Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio

This year, these 56 children will wake up on Christmas morning in their Habitat homes for the very first time—right here in East Central Ohio. ♥️ Thanks to their parents’ hard work and the many hands and hearts who built alongside Habitat, they’ll be starting new traditions, continuing cherished ones, and creating lasting memories. Together, we’ve helped welcome them #HomeForChristmas.

Before we wrapped up our work for the holidays, we crowned the champions of this year's Habitat Cornhole Tournament (Congrats 🏆 Case and Malek!). We also celebrated with a few of our own workshop elves (Thank you 🙏 Habitat Crew!). So thankful for our festive Habitat family! Our Ministry Offices and ReStore will be closed for the holidays and to get ready to build more homes in the year ahead—come build with us in 2025!

¡Estamos muy emocionados de dar la bienvenida a Marcos, Sol y sus dos hijos #HogarParaLasFiestas! 🎄🏡 Marcos and Sol inspired all of us with their tireless hard work and determination as they built their home and set a path for their future. With our good friends from Diebold Nixdorf, we presented their keys in exchange for their first 0% interest mortgage payment — they are officially homeowners. ¡Felicitaciones!

Better Together in Southeast Canton 🤝 10 leaders from Southeast Canton churches joined us for Southeast United TABLE—a collaborative effort to unite across faith groups and work together to invest in the Southeast Canton neighborhood. T: Togetherness A: Acceptance B: Brotherly Love L: Leadership in Humility E: Encouragement As a common-ground ministry, Habitat is blessed to bring faith groups together—to build on unique skills, perspectives, and goals to build a stronger, more united community. 🌟 Thanks to 3rd Street Community Church, Abundance of God Christian Church, All Saints Temple Church of God in Christ, Southeast Church of Christ, Rehoboth Rivers of Living Waters, Mt Olive Baptist Church, Mt Zion Church of God, People's Baptist Church, Greater New Hope Community SDA, and Light in Christ Church.

#WelcomeHome for the holidays, Tanjanica! 🧡 Construction Trades students from Massillon City Schools gained invaluable hands-on experience building this home alongside Tanjanica. Now, she’s exchanged her first 0% interest mortgage payment for her keys and is ready to settle into a place to call her own. Our heartfelt thanks to the Sibila family for bringing this home to life in loving memory of Fr. Robert Kaylor, whose legacy continues to invest in our community’s future. We are also deeply grateful to Massillon Mayor Jamie Slutz for helping us welcome families into affordable homeownership.

For 18 years, Laura has been an integral part of our Habitat team, serving with kindness, dedication, and care. Her commitment to empowering families has touched countless lives and left a lasting impact on our community. While she's retiring, we know this isn’t goodbye—we’ll surely see Laura and her husband, Scott, around Habitat, because that’s who they are: people who live with service in their hearts. 💐 Laura, you will always be a cherished part of our Habitat family!

Community, cornhole, and cheeseburgers (Swensons Drive-In Restaurants, of course!) — that’s how we celebrated our incredible team before the holidays ahead. 💙❄️ We took time to honor this hardworking group that shows up with heart and dedication every single day to expand access to affordable housing in our community. So thankful for each and every one of them!

🎙️ This morning at 9:00 a.m., our CEO Beth Lechner will chat with Pam Cook on News-Talk 1480 WHBC about Habitat's work to meet the growing need for affordable housing in our community. Tune in to join this important conversation!

We’re so grateful for the inspiring women who joined together for this year’s #WomenBuild to help make a dream come true—Jessica and her daughters are #HomefortheHolidays! 🩷🎄 With festive decor, a heartfelt welcome from the City of Massillon Mayor, and plenty of hugs (and tears!) from those who built alongside Jessica, we passed the keys and celebrated a new beginning. #WelcomeHome

It’s official—the papers are signed and Brittany's family is #HomefortheHolidays! 🏡🎄 Brittany worked tirelessly alongside many hands and hearts to bring her dream of homeownership to life. So #WelcomeHome to a Christmas season filled with joy, love, and the start of many happy memories in your family’s new home. 💚 Thank you, James Hardie, for raising these walls side by side with Brittany and providing your products to keep her family safe and warm this winter and every winter!