Austin Habitat For Humanity CHANGE LIVES
August 15, 2008
Greetings!

As the dust settles from our exciting blitz build weekend, I wanted to take a moment and reflect on the tremendous outpouring of support we received for the Garcia family home. I hope you know how much all of us at Austin Habitat appreciate your donations and notes of encouragement.
We reached out to you and asked for your help to raise the walls on the Garcia's new home. As you'll see in the picture below, together we achieved this ambitious goal!

Garcia Home at the end of day three of the blitzFrom the gratitude seen on the faces of the Garcias, to the excitement that this generated among staff and volunteers who came out to build in the August heat, it was a wonderful opportunity to witness a community putting their faith into action to change lives.

Jose Garcia wanted to share the following words with you:

"We give thanks to God and Habitat for making this dream a reality. We are so grateful to everyone who has helped us make this happen!"

I also want to take this time to introduce a new feature, one that we hope you will check regularly to see what is going on at Austin Habitat. I'm proud to inaugurate the Austin Habitat CHANGE LIVES Blog, which will cover everything from our house builds, partner family stories, the ReStore and much more. Visit the blog and subscribe at: www.changelivesblog.org
Again, thank you for your enthusiasm and generosity toward the Garcia family home. We are moved and honored by how the Austin community continues to support our efforts to eliminate poverty housing, one home at a time.

Sincerely,
Michael Willard's signature


Michael Willard
Executive Director, Austin Habitat for Humanity

p.s. As we raise the walls on one home, we give focus to the challenge of the next. Your continued support is appreciated. Give online at www.austinhabitat.org and change lives.