Habitat for Humanity Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Patty Bacon meets Johathan Reckford, Habitat for Humanity's CEO at the National Leadership Conference and 30th Anniversary Celebration in August 2006.

Habitat for Humanity formed in Americus, Ga., in 1976. In its first 25 years of existence, Habitat completed 100,000 homes. Over the last five years, Habitat has completed more than 100,000 additional homes around the world, building at the rate of completing one home every 24 minutes. The organization’s 200,000th home was completed in Knoxville, Tenn., in August 2005. This home’s dedication represented one million people living in Habitat housing worldwide.