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Building homes. Building hope.
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HFH Kelowna is a community-based, non-profit, faith-based organization working for a world where everyone has a safe and decent place to live.
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Ground-breaking ceremony
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 Family heritage celebrated
Our two newest partner families wore outfits to honour their First Nations and Mexican heritage at our Sept. 8 ground-breaking ceremony for the first of two Westside duplexes. The gathering also gave us an opportunity to thank some of our generous supporters and donors, including our major donors, MacKay LLP, and The Home Depot Canada Foundation. One of our newest donors, Tolko, presented the partner families with the hard hats they'll need to help perform the 500 hours of sweat equity that every Habitat home-owner gives to the organization. TolkPartner family children --photos courtesy Harri Henschler  | o is donating a lumber and sheathing package for our build.Murray Bye of MacKay LLP  | |
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Elk Road Report
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Scratching our initials in the concrete  | Foundation Phase Nearly Complete
With the help of our volunteers and supporters, the Iron Phoenix construction team is finishing the foundation on our new duplex.
Although we had to deal with some rainy weather in the initial stages, we're off to a good start. Click here for more.
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Cross Canada with Habitat
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Photo courtesy Lorrie Walden
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Freeman Wright, a retired electrical engineer, has spent the summer travelling across Canada and volunteering at Habitat for Humanity build sites. Freeman started his cross-Canada journey at Stittsville, near Ottawa, then travelled on to Habitat affiliates in Peterborough, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Reginal, Calgary and Kelowna. He's finishing off his sojourn in Canada with a week's volunteering in Vancouver before returning to his home in the U.S. [Read on]
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