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Following many months of delays, due to the global pandemic, we couldn't be more excited to finally be welcoming deserving families home! During August, we were fortunate to welcome home our first two families in Andover, as well as families home in Wenham. New...

A home provides a strong sense of security and comfort, this is especially true for older adults. Now, imagine being an elderly, disabled person, currently living alone in a run-down house that is in critical need of repair. What would you do? Whom would you turn to?...

Richard (Dick) Sumberg, Founder at The Financial Advisors LLC in Andover, MA, received Honorable Mention in the 15th Annual Invest in Others Awards for his philanthropic contributions to Essex County Habitat for Humanity. Dick is pictured above next to his wife,...

It is Earth Day 2021 and we are delighted to highlight one of our dedicated volunteers, Robert R. Roy, who shows us that Earth Day can be every day. Robert, who prefers going by Rob, was born in Salem, MA in 1938, and has lived on the North Shore for his whole life....

Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical High School Electrical Students Give Back to The Community While Gaining Real-World Work Experience. WENHAM, MA (April 6, 2021) – In a partnership, that can only be described as a win-win situation, Essex North Shore...

To shop at Habitat for Humanity ReStore is to go on an adventure. In addition to an ever-changing selection of new and gently used home improvement materials, you also could find things like great items in a silent auction, a concert given on a piano that’s for...

We are all super excited that Massachusetts Spring is FINALLY in the air. The birds (and some of us) are outside singing. And it's time to think about Spring cleaning. Not the most glamorous of activities, which some love and so many of us dislike, the Essex County...

Future Habitat Homeowner, Willy Willy, a single father of two minor children, Zakansyel (7) and Taalib (9) is a Salisbury resident and future Habitat homeowner. He has worked at Northshore Educational Consortium in Beverly for the past nine years. Willy shares joint...

Misty, single mother of two children, Hailey (10) and Jacob (2) is delighted to be partnering with Habitat in order to build their own home. Misty and her children had to move following the sale of multi-family development, of which their apartment is a part. Due to...

If anything is a constant in home improvement, it’s the trash. Home improvement projects tend to leave behind plenty of sawdust, screws, and scraps of wood. Donating your renovation materials keeps functional — and often desirable — items out of the landfill. Other...