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Building Homes...Changing Lives... Preserving Community
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Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod V-Mail
November 10, 2011 Update
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A video from the Disaster Relief Team's trip to Monson, MA is now available on Northside Methodist's web site: click here to see it!
Donna Baldwin and Marilyn Nouri are in Haiti this week at the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project. Marilyn Nouri is one of 5 volunteers there profiled on Habitat Haiti's Facebook page and on Habitat International's web site. Click here to see it!
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Upcoming Events
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| ReStore Volunteer Orientations:
Sat., November 12,
10 AM:
Tues., November 15, 10 AM;
Thurs., November 17, 5 PM.
and then every Tuesday and Thursday going forward. Please visit Volunteer Up to sign up for an orientation.
Saturday, November 12, 7 PM
The Stars Shine for Habitat!
UU Meeting House, Provincetown. A concert to benefit HHCC's Faith Build 2012 in Eastham. Delicious desserts and a great raffle too! The concert is FREE and a goodwill offering will be collected for HHCC.
Thursday, December 8,
5:30 PM
3rd Annual Volunteer Appreciation Pizza Party!
St. David's Church, Old Main Street, South Yarmouth
Once again Habitat staff and partner families will celebrate all that our amazing volunteers do for us! Enjoy pizza, salad, desserts and lots of fun with the Annual VOLY awards...which reminds me- start sending in your nominations for these prestigious, yet all in fun awards. Each "winner" will receive a custom shingle plaque...RSVP to the Habitat office:
508-362-3559
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Check out our new web site...
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We have totally revamped our web site and want to know what you think! Our web address is still the same: www.habitatcapecod.org but everything else is brand new! Of course, we are not perfect and we'd love to know if we've missed something, misspelled something, or got something wrong!
So let us know...and thanks for all you do for us!
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Welcome Bob Ryley! 
We are pleased to announce that Bob Ryley of Brewster has joined our staff as the new Director of Construction. Bob has worked for many years as a carpenter and general contractor, building homes throughout Cape Cod and the Islands. He has a reputation for quality and an additional interest and training in "green" construction. He first became acquainted with Habitat for Humanity as a carpenter on Bob Vila's Home Again show, participating in a Habitat Blitz build in Yonkers, New York. He looked us up when he returned to the Cape, and jumped in to help out as a lead framing volunteer in Orleans in 2001. Since that time, even as a busy professional, he has made himself available for special projects and when most needed. During various times he has served on our construction committee, on our Board of Directors, and as a classroom and on-site trainer for our Training House sessions back when Pat Taylor was on staff. He has successfully led volunteer crews on other Habitat sites - including taking turns as a house leader during two of our Youth United builds - in Hyannis, and in Brewster. Bob has a deep commitment to the families we serve, the quality of the homes we build, and to making sure that our volunteer construction days or safe, fun, and productive. We hope you will welcome him warmly, as he gets to know our very extended local "Habitat family." |
Applications opening for Eastham
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Applications available now for a home in Bourne; and will be available as of Monday November 14 for two homes in Eastham. Please help us spread the word! Detailed information, including where applications are available, is available on our website:
http://habitatcapecod.org/announcements/
We urge all interested applicants to attend one of our information workshops:
For the Eastham homes:
2:30 p.m., Saturday, November 19,
Location: Eastham Library General Purpose Room
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6:30 p.m., Monday, November 21
Location: United Methodist Church,
3200 State Highway Rt 6, Eastham
For the Bourne House
6:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 15
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11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 19
Location: Bourne United Methodist Church,
37 Sandwich Road, Bourne
Please note that these workshops are for home applicants (not volunteers)
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Volunteers needed!
| | We need volunteers for office work. If you are interested in working with our Resource Development Director on our mailings or other clerical stuff, please contact Hilary Greene. You set the days and amount of time you work, just let us know!
ReStore volunteers needed. If you are interested in working in our new ReStore (opening soon!) please contact Hilary Greene or register on Volunteer Up (if you haven't already registered on Volunteer Up) and sign up for an orientation. Once you have completed the orientation you will be able to sign up for shifts at the store. Whatever schedule works best for you!
Falmouth Christmas Parade marchers needed. Our Upper Cape Chapter is once again participating in the annual parade on Sunday, December 4th at 12N and they need lots of walkers and sign carriers to do this wonderful holiday event. If you would like to be a part of the parade, just let Hilary Greene know!
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Kayak Raffle Success!
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Kudos to everyone who made our 2011 Kayak raffle such a huge success! Once again, Pat Taylor and Bill Witmer built a beautiful cedar strip kayak and worked 70+ events, sometimes 2 in one weekend! The raffle raised over $33,000 and the lucky winner was Sheila Vanderhoef of Cummaquid.
And thank you to Nancy Erskine and Dot Hannon who coordinated the volunteers for all the events:
- George & Ann Mahon
- Lynn McDermott
- Marion Valpey
- Joe Mistretta
- Susan Moeller
- Dave Hegner
- Martha Moynihan
- Nancy Berquist
- Norm Davies
- Lucy Duffy
- Annmarie Garceau & Len DiLorenzo
- Kathy Kellogg
- Jake Ketchum
- Dave & Chris King
- Rachel Kirchgessner
- Nancy Lange
- Rob & Barb Leiden
- Bev & Nick Muto
- Larry & Joanne Smith
- Irene Van Duyn
- Nancy & Bill Erskine
- Charles Christie
- Priscilla & Parker Chick
- Paulette Fehlig
- Babetta Castle-Walsh
- Mary Scanlan
- Susan Lauber
- Grace Becker
- Dot & Gerry Hannon
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For more information on Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod, please visit our web site, call or visit our office or if you live in the Upper Cape area, come to a Upper Cape Chapter meeting on the first Monday night of every month at the Mashpee Senior Center at 7 PM.
If you would like to support Habitat's work in our community by making a donation, you can do so on-line Donate to HHCC or you can contact Sarah Tribuzio, Director of Development at 508-362-3559 ext. 14 or sarah@habitatcapecod.org
Sincerely,
hilary
Hilary V. Greene
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod Volunteer Services Manager
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