The 2023 Light More Homes Christmas Celebration to benefit Macon Area Habitat for Humanity kicks off on Thursday, November 16 at 5:30pm in Mercer Village. The display is hosted by Mercer University, and made possible by our generous presenting sponsor, Live@Lofts. “Macon Habitat is excited to celebrate the kick-off of Light More Homes this Christmas season. We will also celebrate our 4^th year at Mercer and are so grateful for their support of Light More Homes and the mission of Habitat in our community,” said Chuck Hammock, AH&P partner, light display designer, and Macon Area Habitat for Humanity board member. The display will consist of a canopy of lights, arches and snow in Mercer Village, and Candy Cane Lane that stretches around Stadium Drive. Local middle, high-school and college students set the lights to music through the Chick-fil-A Programming Contest.

Macon Habitat invites the community to the Light More Homes kick-off event on Thursday, November 16 at 5:30pm in Mercer Village. We will announce the winners of the Chick-fil-A Programming Contest and count down to the official start of Light More Homes 2023 with volunteers, Habitat homeowners, and event sponsors. The kick-off event will have activities for the whole family and festive drinks at participating restaurants in Mercer village.

Macon Area Habitat for Humanity’s Light More Homes annual Christmas light display brings joy to thousands each year and helps us literally "light more homes" by raising funds to build homeownership opportunities in Macon-Bibb and Jones Counties. MAHFH is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, an ecumenical Christian housing ministry devoted to ending substandard housing across the globe. Houses are built using volunteer labor and in-kind donations and then sold to partner families at no-interest and no-profit. MAHFH was founded in Macon, Georgia in 1986, and has served 130 families through homeownership programs.

2023 Light More Homes sponsors include: Live@Lofts, Mercer University, Chick-fil-A, OrthoGeorgia, Roland Abbott and DeZoort Insurance, LLC, Allstate Electrical Contractors, Margarita’s in Mercer Village, Andrews Hammock and Powell Inc., IFT, Sheridan Construction, The Macon Civic Club’s presentation of Backstage Pass, Jag’s Pizzeria and Pub, BTBB Inc., Raffield Tire Master, MidSouth Community Federal Credit Union, Tidwell and Hillburn Insurance, United Rentals, and Wintergreen Corporation, Terracon, Donaldson Garrett and Associates, Inc. 

Light More Homes would not be possible each year without the help of over 300 volunteers. 2023 volunteers included Pactiv Evergreen, the Mercer women’s and men’s lacrosse team, students from the Mercer Computer Science program, Len Register, Conn Fountain, James Menke and Innovative Fiber Technology Company, United Rentals, Andrews, Hammock and Powell Inc., and many individual Mercer students who wanted to lend a hand this year.