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Invite Friends to Read the Habitat Herald
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 Shop ReStore, Support Habitat
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ReStore Alexandria7770 Richmond Hwy Alexandria, VA 22306 703-360-6700 (behind the Gold's Gym) ReStore Chantilly4262 Entre Court Chantilly, VA 20151 703-953-3747 
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Welcome New Staff!
Erica Painter
Volunteer Manager
Victoria Baker
AmeriCorps VISTA, Development
David Jordan
AmeriCorps VISTA, Construction
Chris Orkwis
AmeriCorps National Member, Construction
| Meet all of our staff at the Fall Picnic, October 6th!
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From The Director
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Greetings!
Fall weather is perfect for the construction work that is in full force at Douglass Avenue. In August, we demolished the decrepit house, cleared the property and poured the foundation. This month we welcomed our Sandlot Gang (our most dedicated construction volunteers,) to ready the site for construction, and then held our first build weekend with employee volunteers from our generous sponsor, VHDA. Read more about Douglass below.
I hope you can join us for our Fall Picnic on October 6th, where we'll honor all of our volunteers, while enjoying food and fellowship with our staff and Habitat homeowners. It's a family friendly, free event and we invite anyone who wants to learn more about Habitat.
In case you missed our print newsletter, filled with photos and updates on all of our work, read it here. If you want to add your address to our mailing list for future print mailings, update your profile with the link at the bottom of this email.
Many thanks for your continued support!
Rev. Jon Smoot
Executive Director
P.S. With construction in full gear, get updates on our builds on our Facebook page.
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Thank You Sponsors
|  We are extremely grateful to the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia - Stockwell-Frase Fund for their grant of $100,000! Thank you for helping us build a better community through affordable home ownership!
 We are grateful for the ongoing support of Capital One Bank, and their most recent grant of $8,000 to support our builds! This is Capital One Bank's second grant this year, for a total of $15,000 in support.
For more information on corporate sponsorship or employee matching programs, please visit our website or contact Peter Larson at plarson@habitatnova.org or at 703-521-9890 x103.
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| Fall Picnic October 6 |
Join Habitat for Fun, Food and Fellowship
You are invited to join volunteers, staff, board and Habitat families for a free afternoon of fellowship, food and fun on Sunday, Oct. 6 from 3pm-6pm at Bon Air Park in Arlington. This family-friendly event will feature games, food and prizes, and celebrate our community. Learn about upcoming volunteer opportunities, meet our new staff, and have fun.
The picnic will include a celebration of all of the dedicated Habitat NOVA volunteers, as well as volunteer recognition awards.
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GMU Students Raise $9k for Habitat NOVA
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Annual Shack-A-Thon Raises Awareness
This Spring, George Mason University fraternities and sororities hosted the annual Shack-A-Thon. They constructed shacks on campus using only recyclable materials. Group members collected food and monetary donations during a 48-hour period, for a total of more than 8,000 pounds of food and $9,156.31.
This dynamic event, and all the work that is being done on campus during the year, helps us reach a new generation of decision makers and supporters, and brings awareness to the demand for decent, affordable home ownership. Way to go GMU students!
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| Douglass Avenue Construction Begins with VHDA |
Sponsor Sends Team for 2 Days
Volunteers from our sponsor, the Virginia Housing Development Authority, along with the future homeowners Muhsin Khalil and Amani Salih, began construction on the new home in Falls Church on Friday, Sept. 20 and Saturday, Sept. 21. This single family, 3-bedroom home will be our 81st new home built since 1990.
The team insulated the foundation walls, readied the crawl space, set first floor joists, laid the subfloor and began framing the first floor.
In case you missed the news about our build days, check out this article in the Falls Church News Press.
 | | Volunteers from the VHDA work alongside the future homeowners. |
 | | VHDA Volunteer Setting the Main Beam |
 | | Future Homeowner Amani Salih with Executive Director Jon Smoot |
Follow our progress on the Douglass Avenue build on our Facebook page.
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Thanks for Your Support
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We Love In-Kind Donations!
 Many thanks to Sign-A-Rama in Centreville for printing banners and signs for us to display in our ReStores and at build sites. Your generosity is appreciated greatly!  We want to thank Ledo Pizza in Falls Church for providing the lunch for our volunteers at the Douglass Avenue build on Saturday the 21s.! In-kind donations are vital to Habitat NOVA.  Thank you to Rick's Carpet & Flooring for their continued support of affordable home ownership.
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Join Us at Clarendon Day
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Join Habitat NOVA at Clarendon Day on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 11AM-5PM at the Clarendon Metro in Arlington. Visit the Habitat NOVA booth, where we will be playing corn hole, giving out prizes, and signing people up for young professionals volunteer days at both ReStore locations .
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