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CEO Build 2024

December 6, 2023

What is CEO Build? CEO Build is a unique opportunity to demonstrate to your team and the community that you are committed to supporting a healthy economy in the Jacksonville…

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Recycle for Good

August 22, 2023

Your trash is our treasure From September 1 through November 30, Beaches Habitat for Humanity is competing with Habitat organizations to recycle the most aluminum cans. We’ll turn those cans…

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From Blueprint to Reality

August 4, 2023

A Habitat for Humanity construction site is unlike any other construction site you’ll encounter. As volunteers, staff, and future homeowners transform a pile of wood and metal into a home,…

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Affordable Housing on the Horizon for More Families

July 19, 2023

Four families are in the process of becoming homeowners after being approved for Beaches Habitat’s program. Three families will purchase the homes currently under construction in Mayport Village. The fourth…

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Transitions in K-5 Program

July 12, 2023

This spring the children in the afterschool program took part in many fun and unique experiences. They planted vegetables and flowers at the Gail Baker and Jordan Park Community Centers. They learned about the significance of pollinators and how bees are critical for our food source. The children loved seeing plants grow from tiny seeds.

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Message from our CEO, Steve Gilbert

July 5, 2023

On behalf of everyone at Beaches Habitat, thank you for your continued support. For more than 30 years, Beaches Habitat’s mission has been to bring the community together to provide…

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Faith Build 2023

June 28, 2023

What is Faith Build? As people of faith, we are called to respond to our neighbors’ needs, acting as God’s hands and feet in service to our community. Faith Build…

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Under Construction: the Chronicles of our Ongoing Projects

March 24, 2023

It has been a few months since we shared the exciting updates on construction progress at Beaches Habitat for Humanity. For those unfamiliar with Beaches Habitat, we are a non-profit…

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Veterans Build

January 6, 2023

What is Veterans Build? Veterans Build is Habitat for Humanity’s initiative to provide housing solutions and volunteer and employment opportunities to U.S. veterans, military service members, and their families. Veterans…

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Women Build 2023

December 5, 2022

Women Build is a unique opportunity for women to join together to help a local family build their dream of homeownership. Build together, grow together, and invest in the local…

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