Habitat gives ‘hand up’ to low-income families in Golden Triangle
Tabatha and Bracy Johnson and their two children have moved three times in the past few years. Casey McQuiller lives in a small apartment with her three children, and Latalla Harris and her son live in an apartment with paper-thin walls.
SDI, others contribute steel roof to Habitat home
Slowly, but surely, the little house on 12th Avenue North is taking shape. The slab has been poured and the house has been framed and wired. The plumbing and exterior siding has been installed.
MSU, Habitat for Humanity dedicate 10th Maroon Edition home
As a decade-long tradition continues, a local mother has a new home for starting her own holiday traditions, thanks to a partnership between Mississippi State University and Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity.
Friday’s Handworks Bazaar to benefit Habitat for Humanity project
A soon-to-be-constructed Habitat for Humanity home will benefit from a Nov. 2 Christmas Handworks Bazaar held by Starkville’s First United Methodist Church at 200 W. Lampkin St.
MSU, Starkville Habitat break ground on Maroon Edition home
After years of trying, Lou-Quan Lucious finally got to see work begin on her Habitat for Humanity home on Tuesday.
Habitat for Humanity dedicates home to Gillon
For Kareema Gillon, there couldn’t be a better time for the dedication of her Habitat for Humanity Maroon Edition home.
MSU, Habitat partner to build ninth Maroon Edition home
Mississippi State University and Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity officials broke ground Aug. 11 on the ninth Maroon Edition home, which will be built this fall by volunteers from Habitat for Humanity and MSU.
Habitat aims to improve financial literacy
For much, if not all its 200 years as a state, Mississippi has struggled with literacy. A lack of basic education has manifested itself in poverty, crime and below average life expectancies and health.
Lowndes’ Habitat ready for National Women Build Week
Columbus-Lowndes Habitat for Humanity (CLHH) will work alongside Lowe’s volunteers and all-female construction crews for Habitat for Humanity’s 10th annual National Women Build Week, which began Saturday and goes through May 14.
MSU, Habitat for Humanity dedicate eighth Maroon Edition home
Mississippi State University and Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity officially welcomed Lena and LaShay Evans into their new home Friday.
Habitat for Humanity continues to fulfill ‘impossible’ dreams
In the late summer of 1997, Willie Garner was 62 years old and had never owned a home. The prospects of home ownership never seemed less likely than at that moment.
Habitat for Humanity provides home for beloved CHS manager
Some people leave home and become famous.
Dennis Bailey, better known simply as “Cookie,” became a local celebrity mainly sticking around.
Habitat for Humanity hopes to build off busy year
Since its start in 1989, The Columbus-Lowndes County chapter of Habitat for Humanity has built 36 houses throughout the county.
Duck Race set to go swimmingly
The Great Tombigbee Duck Race will take place at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Columbus Riverwalk.
Buy a duck, build a Habitat for Humanity house
Duck adoptions are underway. But these particular yellow fowl require no feeding or vet visits — only a contribution the Columbus-Lowndes Habitat for Humanity can use to change the trajectory of a family’s life.
Habitat calls for women volunteers
Columbus Lowndes Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s are inviting women to volunteer on Thursday as part of National Women Build Week.
Vandals strike Natchez Habitat for Humanity house
A half-completed Habitat for Humanity house in Natchez has been vandalized.
Family has new Habitat home for Christmas
An Oktibbeha County family is in their new home in time for the holidays and is grateful for the team of volunteers who helped make the new Maroon Edition Habitat for Humanity house possible.
Habitat’s Women Build looking for volunteers
Even as Columbus-Lowndes Habitat for Humanity made final plans for National Women Build Week May 3-11, tornadic weather in Lowndes County was orchestrating a revision. Each spring, the nonprofit Habitat agency and Lowe’s invite women to volunteer to work on a Habitat home for a local family. This year, the format will be just a bit different.
A home for the holidays: Habitat for Humanity makes a dream come true, just in time for Christmas
The old, sentimental Christmas standards about home have never had more meaning for Tiffany and Terry Boykin of Columbus. Perry Como’s “Home for the Holidays” and Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” seem to carry a deeper message this time around.
On Christmas morning, the Boykin family will wake up in a new house, one they have worked hard on, alongside Columbus-Lowndes Habitat for Humanity volunteers.