Volunteers build new Richmond Hill home
Educators and Habitat for Humanity collaborates to build home from the ground up
Staff members of the American Montessori Society and Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (c.) take a break from swinging hammers at Habitat NYC’s home build site in
Richmond Hill, Queens. Courtesy of AMS
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Staff from the American
Montessori Society’s (AMS)
New York City headquarters
on Aug. 1 joined Habitat for
Humanity NYC to help build a
home in Richmond Hill.
The American Montessori
Society’s team of volunteers
completed a variety of
construction tasks on a singlefamily
home being built from
the ground up at 101-64 132nd
St. It is the second Habitat
NYC home to be constructed
from the ground up in Queens
and is slated for completion by
year’s end.
“Volunteering with Habitat
NYC was an ideal way for us
to model behavior to the 16,000
educators who are members
of our organization,” said Dr.
Tim Purnell, the CEO of AMS.
“It also concretely exemplifies
our new organization mission:
‘Empowering humanity to
build a better world through
Montessori.’ We are honored to
support the work that Habitat
NYC is doing throughout the
five boroughs and look forward
to future collaborations.”
The American Montessori
Society in New York City
leads, empowers and serves
the global community of
Montessori educators as
the foremost advocate for
research and policy, ongoing
teacher education, and
standards of accreditation
through opportunities
for mentored individual
growth, collaboration, and
member engagement.
Underwriting the event
was Montessori Outlet, a
major provider of Montessori
learning materials and
furniture and a longtime
supporter of AMS.
“We thank the staff at AMS
for their dedication to Habitat
for Humanity. Montessori
Outlet takes community
involvement very seriously
and we look forward to
continuing our partnership
with AMS on these absolutely
amazing projects,” said Isabel
Orellana, general manager, of
Montessori Outlet, Inc.
Habitat for Humanity
NYC, founded in 1984 as
an independent affiliate
of Habitat for Humanity,
has served more than 1,200
families in the five boroughs
through home construction
and preservation.
“Habitat NYC is proud to
partner with AMS on this
build day. Partnerships with
education and community
groups is always important
to Habitat NYC because
through intersectionality of
our missions we are able to
provide quality homes for a
future family—improving
not only their lives but also
the greater community in
NYC,” said Chap James
Day, community giving and
operations manager, Habitat
NYC. “We are honored to have
an organization such as AMS,
that values education and
service, is with us today.”
City Councilwoman
Adrienne Adams showed her
support for the Habitat NYC
project and AMS by visiting
with the volunteers at the site,
located within Council District
28, which she represents.
“It is not enough to
acknowledge the need for
affordable housing during this
housing crisis, but the issue
must be readily addressed and
the Richmond Hill, Queens
service project implemented
by the American Montessori
Society and Habitat NYC
is doing just that,” Adams
said. “It is wonderful to see
people of all backgrounds
and neighborhoods come
together to build affordable
housing in our community.
I thank Habitat NYC and
The American Montessori
Society for their work in
my district, rehabilitating
homes and using these
affordable properties to
transform lives.”
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