Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Founded in 1989, Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley works in partnership with people from all walks of life and a variety of faith communities to build and renovate houses so that people in need can live in decent houses, in safe communities and grow into all that God intended. We work with the community to change the community, one home, one family at a time. We build new or renovate damaged homes by drawing the community together through support of donated materials, contributed dollars and giving hands. Habitat Lehigh Valley seeks and works with local disadvantaged families willing to work for their home. We provide mentoring and homeownership skills to help those families succeed as homeowners.

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Goal One: Increase the of families served and the number of homes built and repaired each year by 20% year over year.

Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.

Goal Two: Expand our repair program to include all of Northampton County and Lehigh County to better serve an increasing need in our community.

Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.

Goal Three: Staff development and retention.

Goal Type: Invest in the capacity of our organization (financial, management, technical, etc.).

Describe an investment in leadership

Our organization truly believes in investing in our leadership and staff to inspire them to move our mission forward. Programs include an annual strategic planning session with Board Members and senior staff members. Additionally we invest in staff development through team builders, various training programs such as CFRE, NCCER as well conferences and training based on the individuals growth plan.

This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:

• Strategic Partnerships

• Networks of Collective Impact Efforts

• Thought Leadership

• Raising Awareness

• Community Building

• Policy Advocacy

What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?

Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley focuses heavily on developing external relationships within our community to move our mission forward. We engage in strategic partnerships with many companies, nonprofits and other community organizations to maximize our efforts in both our home ownership programs and our home repair programs. These organizations include hospitals, banks, various corporations, and many other nonprofits in our community. We raise awareness of our mission through multiple social media accounts that have amassed well over 20,000 collective followers. We partner with various media outlets including print, digital, radio and television. Habitat Lehigh Valley actively participates in multiple community events that support our programs. Habitat Lehigh Valley's Leadership serves on multiple committees, including Regional Housing Advisory Committees, LVRHAB, and Catalyst 4.

As an organization, Habitat Lehigh Valley has a great deal of which to be proud over the past 14 months. We have successfully: Donated PPE and hand sanitizer supplies to other non profit organizations in need at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic Quickly moved our entire ReStore experience online so that customers, volunteers, and staff could remain safe and healthy Transformed our monthly homeownership orientations to virtual webinars held in both English and Spanish Launched an online #WhatHomeMeansToMe social media campaign that shared positivity and energy with our community during a time of worry Reopened all construction locations in May 2020 to willing and eager volunteers, and staff while maintaining all safety protocols Held our first ever virtual Raise the Roof event in November 2020, raising $58,000 Expanded our construction staff as homeowner needs continue to develop and grow Kicked off our newly invigorated home repair program in the Jordan Heights area of Allentown in partnership with St. Luke’s Hospital Sacred Heart Campus Continued progress on our eight-home construction project on Tacoma Street in Allentown Held an exciting and empowering She Nailed It! 2021 event with 35 teams outdoors for the first time, raising $65,000 As a Habitat Lehigh Valley family - staff, volunteers, homeowners, sponsors, donors, partners, and advocates - we have experienced a year like no other, but we experienced it together. We will continue to work and to grow together. The past year has illuminated the ever-growing need for safe, affordable, and decent housing in our area, and we will continue to build homes, dreams, and futures together.