Habitat for Humanity of Grayson County is a Christian ministry that builds quality, affordable homes in partnership with families in need.
Your car donation can help a family build a home, and the hope of a better life!
Car, truck, boat and RV donations help Habitat for Humanity build houses in partnership with families in need of decent, affordable shelter. Donate a car, truck, boat, RV or other vehicle to Habitat's Cars for Homes™ vehicle donation program by calling 1-877-277-4344 or visit carsforhomes.org.
Habitat for Humanity of Grayson County is a United Way community partner.
Thanks to the Grayson County Master Gardeners Association, which contributes front yard landscape for each new house.
Women Build Volunteers Paint a New Future
A house in much need of some t.l.c. is getting a face lift, thanks to Women Build volunteers. Mrs. Marilyn Turman, the 92-year-old Denison homeowner, will be safer and more comfortable in her home after Habitat volunteers complete all the exterior repairs: replacing siding, re-caulking, and lots of painting.
Ta Daa!
Women Build volunteers completed the painting and repairs, and this house is good to go for the next dozen or so years.
Spring Home Improvement Sale
What a day! Hundreds of people arrived to shop at Habitat’s recent Spring Home Improvement Sale. We sold doors, windows, tile, lighting, cabinets, bath, appliances, and garden supplies at bargain prices. Cheerful, accommodating volunteers like these from Austin College helped customers with their purchases. Next sale—Saturday, May 19. Mark your calendars now!
Big Smile, New Homeowner!
Natosha DeHorney and her three children enjoyed Christmas in their new home after a whirlwind of a build. More than 250 volunteers contributed about 3000 hours to complete the DeHorneys' home in a record seven weeks. Now enjoy a holiday break, y'all.
Trailblazer Employees in Their Habitat Debut
In neon knock-your-socks-off yellow t-shirts, employees from Trailblazer Health Enterprises descended onto the Habitat worksite early Saturday morning to work on the Bond Street house. Just a few hours later, the insulation was complete with a grade of A+ from the weatherization inspector, and the team was blazing on to the next project—drywall. Thanks, Trailblazer! We will remember your good work, your lunch and snacks for all, and those eye-blasting shirts.
Blessings from Knight Family Chiropractic
Ryan and Amy Knight from Knight Family Chiropractic presented funds in the amount of $730.98 to Habitat for Humanity to be used toward House #24, starting in Denison soon. Patients from the clinic donated funds all summer long to assist in the building of the DeHorney family's home. Many thanks to a generous, community-minded family and business!
Here today...gone tomorrow
These were only some of the volunteers who braved 105 degree heat to help deconstruct this house. Stove, cabinets, flooring, lighting, bath fixtures, windows, doors, and more will all be sold at the fall warehouse sale.
Support Habitat the Kroger Way
Want to support Habitat while buying groceries? It's easy! Print the attached letter; take it to Kroger with your Kroger Plus card, and scan both together. You will continue to receive your Kroger discount, and Kroger will donate a portion of your grocery dollar to Habitat. Last year, we received a check for more than $1,000 from Kroger, thanks to our Habitat supporters.
Click here to open and print the Kroger information.
Best.Score.Ever
We were delighted to receive the news from rater Mark Bullard that House #23 earned an outstanding score on the Energy Star rating system. As in golf, the lower the score, the better. This house earned a score of 64--a full 21
points better than was needed to earn Energy Star status. You could almost say we got a hole-in-one!
They Look Good in White Paint
Greater Texoma Association of Realtors is another faithful group of volunteers. They posed in their best paint clothes alongside homeowner Michael Hall.
Women Build Redux
For the third year, Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s have teamed up for Women Build Week, celebrated during the week leading up to Mother’s Day. This year, not one but two groups of women—more than 30 in all—used hammers, saws, and drills to put up sheetrock in the Halls’ house. As evidenced by the amount of gypsum dust in the air, the favorite tool was surely the Roto-zip.
In support of this effort, Lowe’s will donate a generous gift card of $5,000 toward funding our next house. Yay, Lowe’s! (More pictures in Photo Album)
Welcome, Hall Family!
We welcome the Hall family as homeowners-to-be for House #23. Michael, Jessica, Presley (age 3), and Brooklyn (age 2) look forward to living in a house with low utility bills and plenty of room for the back yard swings and trampoline. You should see these girls jump!
American Bank of Texas Makes $7,000 Grant Possible
Jerry Griffin of American Bank of Texas presented a check for $7,000 to Director Laurie Mealy. ABT, a member of Federal Home Loan Bank, applied for a HELP grant on Habitat's behalf. We are grateful for their great HELP to us.
Texas Instruments Build From the Ground Up
Some volunteers can put up a building in a single day! This crew from Texas Instruments completed the backyard storage building in just a few hours
Habi-taters Potato Bar
What is our favorite kind of 'taters? Habi-taters! About 150 people joined us recently for a delightful evening of baked potatoes with fixings, piano music provided by local musicians Dr. John McGinn and Lucinda Laro, and plenty of conversation. Click here to see more pictures of the evening.
Ribbon Cutting the Habitat Way
Judge Horace Groff made quick work of cutting the 2'X 4' to celebrate the opening of Habitat's new tool trailer, purchased thanks to a generous grant from Elias and Hanna Regensburger Foundation. After years of transporting supplies in cars, pickups, vans, and open trailers, the construction crew has a beautiful, well-organized home for the affiliate's tools. No fingerprints, please!
The Square Foot Club
The Square Foot Club is a fun and easy way to get your friends, neighbors, family members, Sunday school class, sports team, hobby group, club members and even your office buddies involved in the effort to eliminate poverty housing through Habitat for Humanity - all for just pennies a day. Click here to read all about it!
Flowers for Homes
Grayson County Master Gardeners are rightfully proud of their landscape accomplishments on Brents street in Sherman. The MG's add curb appeal to each project.
Park Avenue Shares Blessings
A heartfelt thank you goes to Park Avenue Church of Christ in Denison for their donation of $2,500 made as part of their fifth Sunday offering. The offering will build almost 55 square feet of House #22--half a bedroom!
Men in Green
A crew from Atmos Energy built the backyard storage building for House #21.