Calendar 

 
Saturday, January 31st
Women Build Dedication
2:00pm
19 Bevan Way
Help us celebrate our 89th home on Cape Cod!

Friday, February 6, 2-7pm

Saturday, February 7, 10am - 6pm

Sunday, February 8, 10am - 4pm

The 2015 Habitat Kayak

will be at the

9th Annual

Boatbuilders' Show

Resort and Conference Center

35 Scudder Ave, Hyannis

Admission: $5.00

More info here

 

Saturday, March 21

Sunday, March 22 

The 2015 Habitat Kayak will be at the

Annual Hyannis

Rotary Club Home & Garden Show

10:00am - 6:00pm

Barnstable High School

744 W. Main St, Barnstable


 
Save the Date

Friday, April 10
Roll the Rock
Put together a team and bowl for Habitat! Contact Wendy Cullinan at [email protected]
for more info.


Monday, May 11

St. John's Episcopal Church Golf Tournament

to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Calling all Foursomes!

 Contact Wendy Cullinan at [email protected]
for more info.


News In Brief

  

 Thanks to John Hall!

John Hall is Habitat's "Go-To" guy when it comes to tile. He has been installing the tiles in nearly every Habitat home for several years now. So it is only fitting that when our office needed some tile upgrade, we called on John. He did his usual exemplary work, and we are grateful.


 

 

Thanks to Clarke Distribution Company!

We are grateful to Clarke Distribution Company, who wanted to do a little nice something for Habitat homeowners in Falmouth, so they donated a gift basket of kitchen utensils and cookware to the two homes at 55 Glenwood Avenue. What a lovely surprise for Chris and Jenna!


 

With Sadness

We are sad to report that longtime Habitat volunteer and supporter, Anne Stillwell, has passed away. Judith Page remembers Anne: "Anne loved shingling and pitched in eagerly for as long as she was physically able. She was also active on the Upper Cape family selection (interview) committee and co-chair for several years. She also served as a family partner. She was a faithful attendant at the Upper Cape Chapter meetings and brought her sister and family too, when they were visiting from Alaska. It was with great sadness that her health issues forced her to leave her home on Buzzards Bay and move into a nursing facility several years ago. You could depend on her to be outside watching the Falmouth Christmas Parade every year and cheering when the Habitat contingent marched or 'floated' by." Dave king remembers Anne: "Although it has been a long time since Anne was active in Habitat, I remember her caring contributions on our Partnership Committee.  She was very dedicated to Habitat's mission." 


 

Haiti Update

Five years ago this week, a devastating earthquake struck Haiti leaving 1.5 million people homeless. Since then, a complex story of survival, perseverance and renewal has unfolded. Habitat for Humanity served more than 55,300 people impacted by the disaster. HHCC tithes 10% of our unrestricted funds to help support the work in Haiti.

To learn more, see Habitat Haiti's

 5-year video and 5-year report.

 

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A most wonderful New Year from all of us here at Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod. May 2015 provide you with a fresh start. Here at Habitat, we know that this new year will bring hope, lives, and community - in the tangible form of a new home - to the many families we will be serving. A fresh start indeed. Thanks to all of you who make this possible.
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Welcome to Roy Colby - Lead Carpenter
                       

We are happy to welcome a second Lead Carpenter to our Habitat staff: Roy Colby. Roy has been a builder most of his life, working for Cape Associates for 17 years before turning to teaching. Roy taught in the Carpentry Shop at Cape Tech in Harwich from 2008 - 2013. Roy says he picked up carpentry skills from his do-it-yourself father and also from his uncle, a builder. Roy's uncle once gave him instructions to "pick up all the nails and straighten them - as a way to keep me out of his hair." Roy enjoys framing houses and looks forward to working on Habitat homes: simple, well-built houses. 

 

As the son of a United Church of Christ minister, Roy and his family travelled all over the country when he was young. They lived in New Hampshire, Chicago, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Buffalo, New York. But the family had a summer home in Eastham on Cape Cod, where his parents eventually retired, and Roy says "Cape Cod was the biggest constant in my life." As a young adult, Roy lived a few different places himself, but always returned to Cape Cod. Although he enjoys travel, he says there is "something about the Cape" He appreciates the changing New England seasons, and likes to have sand in his shoes.

 

Roy lives in Harwich with his wife Rachael and three of their four children: his daughter Anna is 19 and attends Cape Cod Community College studying education, his daughter Abby, 15, is a sophomore, and his son Andrew, 12, is in seventh grade. His oldest daughter, Ariel, is a phlebotomist who lives in Marstons Mills with her husband.

 

Roy is not a stranger to Habitat's work. He volunteered on HHCC's very first home, in Wellfleet in 1989. He also put in some volunteer days last year at the Ginger Lane house in Centerville. Roy says he is excited to be here, and looks forward to the opportunity to teach people who are eager to learn new things. "I'm thankful for this opportunity." 

 

We are also thankful - that Roy has joined our Habitat team. Roy is already busy doing some off-site construction to prepare for our Harwich construction this spring, but you'll be seeing him on the job sites soon!

 

Women Build Dedication

 

Please join us to celebrate and dedicate 19 Bevan Way in Orleans! 

 

 

 

Saturday, January 31st

Dedication for the home of Kelly Lungo and family

2:00pm 

 

Light refreshments will be served.

 

Major Funding by:

Town of Orleans Community Preservation Act Grant Funds

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBB) Grant

Women Build

with

Construction Financing by

Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank

 

This home was built with:

A dedicated corps of community volunteers,

The sweat equity of the owner,

And many generous contributions from

the community.

 

Please arrive a few minutes early to park and tour the home

before the ceremony begins.

Please park carefully. Carpooling is encouraged! 

 

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A beautiful job - well done!
top: view of the home from the street
below: back of the home
 
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