DEADLINE COMING SOON!

TIME IS RUNNING OUT for your chance to support a Big Kahuna!

Four teams are competing to see who can raise the most money for Watauga County Habitat in our Big Kahuna Campaign. Competition ends at 7:45pm on June 10th!
Here are your team members:

Three Kahunas and a Guy (Jenny Miller, Jane Meyers, Susan Devine and John Dean) still holding on to first place at $8201

Wonder Women in Leadership (Yolanda Robertson, Jennifer Greene, Haley Perry Realtor, and Ella Jennings) in 2nd raising $4516

Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity at App State (Tristin Newsome, Anderson Noonan, Calvin Pissocra and Mason Zlotnick) in 3rd place raising $3694

The Kindness Crew (Kimmy Tiedemann, Katy Marsh, Carey Driskell, and Kristina Fickling) not far behind with $3682

Visit our website to donate to your favorite Kahunas!
https://wataugahabitat.org/big-kahuna

2020 Big Kahuna Update

Since March 1st, four teams have been competing to see who can raise the most money for Watauga Habitat's affordable homeowner program.  Now, more than ever, families need a safe place to call home.
The winning team will be crowned Watauga Habitat for Humanity's 2020 Big Kahuna on June 10th at Boone's Appalachian Mountain Brewery at 8pm in a Live Facebook Virtual Event.  Known as the Don Ho-Down, the Crowning of the Big Kahuna will be on Facebook Live for viewers to watch at home.


These are the current team standings.  Three Kahunas and a Guy  are in a strong first place having raised $7601 so far!  Not much separates the remaining three teams as they all compete for 2nd place.  Wonder Women in Leadership have raised $3756, Lambda Chi Alpha at $3369 and The Kindness Crew has fallen to fourth place at $3362.


It is still anyone's Kahuna Crown to win!  Will Three Kahunas and a Guy finish at the Top?  Will some brotherly love come through for Lambda Chi?  What does Wonder Women in Leadership have planned for their comeback?  Does The Kindness Crew have some last minute plans to take the 2020 Kahuna Crown?

All of these questions will be answered in the coming weeks!

Stay tuned and read all about the participants on our website!

Welcome Home Barker Family

App Builds a Home Dedicates the Barker Home on May 30th

In case you missed it, please check out our Facebook page and watch our most recent Home Dedication.  Get you tissues ready!  We could all use some happy tears of joy!

  COVID-19 has stopped everyone in their tracks but the students of App State continue to find creative ways to support affordable housing opportunities in our community. Now more than ever, everyone has been forced to consider the importance of having an affordable and safe place to call home.

To read more about App Builds a Home, check out this series of articles from Appalachian Today.

Welcome to the neighborhood David, Amy, Kali and Nathan!

2020 Big Kahuna Update-Don Ho-Down-Crowning of the Big Kahuna COMING SOON!

Since March 1st, four teams have been competing to see who can raise the most money for Watauga Habitat's affordable homeowner program.  Now, more than ever, families need a safe place to call home.
The winning team will be crowned Watauga Habitat for Humanity's 2020 Big Kahuna on June 10th at Boone's Appalachian Mountain Brewery at 8pm.  Known as the Don Ho-Down, the Crowning of the Big Kahuna will also be on Facebook Live for viewers to watch at home.


On this #ThankfulThursday we are giving an update on current team standings.  Three Kahunas and a Guy are holding strong in first place having raised $6226 so far!  But not much separates the remaining three teams as they all compete for 2nd place.  Wonder Women in Leadership have raised $3506, Lambda Chi Alpha at $3344 and The Kindness Crew has fallen to fourth place at $3337.


With those current totals, it is still anyone's Kahuna Crown to win!  Will Three Kahunas and a Guy keep climbing higher?  Or will some brotherly love come through for Lambda Chi?  What does Wonder Women in Leadership have "up their sleeves"?  Does The Kindness Crew have some last minute plans to take the 2020 Kahuna Crown?

All of these questions will be answered in the coming weeks!

Stay tuned and read all about the participants on our website!

Weekly Kahuna Update

Since March 1st, four teams have been competing to see who can raise the most money for Watauga Habitat for Humanity's Big Kahuna Campaign.  This friendly competition ends on June 10th!

To read all about the community members involved in this spring fundraiser, visit our website at
https://wataugahabitat.org/big-kahuna

Please support the Kahuna of your choice!  All donations to this campaign support safe and affordable housing in Watauga County.  Now, more than ever, families need a safe place to call home!

Homes-Community-Hope + You

Habitat for Humanity is Working Hard to Make Our Community Better

Thanks Ellie Barker and High Country Press for sharing our mission.  Read the full story here!

Your support makes Habitat’s mission to build homes, communities and hope successful – it always has. Habitat is needed now more than ever. And now more than ever, we need you.

Our neighbors and our communities have been hit hard by the economic shocks of COVID-19. The world was already experiencing a housing crisis, but now COVID-19 has revealed the extent of that crisis and added to its urgency.

The millions of families who were already struggling with unhealthy living conditions and unaffordable rent are now joined by millions more who have lost income as businesses have closed and workers have lost jobs.

The need of our neighbors has never been more pronounced, and you can help ensure that we are able to not just continue but accelerate our work in Watauga County to ensure that everyone has a decent place to call home. When Watauga Habitat most recently opened up our Homeowner Application Process, more than two dozen families applied for our affordable housing program and demonstrated the desperate need for affordable housing solutions.

A donation from you today would go directly towards helping:

·       The families currently in our pipeline who are working toward their homeownership opportunity.

·       Our plans to repair homes, therefore preserving affordable houses, in the coming year.  We need a total of $10,000 to make those home repair plans a reality.

Make a one-time gift of cash or check by visiting wataugahabitat.org  or sign up to send a monthly gift.

Watauga Habitat for Humanity

PO Box 33DTS

Boone NC 28607

Through shelter, we empower.

#habitatforhumanity

App Builds a Home

Thank You First Horizon Bank

Watauga Habitat for Humanity is super-grateful to our local bank First Horizon  for the generous donation of $5000.  Your support is needed now more than ever!  With your help, we will continue to build safe and affordable homes for hard-working families!  Thanks again First Horizon and Jason Triplett! We hope to see you all this summer on the job site!

Home is the Key

Our Vision is to Create a Community Where Everyone Has a Safe Place to Call Home

Please consider supporting the Kahuna Campaign and help us continue to build safe and decent housing for our neighbors

This year sixteen affordable housing advocates have joined together to create teams to make the 2020 Kahuna Campaign just as successful as year’s past. The winning team will be announced on Wednesday, June 10th! Social distancing, due to COVID-19, has created a challenge but our Kahunas are still “ready to rumble” as the 2020 Kahuna Campaign goes VIRTUAL.

I think you will all agree that now, more than ever, people need a safe place to call home. Families need affordable housing so that they can afford to put food on the table, pay their medical bills and pay for their children's education.
We cannot let COVID-19 stop this important Spring Fundraising Campaign! Support a Kahuna and support safe housing at the same time!

100% of your donation goes directly to Watauga Habitat for Humanity.

With your generous donation, we can help make sure more families in our community have a safe place to call home.

MEET YOUR KAHUNA TEAM PLAYERS:

Wonder Women in Leadership- Ella Jennings, Haley Perry, Jennifer Greene, Yolanda Robertson

Three Kahunas and a Guy- Jenny Miller, Jane Meyers, Susan Devine and John Dean

The Kindness Crew- Kristina Fickling, Kimmy Tiedemann, Katy Marsh and Carey Driskell

Lambda Chi Alpha- Tristin Newsome, Calvin Pissocra, Anderson Noonan and Mason Zlotnick

April 2, 2020-COVID-19 update

As COVID-19 (Coronavirus) continues to affect our community, Watauga County Habitat for Humanity is evaluating the progress daily and creating a contingency plan to adapt our operations as necessary. In the interest of public health, it is our goal to follow all recommendations to the best of our ability.

• Watauga Habitat will do our best to adhere to any recommendations provided by the local government and the CDC.
• Our administrative office is now closed to the public, and our staff is working remotely. Please email info@wataugahabitat.org to get in touch – we’ll be here for you in whatever way we can.
• All in-person volunteer opportunities have been cancelled for the time being.
• Our ReStore will remain closed, and we are currently not doing donation pick-ups.
• We will be making daily evaluations about whether any of our operational contingency plans need to be changed and/or implemented. 

If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Ramey at info@wataugahabitat.org.

We must also acknowledge that, while the economic repercussions of this unprecedented event are still unknown, public health crises like these have an outsized effect on our most vulnerable populations. We serve families who work in retail, food service, medicine and more. Our homeowners may be adversely affected, and we will work to support them in whatever ways we can.

This is an uncertain time for everyone and we are continually thankful for your support and patience as we face this new challenge together as a community.

In partnership

Alex Hooker, Executive Director