Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity groundbreaking for net-zero-energy homes
Tlueka Chism of Aurora, center, flanked by two of her children, helps break ground Saturday, March 23 for her future Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity home.
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity to break ground
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....
Fox Valley Habitat raising funds
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...
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity dedicates 70th home
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...
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Dedication March 11
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will dedicate this home at 654 Spruce Street in Aurora with a program Saturday, March 11, at 10 a.m..
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity vision: 17-home site
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...
Habitat 17-home subdivision to be built in Aurora
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...
Habitat for Humanity family home dedication in Aurora
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...
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity dedication Saturday, Dec. 3
Future homeowner Cristal Lopez of Aurora, right, nails siding for her Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity home at 656 Spruce Street in Aurora in June.
Registration open for September 10 Women Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Build in Aurora
Winfield resident Carrie Skreens, left, and Cristal Lopez, Aurora, nail siding in June at a Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity women build at 656 Spruce St. in Aurora.
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Green Freedom Project
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.
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity groundbreaking, homeowner remarks
Jenna Strohmenger of Aurora, second from left, future Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity homeowner, gives remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday, June 12
Women Build by Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity in Aurora
Winfield resident Carrie Skreens, left, and Cristal Lopez, Aurora, use a hammer to affix nails in siding Saturday, June 4, at 656 Spruce Street in Aurora.
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity dinner April 26 in Oswego
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...
Trivia night to help Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity
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...
First Habitat House in Batavia open
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...
Two Aurora University students, interns for Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity
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...
Habitat for Humanity dedicates 66th, 67th, homes
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,...
Women assist Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity in Batavia
Carrie Skreens of Winfield, center, among 11 Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity volunteers pounding nails and working recently at 1600 W. Wilson Street in Batavia during the fifth annual Women's Build and Fundraiser.
Ground-breaking for Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity’s 69th home
Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity broke ground Saturday at 654 Spruce Street in Aurora for its 69th area home. The Cristal Lopez home is Habitat’s 69th area project and the housing ministry’s Habitat’s fifth annual Faith Build, a partnership of 25 area faith communities. Mark Knox of Naperville, Habitat...