Habitat for Humanity

Star Update
 

Did you see the news on CHBC, Castanet, or read in the paper that Star's home has been delivered? It should be ready for occupancy in less than a month! 


Global Village Nicaragua  

Our hard-working chairperson Ed McLean is going to Nicaragua
next month with the HFH Global Village program. Says Ed, "It's a chance to see Central America and make a small contribution to a place that has struggled with hurricanes and politics." We'll report on Ed's adventures in a future e-newsletter.
Vernon Chapter News
Bottle Drive

 Saturday, September 8 at Predator Ridge starting at 9:00 am.  


Thank you to....
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Delta hotel logo
 
for their support and sponsorship of our BBQ Chef Challenge.
Volunteer Fair
  

We'll be at the Okanagan Volunteer Opportunities Fair at the Parkinson Rec Centre on Saturday September 8th from 10:00 to 3:00.   


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Building homes. Building hope.                                Sept. 2012

HFH Kelowna is a community-based, non-profit, faith-based organization working for an Okanagan Valley where everyone has a safe and decent place to live. Now building on our 20th year.
  RAISE THE ROOF BBQ CHALLENGE!

Delicious Fundraiser
Chef Stuart Klassen of the Delta Grand Okanagan has challenged five other local Executive Chefs to a BBQ brisket cookoff! Who will be crowned the Okanagan's best BBQ chef? 
The celebrity judges will score the chefs' creations but you can also sample the BBQ  prepared by Kelowna's best chefs and cast your ballot for the People's Choice Award.

What:       Chef BBQ Challenge
When:      Saturday September 15
Time:        11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where:     The Delta Grand Okanagan Rooftop Parkade
Price:        $25 per person

Plus! concession hosted by Johnsonville Meats, live music and DJ, beer & wine samples, vendor booths, and valuable door prizes.
Thanks to our event sponsors, the Delta Grand Okanagan, Intercity Packers Ltd., Johnsonville Meats, Stantec, UPS Store West Kelowna.
Tickets available at all Select Your Tickets outlets in Kelowna or from selectyourtickets.com.
For more details, keep checking this Facebook Event page.
For group ticket orders or to ask about vendor participation, contact Jacki at jacki@hfhokanagan.ca or 250-718-4270. Yummy! See you there!
HABITAT'S MOST NORTHERLY BUILD
Iqaluit affiliate
"At the top of the world, under the midnight sun, there is a desperate need for affordable housing," and so Habitat for Humanity Iqaluit was founded in 2005. Habitat's most northerly affiliate is currently working on its third home.  They hosted a "Midnight Sun" build this summer with global village volunteers arriving from all over to help. Check out the CTV news video here.
They hope to finish the house this fall, but their Facebook page explains that this isolated affiliate is waiting for more supplies to arrive by ship.
HFH KELOWNA: A RETROSPECTIVE
Millenium Build
In 1999, the Kelowna affiliate successfully completed a home on Walnut Glen Drive on the Westside. The build was made possible through the ongoing support of Shirley and Sherwin Goerlitz of Acorn Homes.  The build raised the grand total of homes built to nine.

In 1999, the approaching millenium caused much excitement and even some consternation in Kelowna as elsewhere.
The volunteers of HFHK were inspired to plan their most ambitious project to date: an eightplex which they called their Millennium Build. As usual, the community responded with generous donations of cash and materials.

The affiliate purchased two lots side-by-side on Highway 33 in Rutland and turned the sod for the first of eight townhomes in the fall of 2000. Additional homes were built by the volunteers at the rate of about one home per year. Significant financial assistance to complete the project was received from MacKay LLP and from The Real Estate Foundation.
YES. WE'RE STILL COLLECTING PENNIES
If you would like to donate your penny collection to Habitat for Humanity, please bring it to the UPS Store West Kelowna
 and Edo Restaurant on the Westside, or Duncan's Bistro at Lawrence & Pandosy. Thank you to everyone who has contributed pennies and other coins.  Also look for our volunteers at the Rona store on Springfield for the next week and a half.
Revenue Canada No.:89319 8176 RR0001. We tithe 10% of unrestricted
donations to help Habitat for Humanity's programs in developing countries.  Donate securely online.