We Still Need Your Support Locally!
Heard about the $100 million planned gift for Habitat International?
Find out what it means for Habitat Pinellas.

• This is a legacy gift. - This money will not be immediately forthcoming. (Of course, we wish Mr. Terwilliger a long, wonderful life.)

• Would HfHI divide this among the 1,500 U.S. affiliates? - Although it has not been determined how  the $100M donation will be allocated, there has been discussion about earmarking $30M for U.S. building efforts and $70M for building homes in other countries.  An even distribution of the $30M would result in $20,000 per U.S. affiliate, which is less than half of the amount necessary to construct a U.S. Habitat home.

• We raise all our own funds to build here AND overseas. - Habitat Pinellas does not receive funding from HfHI. In fact, we send 10 percent of our funds to HfHI as part of our affiliate contract. This money, called tithe, goes toward constructing homes in other countries. To date, Habitat Pinellas has constructed 165 local homes with volunteers and our partner families and 152 homes through the tithe.

• The need in our community, unfortunately, is great. - If you are interested in helping to house families right here in Pinellas County, please consider volunteering or donating directly to our local affiliate. Tonight 440 children will go to sleep in Habitat Pinellas homes their parents built. So many more children are waiting for their opportunity.

Operation REhabitat
Making positives strides in a down economy, Habitat starts rehabilitating distressed properties
The Peterson family is excited to have moved into their home, but this home is a little different than most. Instead of being built new, the St. Petersburg home was purchased as a distressed mortgage property. Volunteers helped bring the house back to life. Now the neighborhood has a new homeowner, and this Habitat family has a safe, decent place to live.