Serving Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park
Anne Marie Shannon is a Head Start and special needs school bus attendant for Prince William County Schools. She lives in her Manassas condo with her two school-age daughters.
Anne Marie’s heating and air conditioning unit hasn’t been working for over a year. Unable to afford a new unit, Anne Marie contacted Habitat for a hand-up. Habitat will be replacing the HVAC with a new unit and will also repair the leaky bathtub and two interior doors.
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Phase one of family partner Maria Schuller’s home repair wrapped up this weekend with some very productive work days by our fabulous volunteers.
On Thursday, June 26, volunteers Tarek Kalash, Don McCubbin, Maria Wilbur and Wesley Wright finished caulking and sealing the attic and blew in the insulation.
On Friday, June 27, volunteers Tarek Kalash, Jason Schwarzwalder, Dave Williams, Wesley Wright and Stanley Wright installed wall and ceili..
Our newest family partner, 77-year-old Cecelia Shepherd, moved into her Manassas Park home just after retiring 14 years ago. The fourth of nine children, Cecelia is no stranger to hard 
work as she grew up living and working on farms in Luray, Virginia. After moving to Northern Virginia, she worked for Safeway and A&P for 31 years.
Recently, Cecelia contacted Habitat to help her with some minor repairs. Habitat will be patching holes, repairi..
Habitat for Humanity, Micron and Project Mend-A-House at Maria Schuller’s
Manassas Park home repair on Friday, June 20.
On Friday, June 20, five employees from Home Crafter sponsor, Micron Technologies, Inc. —Kathy Fox, Joe Meditz, Brad Miller, Lisa Surgener and Dan Waits — helped Habitat insulate the attic and weatherize the crawl space at Maria’s Manassas Park Home. Two executives from Micron’s Tokyo and Hiroshima offices stopped by the wor..
On Thursday, June 19, 10 employees from Raise the Roof Sponsor ACI Worldwide volunteered at family partner, Maria Schuller’s Manassas Park home. ACI volunteers Pam Conner, Tella Fetters, Edwin Gomez, Janelle Gruber, Elliott Heapes, Jessica Santos, Natalie Schimmelbusch, Anita Van Der Merwe, Mandy Walters and Kachia Wright helped habitat install insulation and weatherize the crawl space.
In addition to all their hard work, the group brought a c..
Thursday volunteers (l-r): Peter Nixon, Heather McGettigan, Elizabeth McCaslin, Rev. Stanely Wright and Wesley Wright.
Thursday, June 12 through Saturday, June 14, volunteers Tara Bowen, Mike Gallagher, David Gross, Michael Marion, Elizabeth McCaslin, Heather McGettigan, Peter Nixon, Paul Whalen, Stanley Wright and Wesley Wright worked with Habitat to remediate the mold in Maria Schuller’s Manassas Park home. The prep work plus removing the..
On June 19 thousands of area residents will come together to create solutions to our community’s most pressing challenges by participating in Do More 24.
Last year, 12,000 Do More 24 donors contributed $1.3 million to more than 500 participating nonprofits. This year we hope to raise even more money for our community.
Powered by United Way of the National Capital Area, this innovative, 24-hour online fundraiser will raise much-needed funding..
Born and raised in Lynchburg, Va., Dorothy Obenchain and her late husband bought their Manassas Park home in 1954 with a $200 down payment. Sixty years and “a bunch of grandkids” later, Dorothy still lives in their beloved home where they raised four children.
Dorothy heard about Habitat’s home repair program through her gas bill insert and gave us a call for a hand-up. A wall in her home has water damage and is not stable, presenting a hazard...
On Saturday, June 7, volunteers from Bank of America: Jamie McLellan, Paul Tuppeny and Walter Walker;and Habitat volunteers Lynda Fullem, David Gross, Maggy Machado and Don McCubbin pitched in with the Georgetown Village Homeowners’ Association to paint the neighborhood curbs, paint the playground walls, pick up trash and cover/repair vandalism throughout the Woodbridge community.
Woodbridge district supervisor, Frank Principi, dropped b..
On Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6, volunteers Nathan Aubert, Tarek Kalash, Heather 
McGettigan (pictured) and Peter Nixon (pictured) worked with Habitat to finish up the repairs at the Choudry home.
Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped make the Choudry home repair project a huge success! We are so appreciative of your time and talent!
Please view the photo gallery. Thanks to the Choudry family for donating lunch.
Our next h..