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Please Welcome Habitat for Humanity’s Newest Silt Partner Families

Meet Lisa Gurule and her sons Noah, 18 and Quinton, 9.

Lisa works at the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder Office in Rifle. She began this essential career path after years of struggling with underemployment. She worked hard to earn her GED, which allowed her to advance to her current position. In 2012, Lisa and her family moved to Silt and she is excited to finally be able to purchase a home in the community she loves.

Lisa is the proud parent of five children and four grandchildren. Her youngest son Quinton is a student at the Two Rivers Community School and Noah will be attending the prestigious Colorado School of Mines this fall, where he will be studying Petroleum Engineering with the goal of an overseas career.

A Habitat for Humanity home will provide long term stability for the Gurule family, a place they can gather together for years to come.

Meet Renae & Joshua May and their daughters Erin, 10 and KayLynn 7.

This local hard-working couple meet at and graduated from Rifle High School. With two young daughters, this family was hit especially hard by the economic downturn. They felt like they were on the right track; purchasing an older mobile home, steady jobs, and systematically saving. With the building economy gone, their savings was quickly wiped out, they were forced to declare bankruptcy in 2012. This tough lesson has helped this family become even stronger and focus on their families true needs not wants.

Everyday at work, at the front desk of the Garfield County Housing Authority, Renae sees the enormous need for affordable housing in our communities. When being interviewed this couple explained, “we know there are families that are struggling more than our family, and we are ok to be renters forever; but receiving a hand-up, not a hand-out through Habitat will allow us to achieve our dream of homeownership.”

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  • Address:
  • 1465 Ballard Ave
  • Silt, CO 81652
  • USA
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In Support of Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley
Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley partners with local families who otherwise would not be able to afford a home of their own, through conventional means. We build homes in partnership with local families in need of a hand-up, not a hand-out.  The wide gap between our high resort area cost of living (especially for housing) and the actual rural community wages makes it difficult to retain teachers, and essential personnel within our area- all who hold jobs that are key to the well being of our children and community, but cannot afford to live close to where they work. 

Our local Habitat has been building homes with lower income families for almost 20 years,  but we have become increasingly aware of the acute need for housing for the middle income workers who provide vital services to our community.  This is what brought about an extraordinary collaboration with the Roaring Fork School District, Pitkin County, and the Town of Basalt to build the Basalt Vista Housing Partnership- located behind Basalt High School- which provided 27 affordable homes.   Our current development is Wapiti Commons located in South Rifle.  We have started construction on 20 affordable homes consisting of  ten 3-bedroom townhomes and two  3-bedroom condos for families, and eight 1-bedroom condos for older adults or small families.  Our next development will be homes in Glenwood Springs so please watch for details on our website.

Habitat for Humanity is a movement of people who build more than houses. By bringing homeowners together with volunteers, donors, community leaders, foundations, and other supporters we are building stable families, safe neighborhoods, and caring communities. 
YOUR GIFT MATTERS

$50

Purchase a gallon of paint.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

$100

Purchase a kitchen sink.

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$250

Purchase a bathtub/shower.

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$500

Paint the interior of a home.

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$1,000

Purchase the lighting package for a home.

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$2,500

Help purchase windows for a home.

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$5,000

Purchase a truss package to help support the roof over a family.

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