Newsletter

March 2011

"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much"

 -Helen Keller

 

 

National Women Build Week

Arpil 30 - May 7

 

 

Fundraiser at

Madriver Bar and Grill

April 14 6pm-9pm

 Mad River

 

Woman Build Training Clinic at Lowes

"Roofing Skills

and Power Tools"

Saturday

April16th 9am-11am

 

 

 For more information, go to www.charlestonhabitat.org/womenbuild

 

 

Join a Comittee! 

 

Woman Build Leadership Team

 We are recruiting new members! Come visit our next meeting on Monday, March 7th at 6pm.

   

For more comittees, vist our committees page. .

 

For more information, contact 

 Laurel Prichard 

Director of Volunteer Services

(843)722-7145 ext. 105

 laurel@charlestonhabitat.org

 

Big Thanks!

 

Big thanks to the City of Charleston for the $100,000 grant to do more home repairs in West Ashley and downtown!

 

Huge thanks to the City of North Charleston for the $400,000 grant for home repairs in North Charleston!

 

With these generous gifts we will cotinue to impact lives and make affordable housing a REALITY in our community!

 

       Trivia Question!

 

How many houses has Charleston Habitat helped build in Honduras since our founding in 1989? 

 

 

 

The first three people to respond to laurel@charlestonhabitat.org with the correct answer will recieve $10 towards their next purchase at the ReStore!

 

 

  

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A Dedication Ceremony

The Dennis Family Home is Finished! 

Keynote speaker,

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.

 

This project marks the very first Earthcraft certified rennovation in the state of South Carolina!  

  

 The repairs on the Dennis' home are complete and a dedication ceremony was held to celebrate on February 25, 2011! All the volunteers from this project were invited and there was a fantastic turn out despite the rain! Mayor Riley said "I'm glad it is raining today. It reminds us of the importance of home - a roof over your head and a safe place to find shelter."  Want to see more pictures? 
  

 

 

Executive Director of Historic Charleston Foundation, Kitty Robinson with the Dennis family - Priscilla, Beatrice, and Alfonzo
 

 

66 Lee Street
  
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Read the  Post and Courier article about this event!

 

Also check out the ABC News clip about the ceremony!

 

 

 

Thanks to all of you who came out!

March Madness = Collegiate Challange!

 Collegiate Challenge2

Collegiate Challenge is an alternative spring break program that offers college and high school student groups an opportunity to spend their time off with Habitat. Groups spend one week working with us, helping us eliminate poverty housing. More about Collegiate Challange

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This March and April we will be welcoming groups from:

 

Vanderbilt University

 

St. Ambrose University

 

Centre College

 

University of Delaware

 

These schools will work in groups of 10 to 15 on home repairs in West Ashley, including the home of our featured home owner Devorah Nelson!

 

Special thanks to thosde who are already helping provide meals for these groups:  Zaxbys, D'Allesandros Pizza, Dell's Deli, Juanita Greenburgs, Lorna Wang, Bubba Gump, Barbara Jeans, Taco Boy, and East Bay Deli. 

 

If you are interested in helping us welcome these groups by providing a free meal or tickets to any of our fantastic sites around the city, contact Laurel Prichard.

 

 Laurel Prichard 

Director of Volunteer Services

(843)722-7145 ext. 105

laurel@charlestonhabitat.org 

 

 

 

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 Want to Volunteer at the ReStore?

  

We are always looking for more help at the restore.  There are a couple of jobs available but what we are looking for at the moment are drivers for donation pick-up, front dest operators  and Operations Assistants.   

   

 

 

 

 

Interested in Building with Habitat In

Costa Rica?

 

We are organizing a Global Villiage Team to build with Habitat in Costa Rica in 2011. This will be a 9 day trip toward the end of the summer.  If you interested contact Jeremy Rees.

 

Jeremiah Rees 

AmeriCorps Construction Site Supervisor

(843)722-7145

Jeremiah@charlestonhabitat.org