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Building Homes...Changing Lives... Preserving Community
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Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod V-Mail
February 16, 2012 Update
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Upcoming Events
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| ReStore Volunteer Orientations:
Wednesdays (new!) at 10 AM and Thursdays at 5 PM. Please visit Volunteer Up to sign up for an orientation, you must complete an orientation before signing up to work at the ReStore.These sessions take place at the ReStore, 28 Whites Path, South Yarmouth.
Dedication of Nickerson Road, Orleans, the Macort family home: Sunday, March 18 at 3 PM. Please come early to tour the home and be sure to park carefully in consideration of our neighbors. Dedicating a home is a truly heartwarming event, we hope you will join us!
HHCC Spring Breakfast Gatherings: Saturday March 10th at the First Congregational Church in Yarmouth Port; Saturday, March 17th at the First Congregational Church in Wellfleet and Saturday, March 24th at the Bourne United Methodist Church. See notice with details on right...
Upper Cape Chapter Meeting:
Monday March 5 at 7 PM, Mashpee Senior Center, Route 151/Frank E. Hicks Drive, Mashpee. All are welcome!
Coming this Summer:
3rd Annual "You've Got Mail" mailbox auction...
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Applications open for Mashpee homes
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Applications are available for 3 homes in Mashpee. Details available below and on our web site:
habitatcapecod.org/announcements
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Volunteers needed!
| | ReStore volunteers needed. If you are interested in working in our new ReStore on Whites Path in South Yarmouth (off Exit 8 on Route 6) please contact Chris Ford chris@habitatcapecod.org or register on Volunteer Up (if you haven't already) 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! The ReStore is open Wednesdays-Saturdays.
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Volunteer Coordinators for 2012 Builds
| | Once again Joanne Broderick and Susan Lauber will be heading up our Volunteer Coordination for our 2012 builds. Joanne will be coordinating volunteer involvement for the Eastham and Truro builds and Susan will be coordinating the Bourne and Mashpee builds. We are so lucky to have such organized, motivated and truly inspirational volunteers to lead our volunteer efforts. Thank you for your past work for HHCC and for taking on the new challenges for this year!
Contact information:
Joanne Broderick:
Susan Lauber
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| Office Team hard at work! | | The applications are rolling in
and our Family Selection Office Team is doing double duty: reviewing completed applications for Bourne and Eastham and helping applicants with the application process for the Mashpee homes...but they are doing it with smiles!
 | Judy Garvey, Sherry Lang, Kathy Low, Bev Witkoski and Marilyn Nouri
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Thanks to an incredible team of hard working volunteers!
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Greetings! Thank you for all the good wishes you have sent my way as I leave Habitat for a new adventure on February 24th...HHCC is full of wonderful people and does such important work in our community, as you will see in this, my last V-Mail. I have had such fun creating these updates and hearing from you and working alongside so many of you. You do great work, keep it up! Read on for all the good stuff that's happening at Habitat...
and THANK YOU!
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Spring Breakfast Gatherings
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Our Annual Spring Breakfast Gatherings are coming up! Join us for one of these yummy and informative events. Let us show our appreciation and let you in on what's coming up this year! Meet HHCC staff, homeowners and other faith partners.
Saturday, March 10, 9-10 AM, First Congregational Church, Yarmouth Port
Saturday, March 17, 9-10 AM, First Congregational Church, Wellfleet
Saturday, March 24, 9-10 AM, Bourne United Methodist Church
To help us plan, please RSVP to 508-362-3559 and specify the event you are planning to attend (Yarmouth Port, Wellfleet or Bourne).
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ReStore News!
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 28 Whites Path, South Yarmouth
Go green with these bargain priced bulbs and lamps from Cape Light Compact- get 'em before they're gone...
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We are seeking a storage area for donated ReStore merchandise. The ideal would be 2500 square feet of clean, dry, secure space, within 10 miles of the ReStore (28 Whites Path, South Yarmouth- near Exit 8); 18 month lease, donated or at a Habitat-friendly price. Please call or email office@habitatcapecod.org 508-362-3559 ext. 15 with any leads or offers.
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Please note that the ReStore Orientations have changed to Wednesdays at 10 AM instead of Tuesdays. Thursdays remain the same at 5 PM.
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We'll be building in Bourne!
| | We are getting ready to start our Sagamore Beach build sometime in mid- to late May and we need lots of volunteers! More information will be coming soon, for now you can make sure you have registered on Volunteer Up - if you are already registered on Volunteer Up you are all set, no need to re-register for this or any future build- and you can email Susan Lauber, our Upper Cape Volunteer Coordinator at slauber12@comcast.net if you have any questions or want to help with any aspect of the site: registration, food, devotions or construction.
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Thanks and kudos!
| | Thanks and kudos to Dick Ryder and his volunteer team at Eastham United Methodist Church for putting on such a successful Fish Chowder and Auction event on Saturday! They raised over $3300 for the Faith Build in Eastham!
To the entire Faith Build 2012 fundraising team: After 5 events they have raised over $20,000!!! Their next event is "Dinner Your Way"- take out, delivered and sit down dinners at St. Mary of the Harbor in Provincetown on April 15th...please join them as they work to meet their fundraising goal to support the construction of two homes in Eastham this year.
To Richard Waystack and Team Waystack Realty for donating their truck to our ReStore! We used it many times during the past year to pick up donations and then we were fortunate enough to receive the truck as our biggest donation so far! The ReStore is full of wonderful items from surplus and gently used building materials to home furnishings...Thank you Richard- we couldn't have done it without you, your truck and your wonderful staff!
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Habitat is Hiring!
| | Volunteer Services Manager-Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod is seeking qualified applicants to provide leadership and coordination for our volunteer programs. The successful candidate will have excellent organizing, management, communication and computer skills & experience; also great people skills with a warm and engaging manner. Experience as a volunteer and a passion for Habitat's mission and work are a great plus! 30 hrs/week. Some benefits. Respond with resume & cover letter ASAP. Screening will begin February 29 and continue until position is filled. We will confirm email submissions. For a complete job description, please visit our web site: www.habitatcapecod.org/employment
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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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Save 10%
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Receive 10% off your first purchase at our new ReStore. Please present this coupon at time of purchase. 28 Whites Path, South Yarmouth, MA 02664
(just off Exit 8 on Route 6)
call 508-394-6400 for pick up
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Offer Expires: February 29, 2012
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