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Fox Valley Habitat dedicates 75th, executive director Barrett to retire

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After 25 years, the Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity executive director who has led 71 affordable housing projects, will retire from his position Friday, Aug. 30. Reverend Jeffrey Barrett serves as pastor at Genesis Community Church in Montgomery, site of Habitat offices. He was saluted Saturday at a groundbreaking ceremony...

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Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity breaks ground for 74th Aurora-area home

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Dirt flew Sunday as Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity broke ground for its 74th Aurora-area home. Rick Loufek, Habitat board chair, emceed an afternoon ceremony in front of lot nine at 1921 Jericho Road in Aurora, site of its Green Freedom subdivision, a 17-home development. Other speakers were Pastor Sarah...

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Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity to break ground

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Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will hold a groundbreaking Saturday, March 23, for the first of 17 homes in its Green Freedom subdivision on Aurora’s West Side. The public is invited to the event at 1921 Jericho Road in Aurora. Activities will open at 9 a.m. with a light breakfast....

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Fox Valley Habitat raising funds

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The Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity is raising funds to help build one of our first homes in Habitat Green Freedom, a new 17-home subdivision which will use solar power be energy-efficient. The fundraiser will be brunch at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6 at 1300 S. Broadway, Montgomery. Please RSVP...

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Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity dedicates 70th home

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Jenna Strohmenger of Aurora celebrated two life milestones Saturday, March 11. The latest Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity homeowner was guest of honor when Montgomery-based Habitat dedicated its 70th suburban home at 654 Spruce St. in Aurora. Coincidentally, it was Strohmenger’s 33rd birthday. Dedication guests serenaded her during the program...

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Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity vision: 17-home site

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By Al Benson Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity plans a 17-home subdivision for West Side Aurora. Barbara Zegiel, Habitat funds development director, reviewed plans for Habitat’s Green Freedom project at Aurora Noon Lions Club meeting Thursday, Feb. 16 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora. Zegiel, who said she...

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Habitat 17-home subdivision to be built in Aurora

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By Al Benson Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit housing ministry, plans a 17-home subdivision on Aurora’s far West Side. The Reverend Jeffery Barrett, Habitat CEO/executive director and pastor at Genesis Community Church in Montgomery, announced the Habitat Green Freedom SMART Community. He said it will be at...

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Habitat for Humanity family home dedication in Aurora

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By Al Benson Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity dedicated the Lopez family home at 656 Spruce Street in Aurora December 3, 2022. The ceremony featured prayers, housewarming gifts, and presentation of a ceremonial house key. Habitat volunteers and contractors built the home in partnership with the future homeowners, Cristal...

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Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Green Freedom Project

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Bill Donnell, right, Aurora Fourth Ward alderman, photographs workers pumping concrete into an insulating concrete form wall (ICF) of a Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity home in Aurora Thursday, June 30.

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Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity dinner April 26 in Oswego

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Oswego Presbyterian Church, 1976 Rt. 25 in Oswego, will host an annual barbecue dinner to benefit Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity and a Kenya mission project. The drive-thru event is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26. The public is invited. Proceeds will benefit the Lopez family home under...

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Trivia night to help Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity

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Fox Valley Junior Woman’s Club (FVJWC) will be host to a third annual trivia night fundraiser for Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity. The event will open at 6 p.m. Friday, April 29, at Orchard Valley Golf Club, 2411 W. Illinois Avenue in Aurora. The public is invited. No skill is...

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First Habitat House in Batavia open

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A couple from Kenya cut a ribbon to become Batavia’s first Habitat for Humanity family Saturday, Nov. 20. Janice Owino and George Bikeri cut the ribbon with Steve McCormick, Habitat board chair. The ribbon-cutting culminated a dedication ceremony attended by Habitat and government officials, volunteers, and friends, on the home’s...

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Two Aurora University students, interns for Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity

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Two Aurora University students are getting a taste of the work world in this Fall semester as communications assistants and interns at Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity. • Batavia resident Zachary Ferguson, 22, is majoring in marketing with a minor in psychology. He said, “I have had to overcome...

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Habitat for Humanity dedicates 66th, 67th, homes

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Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Wednesday, June 30, dedicated its 66th and 67th homes in the Aurora area. At an outdoor ceremony, the faith-based affordable housing ministry celebrated completion of a duplex at 829-831 Grove Street in Aurora. The event with reflections, presentations and food brought together new homeowners,...

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