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| | Please take a minute to visit our idea page at the Aviva Community Fund contest, register and cast some votes for us! That would be great. And if you can tell a friend, that would be great, too. Thank you very much! |
| HFH Kelowna wins grant from HFH Canada | |
We will install a solar hot water heating system for one of our families, thanks to a grant from HFH Canada's Built Smart 360 program.
Volunteers from the BC Sustainable Energy Association, Okanagan Chapter, are partnering with us on this project. Thanks also to the corporate sponsors of Built Smart 360 whose generosity made it possible.
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| South Okanagan Affiliate begins third build
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HFH South Okanagan 's latest project in Penticton is showcasing energy efficient design and construction strategies with a rammed earth front wall, solar hot water, solar light tubes, an aerothermal heating & cooling system, a low-flow toilet, energy efficient appliances, CFLs, and low VOC finishes. To get involved, please contact HFH SOS at 250-487-4888.
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ELK ROAD UPDATE
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|  Families in before ChristmasThere haven't been any Build Bulletins sent out to our build volunteers for awhile. This is because the Elk Road site is turned over to a road consruction crew and we are awaiting the installation of utilities at the second duplex. After that work is finished and our volunteers are able to return to the site, we will just have some finishing touches and landscaping to do and our two newest families will be able to move in! Are you interested in volunteering with us? Do we have your up-to-date contact information? Please give our Volunteer Coordinator, Teri Webber, a call at 778-477-4345 or email her at teri@habitatforhumanitykelowna.ca. |
PAPER HAMMER CAMPAIGN BIG SUCCESS
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We thanked Home Depot staff with cookies and balloons
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Money raised locally stays in community
Thanks to the efforts of the staff at the Kelowna, Westbank and Vernon Home Depots, more than $13,000 will flow to our local building programs. Staff raised the money by asking shoppers to donate to the "Paper Hammer" campaign.
We are grateful for Home Depot's efforts on our behalf and the generous support of Home Depot customers. |
HABITAT PASSES HALF-MILLION MARK!
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Habitat for Humanity marked a major milestone on World Habitat Day, Monday Oct. 3 when it dedicated its
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Volunteers from Paterson, NJ help build HFH's 5000,000th house in Kenya.
Photo credit Steffan Hacker
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500,000th house in Maai Mahiu ( My Ma-hue), Kenya, and began construction on its 500,001st house in Paterson, New Jersey.
This achievement is due to the hard work of all the Habitat for Humanity affiliates around the world. Board members and volunteers from Paterson Habitat for Humanity in New Jersey, a long time tithe partner of Habitat Kenya, traveled to Kenya to help complete the milestone house. The city of Paterson was recently hit hard by flooding in the wake of Hurricane Irene.
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GOVERNOR GENERAL SUPPORTS HABITAT
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Governor General David Johnston recently told the Canadian Press: "It may well be that we'll see more arrangements where Habitat for Humanity will be receiving lan d from CMHC or from the local municipality or from the provincial government because they've shown themselves so able and effective in taking that resource of land, and building a house on it that accommodates a family that would not otherwise have a house," Johnston said. "I'd love to see much more of that."
Asked if volunteerism was expected to replace government programs, Johnston explained, "I don't see volunteerism as substituting for what government has done, or might have done, or should have done. I see volunteerism as something that is central unto itself."
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