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Habitat for Humanity company history timeline

1976

The organization formed in 1976 to oversee and carry out these aspirations was called Habitat for Humanity.

1980

The 192-page Love in the Mortar Joints: The Story of Habitat for Humanity was the result, published by New Win Publishing in August 1980.

1984

In 1984, Former United States President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn took their first Habitat work trip, the Jimmy Carter Work Project, to New York City.

1985

In 1985, the movement spread to Canada with the first Canadian build in Winkler, Manitoba.

1993

Onward Christian Soldiers: 1993--97

As the 17th largest home builder in the United States in 1993, according to Builder magazine, Fuller wanted Habitat to rise to the top slot within three years.

1994

Accolades for Habitat came in 1994 when the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) named the organization as the Non-Profit Organization of the Year.

1995

Habitat also managed a one-million-plus mailing list, which grew with increased exposure, such as when Fuller was named Builder of the Year by Professional Builder magazine in 1995.

------, Home for the Holidays: Stories and Art Created for the Benefit of Habitat for Humanity, Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers Ltd., 1995.

1997

By 1997 Habitat had become the fourth largest homebuilder in the world and the nation's number one nonprofit homebuilder.

1999

1999: Millard is named one of the most influential homebuilders in the 20th century by Builder magazine.

2008

Habitat is ranked as the largest private homebuilder in the United States, according to Builder Magazine’s 2008 Builder 100 list.

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