On Thursday February 8th, 2024, Habitat for Humanity Northumberland staff welcomed volunteers, donors, and sponsors to a recognition event for the support they received over the course of 2023. At this event, The Building Hope with Families capital campaign co-chairs Jacqueline Pennington and Greg Campbell along with their children and the campaign cabinet revealed the completed giant thermometer, with a … Read More

Baltimore, ON – Habitat for Humanity Northumberland staff & volunteers welcomed dignitaries, donors, and supporters to 4751 Hwy 45 in Baltimore, the location of their active build site in Baltimore to see the progress of their 7-unit net-zero townhome development. This is a 2.5-million-dollar project, the largest development that Habitat Northumberland has undertaken at one in time in its 25-year … Read More

This was a very special week on the build site for us, and for many who knew Brandon Watt. From October 31st to November 4th, over 50 volunteers from HTM Insurance along with friends and family honoured the memory of Brandon by committing over 400 hours towards getting the main floor ready for the second level floor system to be … Read More

Our donors are truly the best. Gordon & Patti Ley are just one example of how members of our community have chose to support us as we achieve our goal of housing 7 families at our Baltimore Net-Zero Townhome project. With their help, we are one step closer seeing our dream become a reality. To Patti, who has worked tirelessly … Read More

(reshared Cameco’s press release) (Port Hope, Ontario, Canada – September 28, 2023) – In celebration of its 35th anniversary, Cameco announced today it has pledged a $100,000 gift to Habitat for Humanity Northumberland to help fund affordable housing projects in Northumberland County. https://youtube.com/watch?v=BLrJuuveZEI%3Fautoplay%3D0%26mute%3D0%26controls%3D0%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmanage.wix.com%26playsinline%3D1%26showinfo%3D0%26rel%3D0%26iv_load_policy%3D3%26modestbranding%3D1%26enablejsapi%3D1%26widgetid%3D3 Members of the Cameco leadership team, including Cameco senior vice-president and chief operating officer Brian Reilly, and … Read More

Today, we achieved an incredible milestone, we poured the cement slab that will house our walls for our 7 unit townhomes in Baltimore. This would not be possible without three amazing businesses: LaFarge (who donated the concrete) Pump It, who pumped the concrete and Marshman who executed the slab itself. We know that we thank people every day for helping … Read More

Some people ask us what a team build day is like. We say, well you might get a little sawdust in your hair and your arms and legs might be tired, but you smile will glow when you leave the site. On Saturday September 23rd we hosted Ley Hall Wealth Management of Cobourg at our Baltimore build site. A big … Read More

Started out as a brisk morning for Team Build Day in Baltimore, yesterday. Our local Brokerlink located in Cobourg, participated in our Team Build Challenge and raised over $1100 towards this build. This group of 9 worked on the vapour barrier and installed four inch foam to prepare for the slab to be poured next week. Interesting fact: the four … Read More

This week we have 3 team build days. On Wednesday we hosted Wesco, one of our Habitat Canada partners, who were able to complete the foam insulation, which allows the rebar to be put in place. Volunteers are helping us with the last step prior to the concrete slab being poured, which means one step closer to raising walls. Our … Read More

Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting Part Time CFO Services LLP at our Baltimore Build site. Over 30 volunteers helping to build walls… so many walls! Part Time CFO Services is celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, and in addition to donating their time, they also contributed $10,000 towards our build projects. Thank you so much for you ongoing … Read More