Author: Habitat for Humanity of Archuleta County

For Brian Reid, originally from New England, Habitat for Humanity is more than just building homes. “I met my wife on a Habitat affiliate in Boston,” Brian said. “At the end of the two-year project, that Habitat did a walk from Portland, Maine to Atlanta, Georgia, and we said, ‘Let’s go for a long walk.’”…

Habitat for Humanity of Archuleta County is hitting the ground running for our third build season of our mission to build 15 Homes in 5 Years. Habitat Archuleta’s third annual Crane Day was on June 6 and 7, in which three modular homes were lifted into the air and placed on their foundations on Domicile…

Meet Maddie Van Duzer, an AmeriCorps team leader who spent 12 weeks on our build sites last summer.   Maddie Van Duzer was the crew leader for 12 young adults participating in the AmeriCorps NCCC program who spent 12 weeks on the Habitat Archuleta build sites in the summer of 2023. When volunteering for disaster…

Meet Duane Peter of Pagosa Springs and Plano, Tx. Duane Peter said that he had very limited building experience when he started volunteering for Habitat Archuleta 5 years ago. Since then, he’s assisted in building six houses and “feels much more confident in solving problems when building things.” “The people at Habitat are really good…

Meet Larry Parks of Pagosa Springs, CO and Austin, Texas Habitat Archuleta’s volunteers contributed 1,890 hours on our build sites in 2023. Larry Parks, a retired lawyer and mechanical engineer, accounts for 496 of those, more than a quarter of total volunteer hours. At present, Larry has assisted in building Habitat homes in three states,…