Calendar
Thursday, August 14, 2014, 5:00 p.m.
Habitat for Humanity Annual Meeting
The Shepley Showcase
75 Ben Franklin Way, Hyannis
You won't want to miss Habitat's Annual Meeting! Please RSVP at office@habitatcapecod.org or
508-362-3559.
Awards! Celebration of Accomplishments! Dinner! Fellowship!
This will be a family friendly event - feel free to invite your neighbors, your grandkids, anyone who likes good food and good times - especially if they would like to learn more about Habitat.
Barbeque by Shepley Wood Products, Potluck appetizers, salads, and desserts
Saturday, September 13, 2014
The Big Fix
Housing Assistance Corporation's Big Fix will take place in the town of Yarmouth. Seniors, veterans and disabled homeowners have applied to be selected for assistance in light home repair, clean-up and landscaping projects. The vision is to make home and landscaping improvements to enhance the comfort, safety and quality of life for seniors, the disabled and veterans on Cape Cod and the Islands.
The HAC is seeking sponsorships and volunteers. Please register to volunteer.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
4:00 - 7:00pm
"Heart and Home"
Cabaret and Supper
St. David's Episcopal Church
205 Old Main Street,
South Yarmouth
An evening of music, comedy, spoken word by members of our Habitat family and guests, hosted by the wonderful David Roth. A Spaghetti Dinner will be served. Contact the Habitat office for tickets. 508-362-3559 or office@habitatcapecod.org.
We've got some amazing talent in the Habitat family - come see what your friends can do when not swinging a hammer!
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News In Brief
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014
Last Gasp Bike Ride
Nearly 20 riders will participate in Last Gasp this year, making the 62-mile journey from Sandwich to Provincetown, to benefit Habitat. They've been training all summer, and now it is your turn to help: go to the Last Gasp donation page, be sure to check the circle for "Last Gasp," and then choose a rider to support from the drop-down menu. You can also make a donation at our Annual Meeting - look for donation bike helmets.
Support your favorite rider!
Remember that anytime you place an order with Amazon.com you can benefit Habitat if you use this link to AmazonSmile. On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you'll select a charitable organization to receive donations from eligible purchases. Then place your order as usual - you'll find the exact same prices, selection and shopping experience as Amazon.com with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to Habitat. Bookmark the AmazonSmile page for all your Amazon purchases!
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Construction Update
Orleans
Painting and flooring are complete and interior trim is underway at 12 and 14 Bevan Way, with kitchens soon to follow. At 16 and 19 Bevan Way, subcontractors are working on electric, plumbing, and insulation. Planning is underway to tear down the old farm house, where we expect to be able to raise walls this fall on what will be 10 Bevan Way. Work days at this site are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Falmouth
Painting is ongoing, along with a multitude of detail work, including decks, trim, stairs, and a frustrating stair rail, among other tasks. Coming up: Flooring. Work days at this site are Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Barnstable
Foundations have been poured and capped. We continue to work on infrastructure and plan to hold a September Wall Raising.
Harwich
We are in the early stages of permitting and laying down roads for a construction site that we expect to open to volunteers in the spring of 2015.
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Falmouth Glenwood Avenue
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Aside from a few freak hailstorms, hasn't this been a glorious summer? No heat waves to speak of, some rain to keep the gardens occasionally watered, and have you noticed a decrease in the mosquito population? It's great weather for volunteering, so sign yourself up for a shift in either Orleans or Falmouth. We are working on interiors at both sites, and you can't beat the company - Habitat volunteers!
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Congratulations to Falmouth Builds Together!
 The Falmouth Builds Together Committee has been meeting since early 2013. They set themselves an ambitious goal - to raise $50,000 for Falmouth's Glenwood Avenue construction project, plus $5,000 to go towards Habitat's tithe to Haiti. The group started with a Kick-Off event in June, 2013, where over 100 people came to learn about the Glenwood Avenue project. Falmouth Builds Together has worked together to rally the Falmouth Community to support the project.
This group has had original and innovative ideas from the start: they solicited local artists to paint beautiful shingles that were sold by the Falmouth Art Guild, held a (highly competitive) Bible Trivia contest, sponsored Three Legged Dog performing at a Coffee House, and this spring, petitioned selectmen to have April declared "Habitat Month" in Falmouth. Habitat Month events included fundraisers at Roche Brothers, Windfall Market, Stop and Shop, Friendly's, Falmouth Toyota, and the 99 Restaurant.
And now the group has succeeded in meeting their goal. Kudos to a hardworking committee: Rev. Patti Barrett (St. Barnabas), Jan Brooks (Habitat Faith Relations Committee), Wendy Cullinan (Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod), Rev. Jonathan Drury (First Congregational Church of Falmouth), Trisha Favulli (Habitat Board Member), Rev. Nell Fields (Waquoit Congregational Church), Betsy Giles (Habitat Family Partner), Bill Hough (Falmouth Enterprise), Rabbi Elias Lieberman (Falmouth Jewish Congregation), Brenda Swain (Falmouth Service Center), Suzanne Robbins, (Community Health Center of Cape Cod), Pamela Rothstein (Falmouth Jewish Congregation), and Jay Zavala (Falmouth Chamber of Commerce).
It is extremely gratifying to see a group of devoted community and faith leaders working together, and we are impressed with how successful this collaboration has been. Falmouth Builds Together is a model for other groups, and Habitat is lucky to have them on our team. Thanks to Falmouth Builds Together, more local families will have a decent home on Cape Cod.
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ReStore is Hiring!
 We are currently accepting applications for a year-round, part-time ReStore Associate for front desk and customer service responsibilities, for our Habitat ReStore located at 28 Whites Path in South Yarmouth. Please reply by Monday August 25.
See a Job Description.
Get an Application Form.
(Employment applications are also available at the Habitat office.)
Submit completed application to:
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod
411 Main St. (Route 6A) #6
Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
Habitat for Humanity is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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This is a friendly reminder to RSVP for our Annual Meeting on August 14th (see the events calendar at left). It is extremely helpful to our office team, Mary Campbell and Bri Blakeman (affectionately known as "Command Central") to have a head count of how many people will be attending.
 At this year's Annual Meeting, we will be honoring not just 10-year volunteers, but - for the first time - 20-year volunteers! HHCC has 17 volunteers who have been with us for 20 years or more, and we think that is quite an accomplishment! We hope you will be able to join us on the 14th to see your friends honored for their impressive dedication and years of service.
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Habitat Builds Community
This summer we've seen some wonderful community building at our construction sites. We've always known that Habitat builds community - it's right there in our mission statement! But here are two concrete examples - one from Cape Cod Conservatory and the other from the First Congregational Church of Falmouth.
Camp Summer Sounds
 Cape Cod Conservatory's Summer Sounds Camp has done it again! As a gift to our volunteer construction crew, Summer Sounds students provided a lunch-time concert at our construction site at Bevan Way, Orleans. They also brought a delicious lunch, generously donated by Land Ho!, 38 Main Street, Orleans.
The crew loved their concert! Joanne Broderick remarked that it was "such a treat" to have a lunch time concert, and Mike DiRuzza felt it was "an extra opportunity for young artists to show their talents."
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Volunteers Helping Volunteers
 First Congregational Church of Falmouth's Summer of Service (SOS) is a week-long community-service-focused summer camp program for youth in grades 4-12. In SOS Camp, the youth volunteer their time at a variety of community organizations each morning. On July 29th and July 31st, part of that volunteering included bringing lunch to the Habitat crew at Glenwood Avenue. The Habitat volunteers loved their delicious lunches, and the young Summer of Service volunteers learned about Habitat's mission. And everyone made some new friends! Many thanks from Habitat to Rev. Jonathan Drury and his SOS campers!
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Not Your Average Cause
 Eat at Not Your Average Joe's on Mondays in August and a portion of your tab will go to benefit Habitat. Check out their menu - they often have locally grown specials in the summer. Just print out the coupon below and bring it with you to the restaurant. Not Your Average Joe's is located at the Cape Cod Mall, 793 Iyannough Road Hyannis.
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Welcome Becky
 We are pleased to welcome Rebecca Mendible to the Habitat office team as support to the Resource Development Department. Becky says she brings "a variety of 'tools' that I can now work with to support Habitat of Cape Cod." Wendy Cullinan, Director of Resource Development, is thrilled to have Becky on board: "Becky is a delightful addition to our happy office. She brings non-profit and event planning experience along with a real concern for those in need of a safe, decent place to live." Becky particularly enjoys working for non-profit organizations. With non-profits, she finds "the satisfaction of assisting and supporting other human beings is more fulfilling than contributing to someone's 'bottom line.'" Becky tells us, "I am thrilled to be part of this wonderful community!"
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What's Your Habitat Story?
Don't keep it to yourself - share your story!
Contact Dawn Walnut at 508-362-3559 x. 16 or dawn@habitatcapecod.org
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