A mother of two has moved into her new Habitat for Humanity home in Cornelius, Oregon, the first in West Tuality Habitat’s Rapid Homestead program. The home dedication event included West Tuality Habitat staff and volunteers, members of the new homeowners extended family, and Kari Summerall, a Residential Loan Officer from Banner Bank who assisted in helping with Leah’s mortgage.

Donaciano and Dora Dominguez , a local family that bought their first house through West Tuality Habitat for Humanity’s home ownership program in 2002, has paid off their mortgage and now owns their home outright. A celebration was held recently with the family, along with employees and volunteers from West Tuality Habitat and various local officials, friends and neighbors to rededicate the house and honor the family’s achievement.

Staff and volunteers at West Tuality Habitat, as well as many of our program participants, are mourning the loss Richard Kidd, who passed away last weekend. Executive Director Virginia Ohler offers her thoughts about the passing of this former West Tuality Habitat board member who took on a number of different roles with our affiliate and who was instrumental in initiating and managing numerous activities and partnerships.

Elected officials, people running for local office, representatives of various nonprofit and government programs, people working in construction, and other community members learned more about the impact of West Tuality Habitat for Humanity and were encouraged to put their faith and values into action to benefit their community at the 2024 Dream Builders Breakfast.

West Tuality Habitat for Humanity had a visit from Habitat for Humanity of Oregon colleagues last week, who wanted to see first hand why our home repair program is SO successful and high-performing, and a model not just for the state, but for all the USA. They observed a home assessment, saw how some simple changes to a home in Cornelius (changing out carpet to a hard surface floor, a fence along a public pathway that went along a homeowners yard, a new floor in a bathroom) transformed the lives of a family, got up close to our repair van and asked questions of our incredible home repair staff.