. Bernard Parish at the original Camp Hope,… Read more »
Read MoreThe History of Musicians’ Village
(Photo credit: Scott Landis) If it were only the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans could claim to be the one… Read more »
Read MoreMarriott Helps Raise the Walls on Covenant House Rental Home
Over 50 volunteers from Marriott Hotels throughout the city joined NOAHH on site today to raise the walls one of… Read more »
Read More10 Years After the Storm
For those of us who were here ten years ago, for those of us who called New Orleans home at… Read more »
Read MoreWelcome Home
Home. Where the smells are familiar, the pots and pans are well scuffed and an empty front stoop is a… Read more »
Read MoreThe Orgill Dealer Market Gives Back
Joseph Washington signed his partnership agreement in the week before the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and almost immediately went… Read more »
Read MoreGap, Inc. Returns to New Orleans
Volunteers from Gap, Inc.’s Community Corps joined NOAHH for the eighth year, having worked previously on 16 homes throughout the… Read more »
Read MoreGap Community Corps
Gap Inc.’s co-founders inspired generations of Gap employees with a simple aspiration to do more than sell clothes. Gap’s promise… Read more »
Read MoreExpanding Home Repair With SNAP
Aurlisa Isom’s porches were in a deplorable, unstable state. The railing was not properly braced, the vertical posts were spaced… Read more »
Read MoreABWK Partner Family Profile: Diane Norman
In the walls of her home, the volunteers found a clipping from a newspaper from 1912. Back then, apparently, newspapers… Read more »
Read MoreBuilding More Than Houses
It’s a simple idea: we are better working together than alone. This is true for our volunteers, and it’s true… Read more »
Read More2015 in Review
When a single mother of three connects to another single mother of three, one who lives hundreds of miles away,… Read more »
Read MoreMarriott Engineers Solve Problems
“They’ve gotten about three times as much done in an hour as some volunteer groups get done in a day,” observed… Read more »
Read MoreThe Baptist Crossroads Partnership
New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity’s long partnership with Baptist Crossroads–now called Crossroads NOLA–began in 2004, before Hurricane Katrina, with… Read more »
Read MoreVolunteer Profile: Credit Suisse
A year ago, Daniel Johnson and his co-workers at Credit Suisse were hard at work in New Orleans East, working… Read more »
Read MoreFreddie Mac Returns to New Orleans
“I think of home as a place to be with friends and family, a common ground, a place to… Read more »
Read MoreWomen Build Profiles: ABC Bayou Chapter, Colmex, Triton Stone
“Home means family. Whether it’s 3-bedroom, 1-bedroom, a studio, whatever it is, if you have your family there, and you… Read more »
Read MoreWomen Build Profile: Motherless Daughters
For Allison Durant and a small group of women, Women Build proved to be the perfect way to celebrate Mother’s… Read more »
Read MoreCelebrating Women Build
Monica came every day. For all 12 days of Women Build, Monica came to site and met with the volunteers… Read more »
Read MoreWomen Who Inspire Us
After Women Build 2017, NOAHH asked the women (and one man!) who made the build possible to tell us about… Read more »
Read MoreSongs From the Heart
Join Warner Brothers Records and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (with special thanks to our friends at Nonesuch Records)… Read more »
Read MoreUnity Build, Week 4
For many, Unity Build 2017 was the closing of a circle and a time of reconnecting. For Tim Shipkin, the… Read more »
Read MorePreserving Communities
Izara and James Andrews bought their home in New Orleans East over 40 years ago. They raised their seven children… Read more »
Read MoreTaste Buds Management on Site
There is a small community growing in part of New Orleans East along Dwyer Road. A few Habitat homes have… Read more »
Read MoreAll the Shingle Ladies: The Advocate at Women Build
On the sixth day of Women Build 2018, a post had to come down. To put up the sheathing for… Read more »
Read MoreA Message of Gratitude
NOAHH is a community of communities. To build a home, so many communities come together: staff, AmeriCorps, volunteers, donors and… Read more »
Read MoreA Brush With Kindness: Mary Porter
Mary Porter can be found relaxing on her front porch almost every day. With the right amount of shade and… Read more »
Read MoreHammering Back
The road to recovery after a major storm is a long one. On the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New… Read more »
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