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Above: Brittany Carpenter, Proud Owner of House #35 (May 27, 2025)

Above: Celebrating 35 Tahlequah Habitat homes built in 35 years!

Above: Raising the first wall of House #35 in October 2024.

OSU Medical Students Volunteer

Above: Shout out to OSU Medical students who spent one morning in July helping our Tahlequah Area Restore Rack frame the new donation bin and add siding to the donation bay. These improvements will help us keep donations of clothing, shoes, and accessories protected from exposure to the weather, animals, and theft. Proceeds from the purchases of donations support affordable homeownership in Cherokee County.

First Annual Youth Lego Build

On July 13, 2024, Tahlequah Habitat hosted the first Youth Lego Build Competition. Contestants were given 1 hour to build a safe sturdy home for their mini-figurine.

After much deliberation from the judges, Master Builder Certificates and Lego Gift Cards were awarded to Carter Hatley, Cohltrane McDowell and Anderson Hatley. The Grand Champion was awarded to Jude Vance who showed extra kindness to his neighbors.

All of our contestants put maximum effort into building their best Lego homes. We are proud of them all and look forward to another Youth Lego Build next year!

Above: Lego Build Grand Champion, Jude Vance

Above: House #34, June 2024

New Equpment for TAHFH

Above: Leadership Tahlequah Class XXVI held several fundraisers including a bowling tournament and a duck race raising over $18,500 towards purchasing a mini-excavator. Members of the class have also collectively given 368+ volunteer hours. Adding this equipment will mean we can keep more digging and dirt work in-house. This is a savings we can pass on to future Habitat Homeowners. We couldn't be more excited and grateful for the support of Leadership Tahlequah Leadership Class XXVI and our community.

Leadership Class Bowling Tournament

Above: The bowling balls were rolling and the pins flying thanks to our friends at Leadership Tahlequah Class XXVI! They hosted a bowling tournament on February 27-28 and March 1, 2024, at Thunder Bowl Lanes to help us raise money for our dream machine - a mini-excavator that will be a game-changer for our work.

GALENTINE'S MAKE AND TAKE WORKSHOP, FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Above: Best friends Sakura Walker (left) and Jessica Jetton (right) help each other add "whipped topping" to their dessert candle at the Tahlequah Habitat Restore during a candle making class. The candles were made out of a gel candle wax and the topping was whipped in a standard mixer and then added to the top through a piping bag. The ReStore offers many do it yourself projects for people of all ages and is located at 17165 W Mud Valley Road in Tahlequah.