Habitat for Humanity Millstone Basin Area

What is Habitat?

The Millstone Basin Affiliate serves the New Jersey communities of Cranbury, East Windsor, Hightstown, Plainsboro, Washington Twp. and West Windsor as an independent unit of Habitat for Humanity International.

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian ministry dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness worldwide and to making adequate, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat is founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a simple, decent, affordable place to live in dignity and safety. Habitat has an open-door policy: all who desire to be a part of this work are welcome, regardless of religion, race, color or creed.

Miracle of Christmas Fundraiser

We'd like to invite you to the highly acclaimed Miracle of Christmas on Saturday, December 29, 2007, at the Sight & Sound Theatre in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. We're organizing a bus trip that will depart from the First United Methodist Church of Hightstown at noon on December 29 so that we can all go as a group. Tickets are limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, so sign up today! Click here for more information.

The event cost is $140, and includes: reserved event seating, round-trip bus transportation, dinner, stop for shopping at nearby local outlet stores and a donation to Habitat for Humanity - Millstone Basin Area affiliate. You can pay via:

PayPal: click here to pay via PayPal; just enter "info@habitatmba.org" as the "To:" e-mail address and follow the instructions from there.
Mailed Check: make out your check to "HFHMBA", memo "Miracle of Christmas", and send it to: HFHMBA c/o Miracle of Christmas, P.O. Box 178, Cranbury, NJ 08512. We'll mail you your receipt once we receive your check.
Board member: you can give your check to a HFHMBA Board Member you know, who will make sure that you'll get your receipts as proof-of-purchase.

Please be sure to bring either your electronic receipt (if paying by PayPal) or hardcopy receipt to the bus; we'll give out the event tickets once on board. The bus will leave promptly at noon, so plan to be there by 11:30 am; we'll return around midnight. First United Methodist Church is located at 187 Stockton St., Hightstown, NJ 08520. If you'd like to learn more about the theatre, click here.

1st Annual "Build a House...Build a Dream" Golf Tournament

We'd like to invite you to participate in the 1st Annual "Build a House...Build a Dream" Golf Tournament on October 22, 2007, at the Peddie Golf Club on South Main Street in Hightstown, New Jersey. Interested in learning more? Click here for more details or you can click here to e-mail our Co-Chairpersons Marc Richardson and Bill Fish.

Thanks for celebrating with us at our Volunteer Party

Thanks to those who celebrated with us on September 22, 2007, to thank all of our special volunteers! Click here for more details from the event.

HFHMBA Welcomes Another Family into the Habitat Family!

Congratulations to the D'Alessio family, currently of Woodbridge, New Jersey, to be our 8th Partner Family! They were selected during an exhaustive process that was excrutiatingly difficult based on the widespread need for decent housing, so we offer them our congratulations and welcome them into the Habitat family! Want to meet them? Click here to meet the D'Alessios.

Millstone Basin Affiliate Starts Blogging

For the latest information on the progress we're making on the building site, to find out about events or to hear what's going on behind the scenes at our affiliate, check out our new blog. The diary format of a blog also offers an opportunity for you to post responses to the blog's authors. Perhaps you were on the work site and had a great time or you just want to send best wishes. You can encourage us by showing your support. Thanks to volunteer Rosa Garcia for her ongoing work on this.

Toll Brothers is Working with HFHMBA to Build Partner Home # 7

Toll Brothers, a national community devlopment company, has joined with Youth United as co-sponsors for Partner Home # 7. We are very appreciative of their involvement!

Volunteer Spotlight

Read the latest Volunteer Spotlight on Emil Kohut! Click here to read our previous Volunteer Spotlight articles.

Habitat for Humanity's Response to Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina affected millions of people, and not just those who fled the rushing waters in New Orleans. Click here to learn what Habitat for Humanity is doing to help.

Youth United Rocks East Windsor

Our affiliate has a strong relationship with Youth United, a Habitat for Humanity program that brings community youth ages 5-25 together to fully sponsor and build a home with a local family. The youth are the leaders, planners, fund raisers, public relations specialists and builders. They work together to raise money and awareness, while youth ages 16-25 build the house on site under the close supervision of our construction leaders. Most importantly, through this program youth help fulfill a family's dream of having their own home. It is the adventure of a lifetime! Click here to see how Youth United is helping one of our partner families realize their dreams. You can also click here to learn more about Youth United and how you can help.

Looking for a worthy cause to receive your donation? How about Habitat?

Habitat has several creative ways help you decide how to fulfill your philanthropic needs. From cash to used cars to used furniture to appliances, Habitat can use just about anything to help give hands up to deserving families. Click here to find out how you can help.

What has the MBA affiliate accomplished ? Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, the Habitat Millstone Basin Area affiliate has provided decent housing for 5 families in our area. Click here to learn more about our partner families and hear their stories.	What's next for the MBA affiliate? We are currently working on our 7th home in East Windsor, New Jersey and are preparing to celebrate the closing in spring 2007. Click here to see the latest status.
How can I learn more about the Family Selection Process? As we have found a deserving family for Partner Home # 8, we have closed the Family Selection Process until we can find suitable land for Partner Home # 9. Click here to learn more about how we select a partner family.	Habitat Cars for Homes Vehicle Donation Program Habitat's Cars for Homes™ program uses your vehicle donation to help build decent, affordable homes in partnership with low income families. Click here to learn more.

Last Updated: October 16, 2007