Habitat Builds
Supporters
When: Saturday, February 27, 2010 from 7:00 - 10:00 PM; Doors open at 6:00 PM
Where: Governor Dodge Convention Center, 300 Business HWY 151, Platteville
Donation: $10 per person
We hope to
Please mail registration to:
HFHGC
PO Box 617
Platteville WI 53818
Please make check payable to: Habitat for Humanity Grant County
When: Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Where: 1st English Lutheran Church, 215 W. Pine Street, Platteville
Event information (PDF version)
Habitat is Seeking a Partner Family for Build #8, scheduled to begin in the Spring of 2010. Have you ever wondered if your family would qualify to be chosen as a Partner Family? Or is there someone in your parish or community that would benefit from partnering with Habitat for Humanity? If the answer is YES, please attend our Family Selection Workshop to learn More about the process of family selection. Members of the Family Selection Committee will be on hand to answer your questions. To preview income qualifications and selection criteria, view the Home Ownership webpage.
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Where: Broadcasted throughout the WPVL listening area on 107.1 FM
How: To bid call 608-349-2008 the day of the auction
OR
Early bidding on featured items will start in a couple weeks. Stay tuned!
Our list of wonderful auction items is still growing. If you'd like to donate an item for the auction, please contact us at 348-9119. To donate money during the radio auction, please bid on the "Pink Poodle Purse" item during the auction for the amount of your donation. The "Pink Poodle Purse" will collect all of your donations.
Special Appreciation to the sponsors of our Radio Auction!
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Hosted by Habitat for Humanity & Senator Dale Schultz
Where: Work Site, 177 White Street, Benton WI
When: Saturday, June 27 starting at 9:00 AM
Free & Open to the Public
Over the past three years Habitat for Humanity of Grant County has made a firm commitment to build our homes to Energy Star Standards and beyond. We are proud to share with you that the February 2009 heating bill for Habitat Home #6, proud owners Joel, Rachael & Benjamin Groom, was $66.00 due to energy saving improvements. Join us on Saturday, June 27 to learn about energy saving options and programs available to the public which made this affordable heating bill possible. Attend one or more of the following informational sessions:
| 9:00 - 9:30 AM | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:30 - 10:00 AM | Building for Efficiency Gary Kramer |
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Solar Hot Water Heating Systems Todd Timmerman of Timmerman's Talents and Habitat for Humanity |
| 10:30 - 11:00 AM | Break Cookies and Conversation |
| 11:00 - 11:45 AM | Home Energy Audits and Blower Door Testing Mark Henning, 7th Power Sustainable |
Timmerman’s Talents has financed and installed solar hot water heating systems and in-floor heating systems in our homes making our local Habitat for Humanity one of the Greenest Builders in the State.
Richard Hoffman, our Foundation Builder, has used Insulated Concrete Forms to insulate the basement making more livable space in each home.
Gary Kramer, our Site Supervisor and Building Committee, designs every aspect of the home to ensure that the entire home is built with Energy Savings in Mind.
Mark Henning, 7th Power Sustainable, has educated our site supervisors and home owners on Wisconsin Energy Star Home Standards and Guidelines. In addition, Mark has conducted three sites visits, final site visit being the infiltration and ventilation tests which allow us to receive a $2500 cash back reward from Focus on Energy.
For more information about Energy Efficiency Day hosted by Habitat for Humanity and Senator Dale Schultz, click here.
Trivia Night raised enough money to Raise the Roof! Over 200 people came out in a snowstorm to support Habitat for Humanity's 2nd Annual Trivia Night on Feb 21st. $1905 was raised along with a matching grant of $250 from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans to bring the total to $2155.
Special Thanks to Jim & Natalie Doherty from coming back from Clinton Iowa to host this event!
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Grant County Habitat for Humanity was part of an international milestone celebrated Dec. 4, 2009, in Minneapolis.
A unique alliance between Habitat for Humanity International and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, called Thrivent
Builds with Habitat for Humanity, has resulted in 2,000 homes for families in just four years. Grant County Habitat
for Humanity built 2 homes as part of that effort.
At the December 4th event, Thrivent Financial announced a 2010 commitment of $15 million to Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity and its homebuilding program, continuing its support of Habitat’s mission for a fifth year. This funding will make the construction of 181 additional homes in 37 states possible. Grant County Habitat has received word that it has been awarded $64,090 for the construction of 1 Thrivent Builds home in the coming year.
“The Thrivent Builds alliance has helped Grant County Habitat increase the number of families served in our community,” said April Baker, Director. “We are so grateful for Thrivent’s support of our efforts to provide decent, affordable homes in partnership with families in need.”
While Thrivent Financial provided at least 65 percent of the funding for each of the 2,000 homes, local volunteers—many of them Thrivent members and members of area Lutheran congregations—assisted with construction and helped raise additional funds.
The four-year Thrivent Builds alliance was announced in September, 2005 and has helped construct approximately six percent of Habitat homes built in the United States from 2006 through 2009. Ongoing in 2010, the Thrivent Builds partnership continues to ensure Thrivent Financial as one of the largest non-government supporters of Habitat for Humanity International.
Because of Thrivent Financial’s support, we are now accepting applications for partner families for the 2010 Build. A Family Selection Workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, January 14, 2010, 7PM at 1st English Lutheran Church, 215 W Pine Street, Platteville, WI. Members of the Family Selection Committee will be on hand to answers your questions about becoming a partner family with Habitat for Humanity.
Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity
is a four-year $125 million alliance between Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans and Habitat for Humanity International. The alliance makes
Thrivent Financial one of Habitat’s largest allies and aims to increase
Habitat’s annual house production by hundreds of homes per year. To
date, 2,000 homes have been built in the United States and more
than 30 other countries. For more information, visit
www.thriventbuilds.com.
Thrivent Financial for Lutheransis a not-for-profit, Fortune 500 financial services membership organization helping approximately 2.6 million members achieve financial security and give back to their communities. Thrivent Financial and its affiliates offer a broad range of financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, bank products and more. As a not-for-profit organization, Thrivent Financial creates and supports national outreach programs and activities that help congregations, schools, charitable organizations and individuals in need. For more information, visit www.thrivent.com.
Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat has built more than 300,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 1.5 million people. For more information, visit www.habitat.org.
March 10, 2008
Habitat for Humanity Grant County is seeking qualified individuals and families to become homeowners!
Our purpose is to build homes with partner families who could not otherwise
afford a home. Once construction is complete, the family purchases the home at
no interest and no profit. Habitat for Humanity welcomes all applicants and as a
Christian Housing ministry applicants need not be affiliated with any faith or
denomination.
September 1st, 2007
1234 W. Elm Street, Lancaster, Wisconsin
Most of you probably know Habitat for Humanity volunteers build houses with
families in need. What you might not know is that nationally more than 800
Habitat homes have been built by crews of women. Habitat for Humanity of Grant
County is about to add another house to that women-built total. On August 27th,
local women volunteers, with the aid and guidance of male trainers, began
building the next Habitat home in Lancaster, WI.
You do not need to be skilled to join a Women’s Build. Professionals are on site
at all times to train and to supervise your work. If you would like to join in
this special build, please click on Volunteer. You will be directed to a Women’s
Build Volunteer Form. Fill this form out and email it to
grantcountyhabitat@yahoo.com.
April 1st, 2007
On April 1, 2007 Habitat for Humanity of Grant Co. and the Winkler Family broke ground for their new home in Potosi, WI. This partnership marks the exciting start of our 4th home since officially becoming an affiliate in 2001. We are extremely grateful for the large grant bestowed to us from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and support from the local Grant Co. Lutheran congregations, which is making this house a reality.
To learn more visit www.thriventbuilds.com
December 18th, 2006
Thanks to thousands of Lutheran volunteers, one home was built every 28
hours.
Through Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity, 313 families realized the
dream of homeownership in just one year.
Thanks
to members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and other Lutheran volunteers
joining forces with Habitat for Humanity affiliates across the country, 313
homes were built with families in need of simple, decent, affordable housing
last year. That’s nearly one home built every 28 hours in communities across the
United States through Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity. This year, our
affiliate will be part of this exciting alliance!
Homes built through Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity are in addition to
the more than 5,000 homes Habitat affiliates currently build each year in the
United States and Canada. That represents a six percent increase in Habitat home
production. It also is a reflection of what can be accomplished when Habitat
affiliates join together with new volunteers to give even more families a great
start toward economic independence.
You can help bring 355 families home in 2007 through Thrivent Builds
Habitat for Humanity of Grant Co. is building 1 home with Thrivent Builds this year. The Thrivent Builds Homes program will bring both financial and volunteer support to help our affiliate and other Habitat affiliates increase homebuilding capacity in 2007! You can help bring more families home.
From the first nail to the last, building a home through Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity is a profound experience. It’s not just concrete and wood, it’s tears and smiles, born of hard work and faith. And it’s the knowledge that you’ve helped change lives.
To get involved, call at or visit www.thriventbuilds.com.
We can help end poverty housing through Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity, a $105 million financial, volunteer and advocacy alliance between Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Habitat for Humanity International®.
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