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Home Together

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Our highest priority is the health and safety of our community— staff, clients, volunteers, supporters, and all of our neighbors. During this challenging time, we must remember that we’re all in this together. We’re all home together, and in a time like this, home makes all the difference. We know we aren’t alone in wrestling with difficult …

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Prioritizing Bills During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Have you recently had income loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Like many Americans, we are facing uncertain times. Positions have been are currently on furlough or eliminated. If you are having to make difficult decisions on which bills to pay first, please see the recommendations in this article https://clark.com/personal-finance-credit/how-to-prioritize-bills/.

Hurricane Dorian Closures

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  The ReStore and Clay County Habitat administration offices will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday. We will continue to update the website and Facebook with any other potential closures. Please be safe during the storm!​

Cost of Home

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Nearly 19 million U.S. households today pay half or more of their income on a place to live. That means 1 in 6 families are denied the personal and economic stability that safe, decent and affordable housing provides.That means that 1 in 6 families are forced to make impossible choices. A safe home. Nutritious food …

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Leader’s Build

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Clay County Habitat for Humanity hosted a Leaders Build Saturday, April 27th in Green Cove Springs. More than 40 elected officials, executives and other business leaders came together to address the need of affordable housing in Clay County. Members of the community who were present was members of the Clay County Sherriff’s Office, Clerk of Court Tara Green and members of her office, County Commissioner Mike Cella, Clay County Chamber members, Wells Fargo, Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida, Vystar, Clay County Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors and other community leaders. Orange Park Medical Center sponsored the medic for the event. 

The Leader’s Build construction site will complete Clay County Habitat’s 167th and 168th home. To visit the Clay Today article, please click http://bit.ly/2E7FHvx. 

 

Collegiate Challenge

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Clay County Habitat for Humanity welcomed students from the University of Kentucky and Colgate University for Collegiate Challenge. During the week of their Spring Break, these twenty students volunteered on various projects. For more than 25 years, Habitat has provided alternative school break volunteer opportunities to college students. Since this program began in the late …

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