Pick-Up Team Members Needed

We are getting so many calls for donations that we need more folks on our donation pick up team!  We provide the truck and trailer, and an experienced person for you to ride with.  We cover a large area, day by day, responding to calls from folks just like yourself who have furniture to donate…

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Upcoming Events at Habitat

Brewery, Wine Tasting, Dancing and more. Help to support Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity in many different ways! Come Watch Dancing with the Lakes Area Stars Thursday, March 12th 5:30-10pm at the Drummond Winery $40 per person, cash bar, heavy appetizers Contact Ruth Ann Veith with questions, to buy tickets or sponsorship opportunities. Did you…

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Meet Lisa!

“We can’t wait to stay in our “forever” home and not have to move from place to place” As a parent, we dream we can give our children a better life than yourself and Lisa Dubray is no different. Her dream to give her children a stable platform of a stable home, has been a…

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Andy, Marshall and Harley Fry

Andy, Marshall and Harley Fry are partnering with Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity to build STABILITY, SECURITY AND SELF-RELIANCE. “I love my dad but I really look forward to the day when I don’t have to share a bedroom with him”. Harley Fry’s words above are really simple on the surface but goes to the…

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Travis and Mary Svoboda

Travis and Mary Svoboda are partnering with Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity to build STABILITY, SECURITY AND SELF-RELIANCE. They are anxious to have bedrooms for everyone, to have a place for all to sleep, to be warm and safe. Travis & Mary know how to get-by. They’ve managed to raise 6 children including 4 adopted…

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Partner Families

Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity is so excited to share the families selected to partner with us. They are: Jeremy and Brianna Engholm and their 3 children, Park Rapids Dale, Katie and Anthony Johnson, Faith Build Baxter Lisa DuBray and her 5 children, Crosby Travis and Mary Svoboda and their 6 children Andy Fry and…

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Jeremy and Breanna Engholm

Jeremy and Breanna are partnering with Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity to build STABILITY, SCEURITY AND SELF-RELIANCE. “The Journey of Hope, never give up, it will get better” -The Engholm family Their new home on Timbers Drive in Park Rapids will be the beginning of a new chapter for the Jeremy and Breanna Engholm family.…

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Dale and Katie Johnson

Dale and Katie Johnson are partnering with Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity to build SAFETY, SECURITY AND SELF-RELIANCE. “We now have hope and are looking forward to our future as Habitat for Humanity homeowners.” Like any good parents, Dale and Katie want their son to be happy and safe. The Brainerd couple and their 17-year…

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Brandt Family

“We want to spend more time with mom!” Those are words every single parent understands…and struggles to find ways to make a reality. That certainly is the case for Tiffany who is raising 5 very active children, ranging in ages from 1 to 15. Tiffany’s life has been a journey through challenges.  She tells of…

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McMillan-Hintz Family

“We want to stop the cycle of dysfunction from our childhood and give our children a better life” Dysfunction, drugs and alcohol, not the desired environment to live out your childhood. Unfortunately, that was the case for Chad and Renee. Raising 7 kids is no easy task and Chad and Renee are working hard to…

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