WELCOME

Preserve Our Home connects you to valuable resources for your family and home to live healthy, successful lives. We provide information and links to organizations in your area that can help with free or reduced cost food, household goods, home maintenance, energy savings assistance, mortgage & financial counseling and more.

Each local organization has their own requirements so check their web site for details. We provide this information as a community service. However, it is the responsibility of the homeowner to learn about each organizations opportunities. Thank you and we hope you find this site a valuable resource.
Home Maintenance

A BRUSH WITH KINDNESS

HOME RESTORATION & REPAIR

Habitat for Humanity’s A Brush with Kindness program serves low-income homeowners who struggle to maintain their homes. A Brush with Kindness ensures that families live in safe and well-maintained homes. The program is designed to revitalize the appearance of neighborhoods, encourage connections within the community, and most importantly, help preserve affordable housing stock.
Find Habitat for Humanity affiliates with A Brush with Kindness at the link below.Home resources

A Brush with Kindness

COMMUNITY ACTION

ENERGY ASSISTANCE & WEATHERPROOFING

Community Action Agencies (CAAs) are nonprofit private and public organizations established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Community Action Agencies help people to help themselves in achieving self-sufficiency. Each CAA is governed locally and provides a different mix of programs and services. However, many progams provide homeowers with energy assistance and weatherization services. Find a program in your community at the link below.

Community Action Partnership

HEALTH RESOURCES

FIND AN AFFORDABLE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
Federally-funded health centers care for you, even if you have no health insurance. You pay what you can afford, based on your income. Health centers provide:
  • checkups when you're well
  • treatment when you're sick
  • complete care when you're pregnant
  • immunizations and checkups for your children
  • dental care and prescription drugs for your family
  • mental health and substance abuse care if you need it
  • health centers are in most cities and many rural areas.
Click below to find a health center near you.

HABITAT RESTORE

HOME IMPROVEMENT THRIFT STORES

Habitat ReStores are outlets that accept and sell donated home improvement goods. While every ReStore is a little different, most focus on building materials, furniture, home accessories, and appliances. These donated goods are sold to the general public at a fraction of the retail price to help local affiliates fund the construction of Habitat homes within their communities. ReStores provide an environmentally and socially responsible way to keep good, reusable materials out of the waste stream and simultaneously provide funding for all of Habitat’s community improvement work. If you want to shop or if you have materials to donate, please contact your local ReStore below. Home improvement resources

U.S. Restores

FINANCIAL/MORTGAGE COUNSLING AGENCIES

FORECLOSURE PREVENTION HELP

HUD-approved housing counseling agencies are available to provide you with the information and assistance you need to avoid foreclosure. HUD sponsors housing counseling agencies throughout the country that can provide advice on buying a home, renting, defaults, foreclosures, and credit issues.

Foreclosure prevention counseling services are provided free of charge by nonprofit housing counseling agencies working in partnership with the Federal Government. There is no need to pay a private company for these services.
Select from a list of housing counseling agencies for each state below at the link below. Home repair resources

HUD Approved Counseling Agencies

FREE CYCLE NETWORK

GIVE & GET STUFF

The Freecycle Network™ is a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Membership is free. To sign up and find your local community click on the link below. Home Resource Home Maintenance

freecycle.org

GENERAL THRIFT STORE

GENERAL THRIFT STORE

The local Salvation Army Family Store is full of great values and bargain prices on clothing, furniture, household goods, sporting equipment, books, electronics and much more.

The Salvation Army Family Stores support men and women participating in the Adult Rehabilitation Center program. That means that the bargains you find for yourself also help others by reclaiming lives and healing families. Your neighbors and community benefit, too.

Follow the link to find a Family Store near you.

Salvation Army Family Store

FEEDING AMERICA

FREE FOOD

If you need food, Feeding America can help you locate emergency food assistance services in your community. Every food recipient is treated with dignity and respect. The call is free. The food is free.


Please note that many food banks do not provide direct food assistance to families and individuals, but do provide food to soup kitchens, food pantries and shelters. Your local food bank can refer you to soup kitchens and food pantries in your area. These community agencies provide direct food assistance. Locate the Feeding America food bank that serves your local community below.

Feeding America Food Bank

GOODWILL

HOME AND CLOTHING THRIFT STORE

Goodwill stores feature gently used and new items that are bargains for smart shoppers.
They offer the basics — jeans, business attire, infant and children’s clothing, housewares and appliances, furniture and more — at a great value.

When you shop at Goodwill®, you are supportingprograms for people with disabilities and other disadvantages.
Find Goodwill® stores in your community or shop online at shopgoodwill.com.

Goodwill Store Locator

BANKING SERVICES

JOIN A CREDIT UNION
Credit unions are not-for-profit financial institutions. They offer many of the same products and services as banks—including savings and checking accounts, loans, ATMs and online banking—but there are also big differences that can save you money. Credit unions are owned and controlled by their members, not profit-driven shareholders. That means the average credit union can offer better rates and lower fees. Learn about joining a credit union today!
Find a credit union near you at the link below.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

MAKING HOMES MORE
ENERGY EFFICIENT

Learn ways to save energy and use clean, renewable technologies at home, while driving and at work. Start saving energy and money at home today. Home resources


Energy Savers

LEGAL HELP

LEGAL ASSISTANCE

LawHelp helps low and moderate income people find free legal aid programs in their communities, and answers to questions about their legal rights. LawHelp is your gateway to America's nonprofit legal aid providers.

Find legal assistance in your state

RESTAURANT.COM

RESTAURANT DEALS

Restaurant.com serves as the community matchmaker, introducing great restaurants to great people.

From appetizers to dessert, from wine to dinner, restaurant.com helps restaurant owners promote the new and unique aspects of their restaurants while providing diners with great value in a fun, new and cost effective way.

We provide certificates for literally thousands of great restaurants – many of them right in your neighborhood – that bring you the fun and pleasure of eating out while spending less.

Find a restaurant with a great value near you.

Restaurant.com

ELDERCARE LOCATOR

FIND SENIOR SERVICES

The Eldercare Locator is a nationwide service that connects older Americans and their caregivers with information on senior services. The goal is to provide users with the information and resources they need that will help older persons live independently and safely in their homes and communities for as long as possible.

These senior services include: Adult Day Care,
Caregiver Programs, Elder Abuse Prevention Programs, Financial Assistance, Home Health Services, Home Repair, Home Modification, Information and Referral/Assistance Information Services, Legal Assistance, Nutrition Services, Personal Care, Respite Care, Senior Housing Options,Senior Center Programs, Transportation and Volunteer Services.

Click on the link below to find the senior service agencies in your community or call 1-800-677-1116.

Eldercare Locator

GROUPON

GOOD DEALS NEAR YOU

Groupon features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy.

Sign up and find deals near you.

groupon.com

COUPON CABIN

BIG STORE SAVINGS

If you’re looking for the best deals on the web, you’ve come to the right place.

At CouponCabin.com, we spend our days working directly with our merchant partners to create exclusive online coupon codes that you won’t find anywhere else.

We also search tens of thousands of consumer emails, online forums, blogs, merchant sites each week and even the Sunday newspaper to create a true one-stop-shop for savings.

couponcabin.com

ONCE UPON A CHILD

KIDS STUFF

We know you want the best for your family: quality, value, and kids stuff that is safe. Once Upon A Child buys and sells gently used kids clothing, toys and baby gear offering you the opportunity to recycle your children?s nearly new items and get paid on the spot.

Find a store near you.

Once Upon A Child




REBUILDING TOGETHER

HOME MODIFICATION & REPAIR

Rebuilding Together is a nonprofit which works to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities. RT has a network of more than 200 affiliates providing free rehabilitation and critical repairs to the homes of low-income Americans.

Rebuilding Together believes we can preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities by providing free home modifications and repairs, making homes safer, more accessible, and more energy efficient. Click on the link below.


Rebuilding Together

CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU NEED?

PHONE 211

2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their community.

While services that are offered through 2-1-1 vary from community to community, 2-1-1 provides callers with information about and referrals to human services for every day needs and in times of crisis.


To find if your community has a 211 number click on the link below.

211 Service Locator

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

How far you go in life dwepends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving andtolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.

DIY DO IT YOURSELF

HOW TO RESOURCES

This section below will provide you with home improvement and maintenance links that give do it yourself advice on fixing and maintaining your home.

Note: You should always consult and use a professional if you are unsure of what you are attempting to do.

THIS OLD HOUSE

Check out Ask This Old House for how to and repair advice. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by viewers.

DIY NETWORK

The diynetwork.com features step by step instructions for thousands of home improvement projects, including 55,000 resources and over 10,000 short-form videos.

The website also has a robust offering of video tips, an interactive program guide, episode finder, message boards, blogs, and more. Just click on any one of the main home improvement topic pages to get your project started.

HOMETIME

Our aim is - and always has been - to help homeowners acheive professional-looking results from their home improvement projects. On Hometime, we tackle everything from landscaping, painting, and kitchen facelifts to managing new construction and major additions to older houses.

Hometime the TV show that's been on PBS for twenty-three years in commercial syndication for eight years - is also your best source for home improvement information on the web.

We've got hundreds of pages of How-to-Articles and a growing library of How-To Streaming Video Clips.

MOTHER THERESA

We cannot do great things in this world, we can only do little things with great love.

ABOUT

Preserve Our Home serves families seeking resources to maintain their homes. You or perhaps someone you know such as a friend, neighbor, parent or grandparent may be struggling to keep their home in a livable condition.

Many forces play a role in putting the squeeze on homeowners. Illness, age, disability, change in marital status, unemployment are among the challenges that can face homeowners.

Today, many homeowners live in under resourced financial circumstances. When basic family expenses exceed income month after month, home maintenance is the usual casualty.

Homeowners often must choose between paying for medication, food, taxes, and basic utilities. Y
ears of deferred maintenance can cause a downward spiral of home deterioration and unsafe living conditions.
Preserve Our Home is dedicated to helping homeowners by providing links to organizations that provide goods and services in the area's of home repair, accessability renovations, do it yourself resources, financial and mortgage counseling and energy saving helps at no cost or an affordable price.

We also provide links to low cost food options as well as thrift stores that provide household items at reasonable prices.

Preserve Our Home, LLC is a service enterprise that connects people to resources to help them continue to live in safe, decent home. Please visit the linked organizations websites for a full description of their services and requirements.

For more information please email us at
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON

You can never do a kindness too soon for you never know how soon it will be too late.

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