In the News - Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento

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Media:

• • Sacramento Bee California Lawmakers Eye Limits on Housing Project Fees (2/24/2020)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Dina-I-Y in the ReStore- Episode 4:2” (12/10/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Tree Donation” (12/7/2019)
  • KFBK “Nonprofits get donated Christmas Trees”   (12/6/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Dina-I-Y in the ReStore – Episode 3:2” (12/2/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Dina-I-Y in the ReStore – Segment 2” (11/26/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Dina-I-Y” in the ReStore – Segment 1″ (11/19/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Referral Exchange Builds 2 Homes (11/13/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento ReStore Furniture Sale 1 and ReStore Furniture Sale 2 (11/6/19)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat Grow House (11/2/2019)
  • KCRA3 Former illegal grow house converted into home for single mom (10/31/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal After Hours: Habitat for Humanity Hard Hats & High Heels Gala 2019 (10/15/2019)
  • ABC10 Habitat Gala (10/1/2019)
  • CorpGov Wells Fargo Donates $400,000 for Housing and Revitalization Efforts in Sacramento (9/9/2019)
  • KCRA 74-year-old foster mom gets home makeover (9/7/2019)
  • CBS13 Habitat for Humanity Turning Illegal Grow Houses into Affordable Housing (9/5/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Rock the Block (8/31/2019)
  • KCRA Hundreds join Unity Concert to support housing in Sacramento (8/18/2019)
  • CBS 13 Unity Concert (8/18/18)
  • KFBK Unity Concert (8/16/19)
  • Good Day Sacramento Volunteer in the ReStore (7/30/19)
  • Good Day Sacramento Shop and Donate the ReStore (7/30/19)
  • Comstock’s CohnReznick Believes our Differences make us stronger (7/30/2019)
  • Fox40 Groups Team Up to Rebuild Disabled Veteran’s Home (7/18/19)
  • KCRA Volunteers Coming together to help a Veteran in Need (7/18/19)
  • Good Day Sacramento Vet Home Repair 2 (7/18/19)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Vet Home Repair 1 (7/18/19)
  • CBS 13 Volunteers begin a total home remodel for disabled veteran unable to live in his house (7/18/19)
  • Sacramento News & Review People of Many faiths come together to build a home (7/18/2019)
  • Fox40 Leaders from Different Religions Come Together for Habitat for Humanity Project (7/11/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat Interfaith (7/11/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal Women Who Mean Business Honoree – Leah Miller (6/25/2019)
  • KCRA 2 birds, 1 stone: Unique plan converts Sacramento pot grows into affordable housing (6/6/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal City Wants to convert illegal grow houses into affordable housing (6/5/2019)
  • Sacramento News & Review This Grow House (5/22/2019)
  • KFBK Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento’s 9th Annual Women Build (5/16/2019)
  • CBS 13 Habitat for Humanity Hosts Women’s Build in West Sacramento (5/11/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Women’s Build (5/11/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Shopping for a Good Cause (4/20/2019)
  • Fox40 Habitat for Humanity Converting Old Grow Houses into Affordable Housing (4/19/2019)
  • ABC10 New Program to turn illegal marijuana grow houses over to Habitat for Humanity (4/19/2019)
  • KFBK Illegal Grow House to become Habitat for Humanity Home (4/19/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal SVP Fast Pitch (4/19/2019)
  • Sacramento City Express Illegal Grow House in South Sacramento to become Habitat for Humanity Home (4/19/2019)
  • CBS Sacramento North Highlands Veteran Gets a New Roof Over His Head (4/16/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Vet Gets a New Roof (4/16/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal Women Who Mean Business awards 2019: Announcing the First Batch of Winners (4/11/2019)
  • ABC 10 Single Mom builds home with help from Habitat (3/9/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Home Dedication Pt. 2 (3/9/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Home Dedication Pt. 1 (3/9/2019)
  • CBS 13 A Very Special Homecoming (3/9/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund (3/2/2019)
  • Sacramento Bee Ex-AP California capital reporter Steve Lawrence dead at 71 (2/22/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Helping Build the Love (2/16/2019)
  • KCRA Build the Love (2/16/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal 25th Annual Hammy Awards (2/15/2019)
  • Studio40/Fox 40 – Build the Love Valentine’s Day Build (2/11/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento – Build the Love Event (2/2/2019)
  • CBS 13 “Eye on the Town with Tia” – Hammy Awards (2/2/2019)
  • ABC 10 Habitat for Humanity Pushing for Affordable Housing (1/23/2019)
  • Sacramento Bee – Sacramento Kings rookie Marvin Bagley III helps team build Oak Park art garden (1/13/18)
  • Comstock’s Magazine – Down to the Details (1/8/19 print)
  • KNCI – Bonneville Radio (12/23/18)
  • Sacramento Business Journal – Most Popular Slideshow Events of 2018 (12/21/18)
  • Comstock’s Magazine – Rock the Block (12/3/18 print)
  • Family radio Stations – KEBR 88.1 (12/3/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento – Unity Concert (11/12/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento – Veteran Home Build (11/10/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento – Playhouse Build (11/8/18)
  • KCRA 3, FOX40, CBS 13, Good Day Sacramento, ABC 10 Media Reel – Rock the Block (10-17 through 10-20-18)
  • Fox40 – Volunteers ‘Rock The Block’ by Repairing Oak Park Homes (10/17/18)
  • Sacramento Magazine –Habitat for Humanity Hard Hats & High Heels Gala at the State Capitol (10/17/18)
  • KNCI – Bonneville Radio (8/8/18)
  • CalMatters – A Deeper Dive into California’s Housing and Homelessness Crisis (8/28/18)
  • CBS 13 Wall Raising South Sac (8/3/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento Wall Raising 1 and Wall Raising 2 (8/3/18)
  • ABC10 Wall Raising (8/3/18)
  • KCRA 3 Wall Raising (8/3/18)
  • ABC10/Sac & Co – Sactown Wings (7/23/18)
  • Entercom Interview (7/12/18)
  • Elk Grove Citizen Local Principal’s pitch in to build Vet’s home (7/3/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento Rock the Block with Leadership Sacramento Class of 2018 (6/30/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento Volunteers Help Veteran Couple (6/28/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento EGUSD Principals for Habitat for Humanity (6/23/18)
  • ABC10 Veteran Wall Raising (6/23/18)
  • Fox40 On the first day of summer volunteers help navy Veteran (6/21/18)
  • CNN California may become first state to require solar panels (5/8/18)
  • KCRA 3 California’s Solar Mandate (5/7/18)
  • Sac & Co.  Habitat ReStore (4/20/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento ReStore Donation Drive (4/19/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento Veteran Home Build Groundbreaking (3/23/18)
  • Fox40 Veteran Home Build Groundbreaking (3/23/18)
  • ABC10 Sacramento Veteran Home Build Groundbreaking (3/23/18)
  • KCRA 3 Sacramento Veteran Home Build Groundbreaking (3/23/18)
  • CBS 13 Wells Fargo Volunteers (3/22/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento Veteran Home Repair Project (3/8/18)
  • ABC10 Sac& Co Veteran Home Repair Project (3/6/18)
  • Fox40 Habitat for Humanity Dedicates Last Home of 2017 to Hardworking Single Mother (12/16/17)
  • KCRA Korean War Veteran gets Home Makeover (12/9/2017)
  • ABC10 Habitat for Humanity helps woman save her home (11/18/2017)
  • Sacramento Kings Mark and Emily get the Surprise of a Lifetime (11/9/2017)
  • Sacramento Bee Finally, a place to call home.  Refugee who fled fear in Middle East earns keys to new house (11/4/2017)
  • ABC10 Refugee Family gets new home from Habitat for Humanity, surprise from Sacramento PD (11/4/2017)
  • KFBK Iraqi Refugee Family Gets New Wheelchair-Ready Habitat for Humanity Home (11/3/2017)
  • ABC10 Make a Difference Day: Helping build a home for a family in need (10/28/2017)
  • ABC10 Families dreams come true through house renovation in South Sacramento (10/27/2017)
  • ABC10 Sacramento ReStore fuels Habitat for Humanity (10/26/2017)
  • ABC 10 Woman who almost lost home: Habitat for Humanity saved my life (10/26/2017)
  • Fox40 Della Reed Story (10/21/2017)
  • CBS13 Habitat for Humanity Steps in and Helps ReStore Woman’s Home (10/21/2017)
  • Gooday Sacramento Our Promise Campaign (10/13/2017)
  • Sacramento & CO – ABC10 Bassam’s Story (10/10/2017)
  • Fox40 News DIY Woodworking Class with Habitat for Humanity (9/7/2017)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat for Vets  (8/30/2017)
  • ABC10 Sacramento family gets new home thanks to Habitat for Humanity (8/19/17)
  • KCRA 3 Family moves into new, safer home with help of Habitat for Humanity (8/19/17)
  • Capital Public Radio Health Net Federal Services Vet Build (8/14/2017)
  • Central Valley Business Times Health Net gives $150,000 to Sacramento Habitat for Humanity (8/2/17)
  • KFBK Health Net Federal Services Vet Project (8/1/17)
  • Pakistani Link Build for Unity (7/14/2017)
  • Sacramento Bee Sacramento Housing Crisis (7/7/17)
  • ABC10 Families gets keys to homes through Build for Unity Project (6/22/17)
  • Good Day Sacramento Build for Unity (6/21/17)
  • Sacramento Bee An idea to build unity starts in Sacramento and spreads across America (6/20/17)
  • Good Day Sacramento Women Build Week (5/13/17)
  • Sacramento Magazine Hard Hats & High Heels Gala (5/11/2017)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat Doors Project (4/12/2017)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat for Humanity DPR (3/24/2017)
  • Fox 40 ArtStreet and Habitat ReStore (3/21/2017)
  • Sacramento Bee ArtStreet more than doubles Art Hotel attendance (2/26/2017)
  • Good Day Sacramento Wine Tasting Competition (2/8/2017)
  • CBS Sacramento Habitat for Humanity Hammy Awards Dinner (1/26/2017)
  • Elk Grove Citizen A New Home for Santiago (1/25/2017)
  • Hall of Fame Magazine Habitat for Humanity Hands Keys to a Family (1/25/2017)
  • Good Day Sacramento Vet Gets Remodeled Home (1/21/2017)
  • Good Day Vet Gets Remodeled Home Part 2 (1/21/2017)
  • KFBK Disabled Elk Grove Vet Gets New Home (1/21/2017)
  • ABC10: Homes donated to families in need (12/19/2016)
  • Fox40: Volunteers Team Up to Finish Habitat for Humanity Dream House (10/7/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento GiveBack Homes Big Build (9/16/2016)
  • Fox 40: Local Veteran in Need Gets Home Makeover (9/9/2016)
  • KCRA 3: Habitat for Humanity fixes up Veterans Home (9/9/2016)
  • ABC 10: Home Makeover for a Veteran (9/9/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Veteran Loses Leg Saves Home Pt 2 (9/9/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Veteran Loses Leg Saves Home Pt 1 (9/9/2016)
  • Elk Grove Citizen Together for the cause (7/27/2016)
  • iheartRadio XOSO SacTown Wings event for Habitat for Humanity (7/10/2016)
  • ABC 10 Sacramento family gets new dream home (7/9/2016)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat for Humanity (7/9/2016)
  • KCRA Cebrero/Lara Home Dedication (7/9/2016)
  • Univision 19 Cebrero Lara Home Dedication (7/9/2016)
  • Sacramento Bee Big Blue Recycling Barn (6/8/2016)
  • KCRA Build for Unity breaks ground in North Sacramento (5/11/2016)
  • Good Day Sacramento Women Build (5/5/2016)
  • CBS 13 Students Donate Their Spring Break to Build Homes in Sacramento (3/24/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Building Homes for Spring (pt. 3) (3/24/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Building Homes for Spring Break (pt. 2) (3/24/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Building Homes for Spring Break (3/24/2016)
  • KCRA College Students spending spring break helping Habitat for Humanity (3/23/2016)
  • ABC10 Family of 4 – living in a garage for 3 years – earns new home (3/8/2016)
  • Fox40 Habitat for Humanity Hands Sacramento Woman Keys to New Home (3/5/2016)
  • KCRA 3 Sacramento mother, children move into dream home (3/5/2016)
  • Capital Public Radio Muslims, Non-Muslims Come Together to Build Habitat for Humanity Homes (1/25/2016)
  • Sacramento News & Review Building houses together (1/14/2016)
  • Sacramento Business Journal After Hours: Sacramento’s Movers and Shakers made 2015 Memorable (12/29/2015)
  • FOX40 Sacramento’s Habitat for Humanity Completes First Home Makeover for Local Preschool Teacher (12/19/2015)
  • CBS13 Habitat for Humanity Jumps In to Help Preschool Teacher with Home Repairs (11/21/2015)
  • Sacramento Bee Sacramento Habitat for Humanity taps new leaders (11/20/2015)
  • KCRA 3: Family receives Habitat for Humanity house in honor of Pope Francis (9/26/2015)
  • K-Love Radio: Ross Family Home Dedication (6/1/15-6/13/15)
  • Sacramento Bee Anonymous Donor arrives just in time for Sacramento Habitat for Humanity 
    Benefactor seeds homes at more than dozen U.S. affiliates(6/1/2015)
  • Habitat.org Painting the town pink: Neighborhood Revitalization never looked so good 
    From May 6-9, women across Sacramento, California, participated in a Neighborhood Revitalization project as part of National Women Build Week.
    (5/10/2015)
  • News10 ABC Women Build Week in North Sacramento’s Habitat for Humanity.
    Women across the country volunteer with Habitat for Humanity for Women Build Week. (5/9/2015)
  • CBS 13 Habitat’s Big Build Day
    They’re also gearing up for their big day of giving. (4/30/2015)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat’s Big Build Day
    We’re live at one of Habitat for Humanity’s latest building projects.(4/30/2015)
  • Sacramento Business Journal After Hours Habitat for Humanity
    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento held its annual fundraiser gala on April 9 with a sold-out crowd of 350 people at the Scottish Rite center.(4/16/2015)
  • Fox40 Iraqi Refugees get Renovated Home in Sacramento
    For months, Habitat for Humanity volunteers have worked to restore a Del Paso Heights home.. (3/21/2015)
  • News10 Iraqi refugee family gets home in Sacramento
    After fleeing violence and poverty for years, an Iraqi family now has a home of their own thanks to Habitat for Humanity. (3/21/2015)
  • KCRA 3 Family of Iraqi refugees receive home from Habitat for Humanity
    The Dawood family received a new home from Habitat for Humanity after leaving Iraq. (3/21/2015)
  • CBS 13 Habitat’s 110th Home
    Habitat celebrates it’s 110th Home in Sacramento. (3/7/2015)
  • Good Day Sacramento Local Family Gets Habitat for Humanity House
    Habitat celebrates it’s 110th Home (3/7/2015)
  • Sacramento Oracle New Habitat Home Dedicated in Del Paso Heights
    A local family will celebrate a brighter future on March 7th with the dedication of their new home built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento (3/5/2015)
  • Good Day Sacramento Thunder Valley Home
    Thunder Valley executives team up with Habitat for Humanity to help build a home (10/27/2014)
  • Daily Democrat Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento merging with Yolo County
    In an effort to serve more families in need, two local Habitat for Humanity affiliates are merging together (8/28/2014)
  • Sacramento Business Journal Sacramento, Yolo Habitat for Humanity Groups to Merge
    Habitat for Humanity of Yolo County is being absorbed by its sister agency in Sacramento County, with the merged nonprofit to debut by year’s end as Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento (8/26/2014)
  • Habitat World Unlocking Potential
    Sacramento Habitat has begun to measure the paths paved by new beginnings (5/2014) 
  • Sacramento Business Journal After hours: Habitat for Humanity
    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento held a gala fundraiser on April 10th (4/16/2014)
  • News10 Dream becomes reality for over 100 homeowners
    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento raises funds Thursday to help build more homes in the region (4/10/214)
  • Sacramento Bee Sacramento Offers Retirees Many Options
    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento Offers Volunteer Opportunities to retirees (4/1/2014)
  • Sacramento Bee 11 Acre Gift to Habitat
    Saltchuck donates 11 acres to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento (2/20/2014)
  • Sacramento News & Review Developers Put Sacramento’s progressive affordable-housing laws in checkmate
    Building industry successfully guts Sacramento County’s inclusionary-housing ordinance (2/6/2014)
  • CBS13 “Eye on the Town”- Habitat for Humanity 100th Home
    Tia Gemmell presents photos from Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento’s 100th Home Dedication on January 25th (1/29/14)
  • Sacramento Bee Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento delivers its 100th home
    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento dedicates its 100th Home in Sacramento. (1/26/14)
  • News10 ABC Habitat for Humanity donates 100th home in Sacramento
    The Sacramento-area Habitat for Humanity donated its 100th home for the Vue family on Saturday, Jan 25, 2014 (1/25/14)
  • GoodDay Sacramento 100th Habitat for Humanity Home
    Sacramento Habitat completes its 100th Home (1/25/14)
  • News10 ABC Habitat for Humanity 100th Home Dedication in Sacramento Co.
    Sacramento CEO Ken Cross shows off the new LEED certified housing for 14 families (1/25/14)
  • News13-CBS Habitat for Humanity Builds 100th home in Sacramento
    A new homeowner is on the block in a Sacramento neighborhood thanks to the help of Sacramento’s Habitat for Humanity (1/22/14)
  • GoodDay Sacramento 100th Habitat for Humanity Home
    Amy Carabba is in Sacramento checking out the 100th Habitat for Humanity home. (1/22/14)
  • Sacramento Bee LEED-ing the Way
    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento celebrates 100th home, 25th LEED home (1/22/14)
  • News10 ABC – Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento Dedicates 100th Home in Sacramento
    Four Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento families will receive the keys to their new homes on Saturday, January 25th. (1/17/14)
  • MTV In New “Made” Episode Many Puts “The Leader” in Cheerleader
    In a new episode of “Made” , 16-year-old Mandy Burel volunteers with Habitat for Humanity during her spring break. (10/10/2013)
  • The Press Tribune Local Magazine staff donates time for a good cause
    Group spends the day helping Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento (10/7/2013)
  • The Sacramento Bee Circus helps Habitat for Humanity build residential housing unit
    With a boost from circus folk, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento volunteers began a new 14-home project Wednesday in South Sacramento (9/12/2013)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat for Humanity and Ringling Bros
    The Ringling Bro’s. and Barnum & Bailey lend a helping hand and team up with Sacramento’s Habitat For Humanity to build a state-of-the-art residential housing units (9/11/2013)
  • Capital Public Radio Habitat for Humanity Starts Indian Lane Project
    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento is about to mark its 28th anniversary this week, and to do so it’s getting ready to build the most ambitious project in its history. (9/10/2013)
  • ABC News10 Tool Drive to help Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento
    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento to host Father’s Day Tool Drive (6/8/2013)
  • Sacramento Business Journal Bank of America donates foreclosed homes to Habitat for Humanity
    Miranov family moves into new home thanks to Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento (5/31/2013)
  • ABC News10 Work halted after tools worth thousands were stolen from Habitat for Humanity site
    Thief steals $2,800 in tools from local Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento construction site (2/15/2013)
  • KCRA Nearly $3K in tools stolen from Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento site
    About $2,800 worth of construction tools were stolen from a Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento job site. (2/14/2013)
  • The Sacramento Bee Tool theft delays Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento project
    Construction of a new home for a needy family has been delayed following the recent theft of equipment from a Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento job site. (2/14/2013)
  • San Francisco Chronicle Attorney Build Project member, John M. O’Brien & Associates Sponsored the Nguyen Family’s House
    Local attorney sponsored Habitat family’s home through Attorney Build Project. (1/24/2013)
  • The Sacramento Press Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento helps Syrian family achieve the American Dream
    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento along with Sacramento dignitaries dedicated it’s 92nd home in North Sacramento on Saturday, January 19, 2013. (1/22/2013)
  • KCRA Family receives keys to new Sacramento Home
    A family that has escaped the violence in Syria now has their own home in Sacramento thanks to the help of Habitat for Humanity. (1/21/2013)
  • The Sacramento Bee Family receives keys to Habitat for Humanity home
    The Alaya Family receives the keys to their new Sacramento Habitat home. (1/20/2013)
  • SBC Magazine Going Beyond Green: Net-Zero Pushes the (Building) Envelope
    Beyond super-sized energy efficiency, there are many other benefits to net-zero homes. (5/1/2012)
  • Sacramento Business Journal Green Awards: Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento
    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento receives Green Leadership Award (4/13/2012)