In May 2025, a staff member of West Tuality Habitat went through an extraordinary experience: she participated in Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village program in Paraguay. She wrote about her experience in a blog for our web site.

Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village program mobilizes volunteers to work with local communities to address housing needs around the world. The Global Village program addresses specific local challenges, fosters community development and promotes sustainable solutions worldwide, as well as helping volunteers become advocates for Habitat’s vision where everyone has a decent place to live. volunteers in this program learn more about the need for adequate housing around the world and the specific needs of a country where they will serve. Habitat is seeking people to become Global Village Team Leaders. Candidates need to be from organized groups, such as university classes or clubs, social clubs, communities of faith, volunteers or staff from local Habitat affiliates, employees from a company, etc. Candidates take the Global Village online trainings and then lead their organized group of co-workers, club members, students, congregation members or other association on a Global Village program trip abroad. Our blog has more information.

At the start of May, West Tuality Habitat hosted members of Just Create Community, who visited the Forest Grove ReStore to learn more about Habitat for Humanity’s work in general and its history, West Tuality Habitat’s work specifically, and how the ReStore supports the work of our Habitat affiliate serving Western Washington County, Oregon.

Community members turned out to support West Tuality Habitat for Humanity this year at our "Keys to Hope" Benefit Dinner & Auction on April 26, 2025 at the Forest Grove Senior & Community Center. Attendees enjoyed an amazing dinner, wine and desserts; play games; bid on some valuable and often unique items, such as an intricate wooden egg creation hand-carved and painted by Forest Grove artist Pat Truax; and participated in a raffle to win a beautiful hand-made quilt with the theme of home, created and donated by a group here in our community who call themselves the “Pilates Latte Ladies”. Read more about the evening and view photos!

This tax season, we invite you to designate all or part of your refund to Habitat for Humanity through the Oregon Charitable Checkoff. It's easy! This blog explains how it works. Your support goes beyond bricks and mortar; it opens the door to prosperity and resiliency and fosters a sense of belonging for our neighbors and friends. Together, we can build homes, unlock stability and transform lives.