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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
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Featured Volunteers |
Michael Lister and Koren Phillips joined the Charleston Habitat team in September as our Americorps Construction Site Supervisors! For one year, they are serving our community by leading volunteers on the build site.
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To meet Koren and Micahel, come volunteer to help build!
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Special thanks to our September Volunteer Groups helping at the Lemon Family Construction Site:
16th Airlift Squadron
BP Barber
CarMax
College of Charleston Habitat Campus Chapter
Delta Airlines
Dept. Juvenile Justice Staff
Thursday Crew
Trident Healthcare
Wings for Kids
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And thanks to the "Little Michelle Obamas" for providing lunch for everyone on Sept. 26th!
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When Charletston Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1989, it was orignially called "Hugo Habitat for Humanity"
We have built 65 homes since and began a home repair program just this year!
We have built 40 homes through our tithing program in La Ceiba, Honduras | |
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20th Anniversary Celebration |
Historic Hibernian Society Hall
Thursday, October 15, 2009
6:30-10:00pm
Cocktail Reception Jazz Band Entertainment
Live and Silent Auction
Drinks and Dinner from Granville Catering
$100 per person
$700 to reserve a table of eight
Call (843)722-7145 for tickets!
Established in 1989, Charleston Habitat for Humanity has continued its mission well beyond the devastation of Hurricane Hugo. Please join us as we celebrate the "Habitat" you have helped build over the last 20 years!
To support our mission through the next 20 years, here is a preview of only some of the phenominal auction items that will be at our event:
"Get Loud Marketing" package from Channel 5 with premium advertising on Home Page with one hour marketing consultation.
Weekend getaways to Myrtle Beach w/ golf for four or weekend at a Hendersoville mountain home with restaurant gift cards and tickets to the play house
Vacation locally to The Inn at Middleton Place, an Edisto Beach House, Marriott Renaissance, or the Francis Marion paired with varieties of golf passes and restaurant gift cards.
 Inshore fishing for 4, Limousine services,
Golf and Tennis lessons,
Nascar tickets,
"Little Gym" membership,
Catering Parties from your favorite local restaurants,
Gym memberships,
Microdermabrasion treatments,
 Professional photography portraits, Signature jewelry,
Framed art,
Coastal expeditions,
" The Ultimate Sports Fanatic" package
all your local favorites,
and much, much more!
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Back to the Peninsula! |
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In March 2008, Charleston Habitat completed a home on North Nassau Street with the Nelson family. When you drive over the Ravenel Bridge, headed toward downtown, and you take the Meeting Street exit, you can see the completed home immediately to your right as you come down the ramp!
The City of Charleston has graciously donated two pieces of property where we will soon join with volunteers and sponsors to build a simple, decent, and affordable home for two more families!
1. Stay tuned for start dates and partner family bios
3. Click here to see a map of the future build site location.
4. The first home we build on N. Nassau was the first Energy Star rated home built by Charleston Habitat for Humanity. Now, we are building EarthCraft certified homes, and the next home we build on N. Nassau will have SOLAR THERMAL panelsdonated by ECOBILT!!!
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World Habitat Day - October 5, 2009 |
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The United Nationals has declared the first Monday in October to be "World Habitat Day" in recognition of the need for simple and decent shelter for people in the United States and around the world.
Here's a note from Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International:
 "Like so many kids, my curiosity, courage, and character all started at home. I grew up in a simple house in North Carolina. And while it didn't have air conditioning or television - our home gave my four siblings and me what mattered: a stable foundation, shelter, and a dining room filled with long meals and lively debate. It's clear that who we become later all starts at home, and yet millions of children around the world still don't have a safe, decent place to live. That's why World Habitat Day - this Monday Oct. 5 - is so important. On World Habitat Day we have the responsibility to bring attention to the worldwide need for decent and affordable housing."
These are some common housing issues that families all over the world, even in Charleston, are facing:
Please help us raise awareness and support the need for decent and affordable housing!
Things you can do for World Habitat Day:
1. Forward this email to your friends and help spread the word!
2. Wear a tool belt or nail apron to work
3. During October, have a representative from Habitat come and speak at your workplace, classroom, church, or group.
4. Host a fundraiser to support a project Habitat is working on locally or internationally 5. View Habitat's Photo Petition - "It All Starts at Home"
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 On each Tuesday, visit the Charleston Habitat ReStore for 50% off one category of merchandise:
1st Tuesdays - Linens
2nd Tuesdays - Household
3rd Tuesdays - Books
4th Tuesdays - Small Appliances
5th Tuesdays - Manager's Choice
Don't miss the great deals you find at the ReStore!!!
Charleston Habitat for Humanity ReStore: 731 Meeting Street, Charleston SC 29403
For free pick-up service, call (843)579-0777 | |
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