About Us

Seeking to put God’s love in action

Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
Across Kentucky, Habitat affiliates are serving over 200 low-income families annually through new construction, rehabs, critical home repairs and ‘Love Your Neighborhood’ projects, which can include partnerships with churches, law enforcement, neighborhood leaders and youth and community groups.

Meet our Board

Lyle S. Hanna

President
Lexington, KY

Darrell Maynard

Treasurer
Pikeville, KY

Heath Duncan

Secretary
Madisonville, KY

Jim Watkins

Past President
Louisville, KY

Marilyn S. Harris

At Large Member
Louisville, KY

Ben Cook

At Large Member
Louisville, KY

Andrew Isaacs

At Large Member
Lexington, KY

Dale Sights

At Large Member
Henderson, KY

Brenda Weaver

At Large Member
Lexington, KY

Rick Vance

General Counsel
Louisville, KY

Mary Shearer

Executive Director
Louisville, KY

Mom is Esther McMillan, who grew up very poor in a family with 7 children. Her extended family has also been involved with the build from the beginning. During this time, Esther’s Dad passed away unexpectedly, and was buried in his Thrivent t-shirt. KHFH actually uses this family quite frequently for their advertising. Dad is Dustin Smith, who has some health issues. Because of this, Esther and Dustin had to be very particular about the location where their home was to be built. Esther and Dustin have a son named Christian, who is 7 years old.

This family is very involved in Habitat for Humanity. They have faced obstacle after obstacle with this home, and still manage to stay positive. They are on the job site whenever possible, and have helped with other builds, as well. KHFH requires 350 hours of sweat equity before a family can move into their home. This family logged over 500 hours before their build even started.

The home is located on Brown Street in Berea. They partnered up with Thrivent Builds and several local churches to build this home in July 2018. Esther, Dustin, and Christian will be awarded this home, which will meet HUD requirements, at 0% interest. Since a normal build only takes 4 to 6 months, their goal was to be finished by December 2018. Around late September or early October, the foundation partially collapsed on their home. Luckily, the infrastructure of the home was not compromised, and they were able to shore the foundation up so construction could continue in the meantime.

They have tried several avenues to get the foundation fixed, from contacting the company who poured the foundation, to filing the claim with insurance. Insurance denied the claim. The churches in this small community have already given so much to this project, that they just can’t spare any more. The project will cost about $8000 to fix. Obviously, the weather has not been cooperating to speed the completion of this home. They have set the new finish date for Esther, Dustin, and Christian’s Forever Home for the end of April 2019.

 

Jessica Ball, Funding Coordinator

Habitat For Humanity of Madison & Clark Counties
Our new partner is a disabled, single mother with a teenage son.  She has been actively pursuing getting a Habitat home for several years since her divorce.  Saving money for a home and seeing that her son kept up academics and pursuit of music has been her priorities over the last several years but she never gave up hope that she would one day have a home to call her own.
Public housing has been her only viable living accommodations until the day the Family Selection Committee came for a home visit.  It was then that her dream of a home was becoming a reality!  The location of her home is across the street from where she lives in public housing so she has been able to keep an eye on the progress of her home daily.
She has put in sweat equity hours by efficiently doing office work at our local affiliate here in Hopkinsville, completing a massive mail out for an annual fundraising project.  She and her family also helped paint the entire home over the course of three days! Her positive attitude and genuine smile makes her a delight to work with.

 

Cindy Rawlins

HCCHFH Office Manager

The Habitat home they are currently funding for is an energy efficient 3 bedroom home for single Dad, Adam. Adam is Dad to two children, ages 8 and 11.  He works for a company called Crown Stair. The owner of the company stopped into the Habitat office about a year ago inquiring on an application for one of his employees. Adam has faithfully worked for Crown Stair for almost 19 years! He is very well though of at his workplace. 

Habitat is very excited that a home is being awarded for such a great guy, that his company wanted to start the application process for him. The entire company wants to help build Adam’s Habitat home for him. The planned start date on Adams home is, well, as soon as the winter weather breaks.  This will be Habitat Home #40 in Scott County! The estimated funds needed for this home is $88,000.00.

 

Amy Preston, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity Scott & Bourbon Counties

Habitat for Humanity and Chapel Hill Church have teamed up to build ramps for qualifying Veterans and Veterans widows. It is a win-win whereas Habitat for Humanity has the ability to help gain funding for the project, but they just don’t have the workforce to carry out the work.  Chapel Hill Church has the workforce, but not the funds. They have volunteers ready to go, but are still in need of funding.

To qualify, the person receiving the ramp must be at or below 60% of the average median income for Henderson. They also require Honorable Discharge papers in the form of a DD214. Currently, they are in need of funds to assist a man who is not only a Veteran of the Armed Forces, but is also a retired Police Officer. They would love to be able to raise $3500-$4000.  The ramps vary in cost, depending on the length needed, but this money would build many much needed ramps this year.

 

Britney Smith, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Henderson, Kentucky

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