About Us
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County builds strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter.
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County builds strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter.
Mission: Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.
Vision: Everyone in Orange County has a decent place to live.
Habitat for Humanity partners with families to create better, healthier, more financially stable lives. With our help, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability, and independence they need to build a better future for themselves and their families.
Through the use of volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds homes for families in need. Homes are sold with low interest mortgages. Homeowners make monthly payments, which are set at 30% or less of their income, making homeownership an affordable reality.
In addition to building new homes, Habitat also partners with families who live in non-Habitat homes to assist them in making repairs to their homes, such as exterior painting, siding repairs, or cleaning, repairing, or installing ramps and handrails, etc. By offering repairs as well as new construction, Habitat ensures the most cost-efficient means of providing affordable and safe homes.
Habitat for Humanity is a private nonprofit organization that is funded through the generosity of local individuals, businesses, faith organizations, and foundations. Since 1984, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County has served over 300 families.
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County as a matter of policy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, or physical or mental disability for its clients, its employees, its volunteers, or the members of its Board of Directors.
Habitat for Humanity has an open-door policy. All who believe that everyone needs a decent, affordable place to live are welcome to help with the work, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, political views, or any of the other distinctions that too often divide people. In short, Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds and also serves people in need of decent housing regardless of race or religion. As a matter of policy, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliated organizations do not proselytize. This means that Habitat will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must either adhere to or convert to a particular faith, or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County is one of 1,400 affiliates in the United States. Habitat for Humanity International has offices in 90 countries around the world.
Mission: Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.
Vision: A world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Betsy Blackwell, Past Chair Retired |
Jim McNeely CertaPro Painters of Chapel Hill |
Andy Buchanan Blackfin Real Estate Investors |
Anna Millar, Second Vice Chair Wake Technical Community College |
Douglas Call Retired, Captain, U.S. Navy Retired, IQVIA (formerly Quintiles) |
Pilar Rocha-Goldberg El Centro Hispano |
Sharon Davis Retired |
Joan Siefert Rose, Secretary National Association of Corporate Directors |
Zac Hedrick, Treasurer SouthState Bank |
John Stanley Lenovo |
Kelly Holcombe Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina |
Annetta Stokes Streater Adams School of Dentistry |
Darlene Laws UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health |
Ree Ree Wei
Transplanting Traditions Community Farm |
Emil Malizia Professor, UNC Department of City and Regional Planning |
Anna Wu, Chair
Retired, UNC Facilities Services |
Gordon Merklein UNC Chapel Hill |
Michael Zuber, First Vice Chair
Vice President Wealth Management Advisor, Investors Trust |
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Aaron Bachenheimer Executive Director, Off-Campus Student Life and Community Partnerships, UNC-Chapel Hill |
Charles Merritt Special Advisor, Venture Capital Multiplier Fund, Hatteras Venture Partners |
Moses Carey Retired, State of North Carolina |
Edward David Paradise RTP Site Executive & VP of Engineering, Security & Trust Organization, Cisco Systems Inc. |
Sue Harvin, Chair Retired, Public Health Research |
Benjamin Perry Finance Director, East West Partners |
George Horton Managing Partner, Tryon Investment Properties |
Rob Reda Solutions Development Analyst, North Carolina Department of Information Technology |
Karen McCall Retired, UNC Health Care |
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