Resident Youth Recognized for Service
The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Macon Area Habitat for Humanity recognized volunteer Jennifer Gagne at their August meeting. Jennifer has logged over 400 hours since 2013 as the Lynmore Estates Web Manager. Jennifer served as the reporter, photographer, and writer for the South Macon neighborhood’s web page. She is a 2015 graduate of Central High School. This fall, she will be attending Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut on a full scholar
Training for Service in Lynmore Estates
Carrie Redmond and Dr. Sundra Woodford were commissioned on Saturday, August 17, 2015 at the Macon-Bibb Government Center following the Shalom Training held from May 30 – August 15, 2015. Shalom is a community-development model that provides training in how congregations and communities can work together in seeking health, wholeness and well-being. Lynmore Estates is one of nine ShalomZones in Macon-Bibb, Georgia. Several Lynmore Estates (LE) residents participated in the t
End of School Ice Cream Celebration 2015
With summer temperatures resting high in the nineties most week days, a bowl of ice cream couldn’t hurt anybody. Friday, June 26, 2015, Macon Area Habitat for Humanity partnered with Lynmore Estates community leaders and the Harrison Road Walmart to host the neighborhood’s second End of School Ice Cream Celebration, since last year. With an increase in attendance this year, the table was stocked with bowls, cones, ice cream, and toppings galore thanks to the Harrison Road Wal
Come Get the Scoop on Lynmore Estates!
Friday, June 26, 2015, Macon Area Habitat for Humanity will be hosting an ice cream social celebrating the end of the academic school year. Come out and enjoy some free ice cream start at 1pm at Southside Baptist Church’s Southside Family Life and Learning Center! #icecream #lynmoreestates #maconareahabitatforhumanity #endofschool #southsidebaptistchurch
Law Clinic Comes to Lynmore Estates
Macon Area Habitat for Humanity partnered with Georgia Legal Services Program and Martin Snow, LLP Attorneys at Law to sponsor a legal clinic in Lynmore Estates on May 19, 2015 at the Southside Family Life and Learning Center. Residents were given the opportunity to meet face-to-face with lawyers specializing in bankruptcy/creditor’s rights; taxation; wills; trusts; probate and estate planning; family law; real estate law; corporate law; criminal law; and cyber bullying/cybe
Students Build a “Habitat” for Dogs in Lynmore Estates – Saturday, March 7, 2015
Macon Area Habitat for Humanity (MAHFH) partnered with Mount de Sales Academy (MDS) students and families to construct dog houses for families in need in the Lynmore Estates neighborhood. Five resident families of the Lynmore Estate neighborhood received the newly constructed dog houses Saturday, March 7, 2015. Students and their families met at Southside Baptist Church at 4162 Roy Avenue, to assemble the dog houses. MDS staff member, Tony Barham, pre-cut the wood donated b
Ringling Bros Built to Amaze!
Media Contact: Jillian Kaplan, publicist Spotlight Event Marketing 641-682-2841 / cell: 641-777-1052 jillian@spotlightpr.com RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY® PRESENTS BUILT TO AMAZE HOSTS AN AMAZING TOOL DRIVE TO HELP MACON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY KEEP BUILDING! WHO: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® performers, Asia the painting pachyderm, and the Macon Habitat for Humanity. WHAT: An Amazing Tool Drive for the Macon Habitat for Humanity ReStore. WHEN: Wednesday, January 28
Lynmore Estates Neighborhood Cleanup November 15th
This Saturday, don't miss out on Lynmore Estate's fall cleanup day hosted by the Macon Area Habitat for Humanity! #lynmoreestates #neighborhoodcleanup #maconareahabitatforhumanity
Future Homeowners Neighborhood Cleanup
Traveling the ten streets that are Lynmore Estates, future Habitat for Humanity home owners partook in a neighborhood cleanup of Lynmore Estates Saturday, April 26, from 10am to noon. #neighborhoodcleanup #maconareahabitatforhumanity #futureresidents #lynmoreestates
Habitat Project Targets Blighted Homes in Lynmore Estates
Crews demolished both Thursday morning in the opening salvo of Macon Area Habitat for Humanity’s “Blight Out of Sight” program. For five years, Habitat has been working to improve the area, also known as the Peach Orchard. Mercer University students conducting a service-learning project determined that of the 399 homes in this neighborhood, 118 are blighted. “Our plan is to try and get up to 85 structures removed by the end of this decade,” said Harold Tessendorf, executive d
