...GOING STRONG AND ALMOST DONE...

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COMMITTEES THAT NEED YOUR YEAR ROUND HELP

1. Family Selection - (Meets Mondays, once a month at 6:30 pm)
2. Family Support - (Meets Monday’s every other month at 5:30 pm)
3 .Building/Construction - (Meets Tuesday’s once a month at 6:00 pm)
4. Site Selection - (Meets once a quarter at 4:00 pm to discuss land)
5. Volunteer Coordination - (No set Meeting time)
6. Public Relations - (Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 8:00 am)
7. Finance - (Meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7:30 am)
8. Fundraising - (Meets the first Tuesday of every month at noon)
9. Church Relations - (Meets once a month at noon)
10. ReStore - (Meets the second Monday of each month at 4:30 PM)

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ReStore

• Habitat ReStore is a program of the affiliate and its primary mission is to provide additional funding to support the affiliate's house building goals
• Expand opportunities to serve a broader base of the low income community by providing low cost materials
• Provide good stewardship of sustainable resources in the community
• Inventory is received on a donated basis from builders, homeowners, construction suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors
• Inventory sold at 20%-50% new cost

GIVE A GIFT. OPEN A DOOR.

All around the world and just across town, Habitat for Humanity works with families to build, renovate and repair houses. It’s the support and involvement of readers like you that allows these families to open new doors — doors like this one in Lesotho that lead to decent housing and better lives.

The need is more urgent than it has ever been, and your contribution can be key for a family in search of decent, affordable shelter.

Send your gift today, using the envelope inside or by visiting www.habitat.org or calling (800) HABITAT.

Now More Than Ever. Help Build It!

SERVANT LEADERS SHAPE HABITAT

From its earliest days, Habitat for Humanity has been blessed with passionate leaders whose gifts, personalities and circumstances have helped shaped this ministry. When Clarence Jordan, who developed the concept of the Fund for Humanity, sent out a personal letter inviting people to consider his plan for sharing resources, people responded so favorably that Clarence said he felt something eternal had been set in motion.

With a vision and boldness that could not be held back, the early Habitat leaders could never imagine what they were unleashing, but they knew they had to follow God’s call. “We just knew that the idea that got hold of us wasn’t going to stop with us,” says Sam Emerick, the first chair of Habitat’s board of directors.

Since then, politicians and pilots, pastors and small business owners, craftspeople and executives have taken leadership roles and become great advocates for the cause of affordable housing. Some of those crucial leaders guide our work and give voice to our mission on the local level; others speak on a larger stage.

We lost one of our great voices in May with the death of Jack Kemp. Jack supported Habitat’s work for more than a decade, serving on our international board of directors and chairing the five-year “More Than Houses” capital campaign and the “Rebuilding Our Communities Campaign.” He was an amazing example of servant leadership and kindness. His legacy will live on in the families who live in better conditions because of his efforts.

With the deaths of Jack Kemp and Habitat founder Millard Fuller, who passed away within two months of each other this year, we feel the emptiness left by two giants who cared so passionately about families in need of affordable shelter. We will forever be grateful for their drive to engage others in our work and for all they did to shape the Habitat story. We will always miss them.

As part of the life cycle of this mighty organization, however, we must constantly develop and nurture strong leaders at every level, taking inspiration from the service of those who have come before. The need for affordable housing continues to climb rapidly. Now, more than ever, we need faithful people who have bold vision, determination and discernment to follow God’s leading. More than ever in this troubled economy, we need leaders to help us see over the mountain so that we may continue to help families around the world improve their housing situations.

HELP, HOPE, HOME

After living in an asbestos-lined second-floor apartment for more than eight years, Victor Valdera and his mother, Herna, moved into their new Habitat house in Las Vegas this summer.

Victor was injured in an electrical accident at the age of 5 and lost both arms. Herna is his full-time caretaker. Thirty-nine-year-old Victor has been in and out of hospitals and doctor’s offices his entire life and likely will end up using a wheelchair. The Valderas’ new home has been specially designed with Victor’s needs in mind, with ramps, extra large rooms and other helpful features.

Victor is a strong believer in Habitat’s work. At the end of a long, hot afternoon working on his sweat-equity hours by helping to clean up the construction site, Victor observed, “Habitat doesn’t just give you a house. … They help you build a home.”