Bringing the whole community together to promote love, health, and stability through a new home.
An annual Event…
As ambitious as this sounds, Home in a Month is a project designed to build an entire home for a family in our community in just one month.
Not only is this a huge event for our area, but something everyone in the community can become involved in. We need four things to accomplish this task:
1.) Prayers for the community, volunteers, and homeowners
2.) Partnerships with the churches in the community
3.) Volunteers to participate in many levels of the project process
4.) Generosity via donations of money and supplies. Stay tuned for build details and forthcoming fundraisers.
Volunteer Opportunities
The salazar home in a month 2024
The Home in a Month of 2024 was the replacement of a 40-year-old pier and beam home for the Salazar family. Nora Salazar had ordered the bones of her old home out of catalog over 40 years ago. She lives with her youngest daughter Victoria and two grandchildren, Hannah and Rylinn. Nora is retired after working for many years at Dripping Springs ISD. Victoria works at the school district as well and both grandchildren attend DSISD schools. Nora’s middle daughter, Melissa reached out to Hometown Missions in 2021 about the issues with the bathroom at her mom’s home. After Hometown Missions assessment and recognizing the conditions of the old home would be difficult to repair, the Salazars were informed that a new replacement home would be built as a Home in a Month project. In the late spring of 2024 200 plus volunteers, community businesses, and other vital partners constructed a 3 bedroom, one and half bath home for this beautiful and loving family.
The zapata home in a month 2023
The Home in a Month of 2023 was the replacement of a 50-year-old mobile home for the Zapata family. Orlando and Rachael Zapata had lived in their old home with their youngest daughter, a recent graduate of DSHS, and three grandchildren. Rachael had lived in this home every day since she was brought home from the hospital after being born. This old home had outlived its ability to provide safe and healthy housing for this family. With failing electrical systems, septic issues, and fifty plus years of Texas elements breaking down the home, help was needed for these longtime residents of Dripping Springs.
2021 Inaugural Home in a Month
Tireless volunteers worked onsite, numerous supporters generously donated funds and materials, churches provided lunches, and pastors prayed over projects. The Dripping Springs community came together in a big way to help our neighbors, change lives, nurture community, and build a wonderful home for the Acosta family.
Roy and Louisa Acosta have lived in Dripping Springs for decades, raised multiple generations, and are contributing members of the community. Our inaugural Home in a Month was a huge success!
200+
volunteers
23
local businesses
253
contributors and donors
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