For one lucky family, the Super Bowl will be more than just a chance to cheer for their favorite team. ...more

January 14, 2009

For one lucky family, the Super Bowl will be more than just a chance to cheer for their favorite team. It could mean a new home – the Champion's House – courtesy of Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. ...more

January 13, 2009

The week before Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa on Feb. 1, volunteers for Habitat for Humanity in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties will be eyeing a record of their own. They plan to start and finish five houses that week. One they will start on Super Bowl Sunday morning will be done by the time the game starts after 6 p.m., they say. ...more

December 2, 2008

The sound of hammers on nails and saws through wood filled the air in Grant Park this week as Habitat Hillsborough volunteers worked to finish a house in 14 days. ...more

October 14, 2008

The sound of nails being hammered and wood being sawed filled the air in Grant Park this week, as Habitat Hillsborough volunteers worked to build a house from slab in just 14 days. The effort is called a Blitz Build, said Ralph Jackson, executive director for the Hillsborough County Habitat for Humanity. The home is being built in memory of Suzie Hastings, the wife of one of the crew leaders who died from breast cancer in January, he said. ...more

October 13, 2008

Hillsborough County is providing nearly $1 million in cash and in-kind contributions to help Habitat for Humanity create a compact community for 25 low-income families. ...more

July 9, 2008