The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
Like all of us, Habitat has faced unprecedented pressures during this pandemic. But we’ve held firm to our mission, innovative spirit, and the community that serves with us. As a result, we've endured and even grown through difficult times.
We dug into our tenacity and creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, and we kept our eye on the goal—serving our community—and we are coming through this struggle stronger.
Rather than cutting back, Habitat has expanded our services. With each heightened challenge, we became more nimble to innovate and to improve. We’ve done so because we believe in the talent and strength of this team, the compassion and generosity of our community, and most of all—the necessity of our work.
This health crisis has laid bare how foundational housing is to health, safety, stability, and opportunity. When shelter was our best defense, we served those who struggle with housing insecurity, unsafe conditions, or simply no place to live. While many of us face a tough financial crunch, we serve those for whom this economic crisis is calamitous. While our society reckons with an ingrained racial legacy we cannot ignore, we serve to foster social and economic justice through housing.
We’re serving more people—whether it’s by making homeownership a reality, keeping people safe and healthy in their homes, offering financial guidance, or helping to put our unhoused neighbors into safe shelter. And it’s possible because we are powered by people.
We asked our team to be agile, resourceful, and flexible—and they stepped up, modifying their processes or even shifting to different programs as needed. We asked our volunteers to adjust to changing norms and safety protocols —so handmade masks poured into our mailboxes and people eagerly filled our limited volunteer capacity to hammer at a distance. We asked our supporters for the investment to keep us building in this time of crisis—and the community continues to answer that call with incredible generosity.