Last month was filled with a number of wonderfully exciting activities here at Habitat. When we moved to our facility on Aprill Drive two years ago, we envisioned Habitat as a "HUB" of activity - opening our doors wide to homebuyers, volunteers, donors and shoppers - and we are seeing that vision become a reality.
Some of these recent activities included:
Habitat Home Dedication - We celebrated with Robert Kraft, the homebuyer and Doug Towner, the volunteer house leader as we dedicated our first rehab in 15 years!
Habitat Food Buyers Club - We met and distributed a truckload of food to individual homeowners in record time!
Habitat ReStore 2nd Anniversary Event - A great success with tons of new customers in the door and tons of inventory out the door!
Habitat Home Maintenance Class - 10 families attended a class on plumbing in our workshop.
Habitat Deconstruction Program - We have been contracted to do a number of projects, from replacing sidewalks to tearing down decks and are generating funds for more houses.
Habitat Rehab Program - Our rehab projects at 113 and 117 Miles Street are in full swing. The Garland Street rehab was just dedicated to partner family Robert Kraft. Work will begin on at least two more pre-owned homes in the coming weeks.
Habitat Home Construction - We have just received our Certificate of Occupancy on both the Good News House and the Thrivent Builds house on Firwood Street in Ypsilanti. The families will be moving in very soon.
Habitat Workshop - We welcomed more than 50 members of the American Institute of Architects, or AIA, at a conference they recently held in our workshop. The event was sponsored by Structural Design Inc. of Ann Arbor who generously donated the nearly $1,100 in event registration fees to Habitat. The next week we held a
Faith Works breakfast in our workshop and shared the Habitat story with long-time supporters from the faith community as well as new congregations that desire to help families in some of our outlying communities. Last week a volunteer built a new awning for the ReStore entrance utilizing the workshop tools and space and last night Baker College students applied their skills in our workshop by building a shed.
We look forward to what the rest of 2008 holds, and encourage you to read on and find out more about the latest news at Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley.
Sincerely,
Sarah Stanton
Executive Director
