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Greetings!
We hope you enjoy reading about the highlights of Evergreen Habitat for Humanity this month. We greatly appreciate your support as we continue to build safe, affordable housing for our hard-working, low-income families. If you would like to find out how you can help, please visit www.ehfh.org for more information.
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Holiday Volunteer Open House
Every year, Evergreen Habitat for Humanity depends on volunteer labor to build decent, safe and affordable homes for hardworking Clark County families. This year, we at Evergreen Habitat would like to personally thank all our hardworking volunteers by hosting a Volunteer Appreciation Holiday Open house on Tuesday, December 11th, at 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. There will be treats, cheers and prizes for our volunteers and their families.
"Our volunteers are the backbone of this organization. Our mission is simple: we seek to put God's love into action, by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. Without our volunteers, our mission would not be possible." says Josh Townsley, Evergreen's Executive Director.
Our volunteers work rain or shine and build all year long. They come as individuals or in groups from churches, corporations and educational institutions, including the local high schools. Already in 2012, 7,743 volunteers hours were donated by our generous volunteers.
Seven families have been served in 2012. The Cabrera and Griffin homes were completed and dedicated in January, the Bastidas (Women Build) home this past September, and the Adams family home is on track to be finished by the end of December. Three other homes have been started in 2012 for the Murphy, Danforth and Zeismier families. "It's been a very busy year for Evergreen Habitat. Never before in our history have so many homes been constructed in a single year by our affiliate", says Brady Winsten, Evergreen's Volunteer Coordinator.
Our top volunteers in hours for this year are Dennis Smith, Dennis Ziesemer, Lloyd Viles, Rich Helmke, Joel Baxter, Terri Brouillet, Camille Wright, Barbara Harmon, Gerri Colburn, David Hayes, John DiVittorio, Andy Costello, Arnie Perez, Sheri Ziesemer, and Christy Adams.
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Cars for Homes and 2012 National Build Week
During the week of November 12 - 16th Evergreen Habitat promoted the 2012 National Build Week. 15 Evergreen Habitat volunteers, staff from Cars for Homes, and ReStore personnel showed up On Friday, November 16 and kicked off the build day on the construction site with hot cocoa and donuts. While some stayed on site and built, others went out and promoted the Cars for Homes program by hanging beautifully decorated door hangers and waiving to the public on the I-5 overpass with the Cars for Homes banner.
What can you donate?
Car, trucks, RVs, boats, motorcycles, construction or farm equipment.
The process to donate your car is fast, simple and free!
Call (877) 277-4344 to get the process started in donating your car. Not only is it fast and free but you may qualify for a tax deduction as well!
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Construction Briefs  With four homes under construction for Evergreen Habitat, it has been a very busy year! The Adams family home started construction with the traditional ground blessing in July, and will be done by the end of the year. Christy Adams works full time and has put in 278 sweat equity hours already with her home to be completed by the end of December.
 Construction on the Ziesemer home is well underway with the foundation poured and the decking going on this week. This home is being built in conjunction with Quail Homes and Planet Clark, making it the first partnership of its kind in Clark County. The Emerald Home will showcase the future of green building with over 50% reductions in water and energy usage.  Also for the first time, Evergreen Habitat is partnering with the Evergreen School District, building the Danforth family home with a younger generation of builders. Students at Evergreen High School and Mt. View High School are working side by side to put math and construction skills together. Under the supervision of teacher Bill Culver at Evergreen High School and teachers Eric Dodge and Kristy Gilmore at Mt. View High School, the students work on their own construction site located on the schools campus. This program "Math in Construction" promotes academic rigor, real world relevance, and positive working relationships. When the schools have completed their portion of the home, it will be trucked over to the actual lot on Lincoln street where final construction will take place.
Last but not least is the Murphy family home. The ground  was blessed in July and the trench work is being done so the sewer system can go in this week. The Murphy family home is sponsored by Wells Fargo. Kathy Murphy, the home owner has had the pleasure of having her oldest daughter, Kristen, work on the site with her as well as various other volunteer opportunities such as A Brush with Kindness, the Day of Service and a Women Build project. |
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Volunteer Opportunity
Have you ever wanted to get involved and wondered what else Evergreen Habitat does? We have lots of opportunities to volunteer. We have several committees that are looking for you! We are always looking for enthusiastic committee members for our marketing, golf and women build committees. For more information about these committees contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Brady Winsten at 360-737-1759 x207 or email at volunteer@ehfh.org.
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Susan Riley - President
Linda Reid - Vice President
Brad Eriksen - Treasurer
Stacia White - Secretary
Bill Bryant- Director
Rich Helmke- Director
Bruce Armstrong - Director
Mojgan Kasraei - Director
Barry Kalian - Director
Executive Director
Josh Townsley
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Upcoming Events
2nd Annual Women Build Tea, Saturday, December 1st.
11am - 1pm
See Website for more information at www.ehfh.org
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Volunteer Spotlight:
Dennis Ziesemer
What do you get when you combine an architect, a dedicated volunteer and an all around great guy? You get Dennis Ziesemer, a rock-star of a volunteer and future Habitat Homeowner. Dennis has been volunteering to get his required 250 sweat equity hours in, but as of this date Dennis has put in 451 hours, all before the decking on his house is even completed! Dennis not only swings a hammer, drives the truck, and is a valued "can do anything" volunteer but he also designed not one, but two of the current Habitat Homes. He can do it all! Thank you Dennis for all that you do.
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