Women's Build and the NJ Titans

Help support Habitat for Humanity Newark Women's Build and Women's Professional Football team, the New Jersey Titans, as they battle the Baltimore Burn!

Where: Passaic County Tech
45 Reinhardt Road
Wayne, New Jersey

When: Saturday, April 17
7 pm (Doors open at 6pm)

Admission: $5- Students and seniors
$10- Adults

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St. Cassian Parishioners Celebrate Success of New Habitat Homes They Helped Build

Montclair, NJ - March 8, 2010

Parishioners from St. Cassian Church in Upper Montclair raised the funds to build two homes Habitat for Humanity Newark Homes. They celebrated this achievement with a plaque dedication ceremony on Sunday, March 7th.

The plaque lists the names of nearly 350 people who donated funds and volunteered their time to help build the two homes for hard-working, low-income families in Essex County.

Lisa Nelson, one of the homeowners, was on hand to thank the church and its parishioners for their generous support. "It's been such a great experience having my own home," Nelson said, "I really appreciate the help of this parish. These wonderful people have changed my life."

Nelson, who has worked as a kPublish Postindergarten teacher for seventeen years, put in four hundred hours of sweat equity and is currently making payments on a zero-interest mortgage.

Lynn DeLuca, Chair of the St. Cassian Hearts for Habitat Committee, noted that "we all enjoyed rolling up our sleeves and working with the partner families," saying also that a large portion of the parish was engaged in the effort "spiritually, financially and physically."

HFHN Deputy Executive Director Don Blaesser thanked DeLuca, the Reverend John Judge and the rest of the parishioners who participated in the effort. "not only did they build houses for two families and help to strengthen a community; in doing so they brought their own community together," Blaesser said. "If we don't have poeple like St. Cassian's parishioners helping Habitat, there is no Habitat.

HFHN, which serves all of Essex County, has built 69 homes in Newark and has plans to build additional homes in Newark, West Orange, and other municipalities in Essex County. If you are interested in helping to raise funds to build affordable housing for low-income families in Essex Count, contact Habitat Newark's main office at 298 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, t. 973-624-3330 or visit our website: habitatnewark.org