Habitat maintains a ZERO tolerance for any suspected illegal activity. That includes drug use, drug sales, firearms possession, public disorderly conduct, or any behavior that may be threatening to the children, adults and general public safety of anyone living in a local Habitat community. Habitat will take legal action against any homeowner suspected of such activity in order to ensure the peace and safety of each of its residential communities.

Please Note: Race or religion is not a factor in selection.

La Orientacion Par Alas Familias Nuevas
Lunes, Abril 28, 2008; las puertas secerraran a las 6:30 PM!
Donde: The Boy's and Girl's Club 913 Old Grays Road (antiguamente Jasper Co. High School), Ridgeland, SC
Vengan para infromarse sobre como secalofiean ser aplicante por una casa de Habitat for Humanity

Por favor llamen (843) 757-5864 para mas informacion.

Directions: From Highway 278, take I95 North to Exit 21 Ridgeland. At the end of the exit ramp turn left. Turh right at N Jacob Smart Blvd.  US 17/US 278. Turn left onto Third Ave./US 278. End at Grays Road.        

FAMILY SUPPORT PARTNERS:

Each Habitat family is assigned a Support Partner to help them through the home buying process. Support Partners keep in contact with their family and make sure that the family is on tract doing their sweat equity hours. They report any change in the family status (i.e. address, phone number, employment or family size) and attend the 11 mandatory workshops with their family. Other duties may include transportation, childcare, and assisting homebuyers in choosing carpeting and other household options. Support Partners also attend quarterly Family Support Committee meetings to discuss Habitat policies and family situations. They help with committee responsibilities such as secretarial duties, developing workshops, working with the Homeowner's Association, overseeing sweat equity hours, helping with New Family Orientations, and special events.

HOMEOWNER STORIES:

Many roads lead to a Habitat home. Here are a few of them (with names changed):

Mary is a single mother who was in a destructive marriage. After several false starts, she gathered the strength to take steps to improve her situation, which included applying for a Habitat home. Today, two years later, she has graduated from nursing school, found a steady job, and looks forward to a positive future for her child. ______________________________________________________________________________________
John, a single father with a son and daughter, lived in a public housing apartment where he was afraid to allow his children to play outdoors due to the level of drug activity and associated crime. Today the children enjoy the freedom of life in a safe neighborhood, where they ride bikes, roller skate, play basketball and walk their dog while John looks on with the knowledge that his children are safe.
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"I never in my whole life thought I could ever own my own home, but I always dreamed of one and now you people have made that dream come true."
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One mother tells of how her son has always suffered from asthma because all the houses they lived in had so much mold. Now that they have their very own brand new home, he no longer has a problem. This not only helped his academic work, but also his self-esteem and hope for a future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

In another Habitat family, generations of family members looked on with pride when their eldest daughter walked to the stage to accept her diploma from the local high school, knowing that shortly she would leave for her freshman year in college - the first member of the family ever to attend college. She doesn't intend to stop with a bachelor's degree, but instead, plans to become a pediatrician. Her mother says that her daughter's ambition comes from first hand knowledge that dreams can come true, and that hard work has tangible rewards. Her daughter knows that because she watched her mother come home from her job as a cook, and then attend Habitat workshops in the evenings or work on other's houses and then her own house. The daughter remembers the pride the whole family felt as they moved into their new home. They are living proof that Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity not only builds homes, it builds hope for families.

Behind every door of a Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity home, there is a similar story. But those stories would never have had a happy ending without the support of generous donors.