Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna Crowdbuild!
Buy the building materials needed to help a family build a home!
We’ll deliver them for you!
What’s a CrowdBuild??
Through this online platform, you can help us build our next home by purchasing actual materials and supplies for our next family's home. Simply select the DONATE button, shop through the options, pick out the specific items you want to buy, and the materials are delivered directly to us!
How cool is that? Exactly what we need to build this home is available for you to see and choose what you’d like to contribute. Then it’s delivered directly to our worksite!! Piece by piece, this CrowdBuild brings people together to literally build a house.
The Home Owner Story
I don’t know where to begin, so I will just start here… I was in a 13 year marriage of severe domestic abuse. I left several years ago with our first two children, but as I’ve come to learn the average woman in abuse takes eight times to actually leave for good. That being said, we got back together and had two more children. The abuse continued and actually got extremely worse.
During this time, I worked very hard and held two great career positions; however because of my home situation, I eventually lost my employment and had to rely solely on his income to support us. I went back to school and got my degree in Psychology. The strain of the relationship and the abuse continued to take its toll on me and my kids, but I was finally able to have him arrested on three separate abuse charges and he was incarcerated for a 5-year term which included a no contact order. With his incarceration and loss of income, we lost everything.
My children and I lived at SARC safe house where I was able to obtain three part-time jobs. Although I didn’t have any prior experience doing them and none of them were what you could consider career jobs, it was a humbling and fresh start. I started working with a financial advisor from APGFCU, Nancy Hill and with her help I was able to start budgeting, saving and working on my horribly damaged credit - mainly due to his bad choices.
Eventually my time at SARC ended and we were once again saved from homelessness by being accepted into Harford Family House’s transitional housing program where my rent is more affordable than it would be on the open market with a family of five.
I have worked very hard at paying my debts off and saving. I was blessed with a grant that helped pay off a lot of the debt as well. I have saved for a home and know that renting for a family of five will be more than my income allows, owning a home is really the best and only option; however getting an interest rate that is affordable with a mortgage that is also affordable is not something I can foresee finding. Our lease is up in September and our options are very limited. I have no family that we can stay with and most subsidized housing either cannot meet my family size needs or there is a 1-4 year waiting list, so homelessness would be inevitable. After attending the homeownership orientation, I saw that this is the best program and option for me and my children.
My faith in God has kept me strong and I am amazed at how caring and remarkably resilient my children have been throughout this whole process. They all volunteer at our church and in other areas of our community. My two oldest are honor roll students and have received many accolades and certificates. My oldest has dreams of being a social worker and says “I want to help children who are abused and homeless”.
I have been blessed with full custody of my children. I have safety and security for the first time in my adult life and am free from harmful, negative people. Habitat for Humanity would be helping me own our first home and a fresh, new start to our future.
Contributions
Sharlene John donated: 1 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing, 1 Roof Shingles, 1 R19 Insulation Roll, 1 Sheetrock 1/2" x 4' x 8', 1 R19 Insulation Roll
May blessings continue to poor until overflowing! Enjoy your new home and keep progressing higher.
A generous contributor donated: 4 Roof Shingles
Enjoy your new home!
Donna Kropp donated: 1 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing
Good Luck in your new home.
A generous contributor donated: 1 36" Interior Colonial Style LH Door, 1 White Vinyl Lap Siding
Judy Herman donated: 1 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing, 1 Roof Shingles
A generous contributor donated: 1 Sheetrock 1/2" x 4' x 8'
May this small little gift be a blessing to you and your home. My The Most High God bless you. Here's to new beginnings!
A generous contributor donated: 4 Sheetrock 1/2" x 4' x 8'
Keep Building
A generous contributor donated: 5 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing
A generous contributor donated: 10 Roof Shingles, 20 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing, 10 Ice & Water Shield, 20 Sheetrock 1/2" x 4' x 8', 20 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing, 10 Sheetrock 1/2" x 4' x 8'
Dr Dennis F Fisher donated: 2 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing
Rod L Kornrumpf donated: 1 36" Six Panel Front Door
David Lynch donated: 2 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing
A generous contributor donated: 5 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing
Many happy days ahead for you and your family!
A generous contributor donated: 5 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing
A generous contributor donated: 1 Roof Shingles
David Parker donated: 1 Roof Shingles, 1 R19 Insulation Roll
Hoping this little bit helps. God Bless!
A generous contributor donated: 2 R19 Insulation Roll
Bill Carson donated: 2 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing, 1 Roof Shingles, 1 R19 Insulation Roll
Everyone deserves a safe place to call home. Your time is NOW!
God Bless you and your family in the New Year and forever more. --BC
Phillip Eichensehr donated: 1 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing
Hang it up
Allan Herlinger donated: 1 Roof Shingles, 1 R19 Insulation Roll
Good luck with your upcoming build!
Sandra Barstow donated: 1 R19 Insulation Roll, 20 2" x 4" Studs
Cara Middendorf donated: 1 Roof Shingles
Angela Haney donated: 1 Black Shutters
Laurie Feldman donated: 2 36" Interior Colonial Style LH Door
Michael Dippold donated: 100 2" x 4" Studs, 22 2" x 4" Studs
God bless.
Molly Kelley donated: 2 R19 Insulation Roll
Arthur Charron donated: 30 2" x 4" Studs
Adam Letschin donated: 1 Black Shutters
A generous contributor donated: 1 Roof Shingles
Barry Hidey donated: 1 36" Interior Colonial Style LH Door
I challenge all United Methodist to buy something for this house.
Barbara Scott donated: 1 R19 Insulation Roll
Deborah Letschin donated: 25 2" x 4" Studs
I love this method of donating. I hope it is successful for you!!
Richard Gilligan donated: 2 White Vinyl Lap Siding
A generous contributor donated: 1 36" Six Panel Front Door , 1 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing, 1 2" x 4" Studs
Charles Clow donated: 4 36" Interior Colonial Style RH Door
Susan Thrappas donated: 1 R19 Insulation Roll
Vito Mosca donated: 1 7/16" 4' x 8' OSB Sheathing
Thank you to everyone at Habitat Susquehanna for all you do to bless others right here in Harford and Cecil Counties.
A generous contributor donated: 2 2" x 4" Studs, 1 Sheetrock 1/2" x 4' x 8'
Habitat Susquehanna does amazing work helping hardworking people throughout Harford & Cecil Counties. I'm happy that although my donation may be small I'm able to support this work.