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Falmouth Housing Trust E-News!
July 2013
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Greetings!
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With the dog days of summer upon us, most Falmouth residents are busy with guests, enjoying our Shining Sea Bikeway, beach going, and other fun annual summer traditions.
The start of the summer season, brings our BIG annual fundraising push! We have membership forms in the mail as of the writing of this e-newsletter. If you don't receive yours, but would like to renew or join the FHT membership, please click here.
A summer highlight for many is the annual Falmouth Walk, scheduled for Saturday, August 10th at 10am. FHT is honored to have been selected as one of the beneficiaries of the Walk this year. For more information please click here.
Who could miss Road Race weekend as we all batten down the hatches and prepare for the onslaught of guests and runners! This year the Falmouth Road Race is scheduled for Sunday, August 11th. Please take a minute to check out & sponsor the FHT Charity Team!
For more information on any FHT programs or projects, consult our web site or contact our office at 508-540-2370.
As always, thank you for supporting the Falmouth Housing Trust!
Addie Drolette
Board of Directors, President
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| Join us at THE FALMOUTH WALK! |
The Falmouth Housing Trust is HONORED to have been selected as one of The Falmouth Walk beneficiaries for 2013! Be sure to register to participate in the 3.2 mile walk on Friday, August 9th from 4:30 - 7:30pm at the Quarterdeck Restaurant! The entrance fee is $20 per person and the more walkers we have the more support this year's local charities selected as beneficiaries will receive ~ FHT!
The Walk starts promptly at 10am on Saturday, August 10th from Falmouth Town Hall. To check out the route, click here. Immediately following The Falmouth Walk there will be a Post Walk Family Picnic at St. Barnabus on Main Street. All Walk participants are invited to attend. The Post Walk Picnic will include raffle and auction items, the proceeds of which go back to the local charities selected as beneficiaries for 2013!
This is a family fun event, all ages are welcome and encouraged to attend. For more information, consult The Falmouth Walk web site, or call Bill McCabe, 508-548-2313.
The Falmouth Walk is a local charity event that raises money for Falmouth charities. Its held in August on the day before the Falmouth Road Race, and was founded in 1991 by local celebrities Eddie Doyle and Tommy Leonard. The Falmouth Walk is a non-profit 501 (C) 3 that is managed and staffed by volunteers. All profits are donated to Falmouth charitable organizations, that are selected annually by the Walk's Volunteer Committee.
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| Falmouth Road Race FHT Charity Team
Support a Runner!
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 Our team of seven
seven committed volunteer runners is strong! Natalie Bezdaris, Sally Clymer, Carol Cremmen, Katie Edwards, Caroline Geary, Julie Murray & Jessica Ryan
Click here to Support a Runner!
With your support, we are on track to raise $7,000 for the Falmouth Housing Trust through the "Numbers for Non-Profits Program" of the New Balance Falmouth Road Race!
Race day is Sunday, August 11, 2013.
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| Odd Fellows Project Gets Major Boost! |
The Odd Fellows Hall capital campaign received a major boost in funding this week. The Kelley Foundation, a local philanthropic organization tasked with "promoting the health and welfare of the inhabitants of Barnstable County," granted $5,000 to the Falmouth Housing Trust for the Adaptive Re-Use project.
Key aspects of the project are:
- the interior will be entirely gutted,
- the abatement of all hazardous materials to allow for full code compliance,
- the replacement of all mechanical and electrical systems,
- the renovation of the exterior of the building with the installation of new siding, energy efficient windows and doors, and a new roof,
- tying the building into the sewer line,
- re-landscaping, and the addition of a ramp and four tenant parking spaces,
- solar panel installation on the replacement roof to harness renewable energy sources and reduce operating costs,
- the two first floor apartments will be visitable, and the second story apartments will be standard.
FHT has started to prepare documents relative to the permitting phase of the project with the Town of Falmouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To make a donation to the Odd Fellows Hall project, click here. |
| YOUTH in FOCUS:
Falmouth Kids Making a Difference!
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Hats off to Elizabeth Johnson, recent Falmouth High School graduate!
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Elizabeth volunteered earlier this spring and summer in the FHT office assisting in maintaining our Media Log. Lizzy, as her friends call her, wrote her senior essay on housing needs in Falmouth ~ what a topic ~ following which she decided to give back to FHT.
For fun Lizzy enjoys swimming, puzzles, and watching movies with friends. This summer she is spending time with family in Dracut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. A recent trip to Boston, where she'll attend Simmons College in the fall, allowed her to practice riding the "T", (also known as the subway system).
Elizabeth graduated from Falmouth High School in June of 2013. At Simmons College, her focus of study will be Computer Science and Library Science.
Elizabeth is the daughter of Meri Linnea Jones and the niece of local therapist, Jenny Putnam. She is the granddaughter of Brenda and Charles Olson, also of Falmouth.
GOOD LUCK ELIZABETH!
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| St. Marks Housing Project Update |
The St. Marks home-ownership project calls for the creation of three individual homes, two of which will be 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom Cape Cod style homes, and the third will be a ranch style home, also with 3-bedrooms and 2-bathrooms. The ranch will be visitable.
Each house will have a distinct 1/3 of an acre lot, but all will share one curb cut off of St. Marks Road. The homes will be built to the Energy Star standard and are oriented on the lot to maximize southern exposure and privacy. FHT hopes to incorporate solar energy into the project, depending upon grant and major donor funding availability. Landscaping plantings will also augment privacy and create natural borders with neighbors and the street. All plantings will be drought resistant.
The Falmouth Housing Trust has entered into the permitting phase of the project and plans a spring 2014 construction start. The project team includes "Citizen of the Year" Mike Duffany, Christian Valle of The Valle Group, architect Bill Roslansky, FHT volunteer Gene Black, and Tim Santos of Holmes & McGrath. Construction financing will provided by Cape Cod 5 Cents Savings Bank in Falmouth. A neighborhood meeting will be scheduled in the late summer / early fall.
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| Flynn House Manager Retires: Thank You Ed Burke! |  The Gerald Flynn House and FHT Board of Directors said goodbye to our friend, Ed Burke, earlier this summer. Ed Burke served as the live-in House Manager for over two years at the Flynn House. He retires from his position to enjoy traveling and spending more time with his grandchildren, who live off-Cape. When not mowing the Flynn House lawn, or giving residents rides to appointments, or attending AA commitments, Ed loves riding his motorcycle. He also is an avid bicycle rider, and braved Walt Disney World alone this spring with two children under the age of ten years old, his grandchildren! What a guy!? Our new Flynn House Manager, Mark Culpo, started earlier this summer. He is off to a great start. Mark works locally and in his free time enjoys spending time with his family and friends. He is an avid recreationist and works out daily. We thank Ed for his hard work and dedication to the Flynn House program. On behalf of our seven men and women who call the Flynn House their home, we wish Ed well and welcome Mark! |
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How Can You Help?
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- Host a house party and invite the Executive Director or a member of our board to speak to your guests. Any donations received will be earmarked to your choice of programming!
- Donate gently used furniture or food items to the Gerald Flynn House program!
- Volunteer your time or expertise to help us continue to be a hand-up, not a hand-out in Falmouth!
- SUPPORT one of our Projects: ST. MARKS ROAD & ODD FELLOWS HALL!
All charitable donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by the I.R.S.
The Falmouth Housing Trust is a 501(C)3 not-for profit organization, Tax I.D. # 04-2936558.
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Happy Summer!
Anne Connolly Saganic
Executive Director
Falmouth Housing Trust
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