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December 10, 2006
Habitat for Humanity
of Pike County and Lowe’s Is At It Again… Building Hope and Building
Communities
Lowe’s of Milford, Pa has partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Pike
County to support our Pike County residents in need of housing. And it
is not too late for you to help. The Lowe's fund raising for Habitat
ends on Monday Dec 11. Tell your friends that all they have to do is
tell the cashier, at checkout, the amount to be donated. It can be done
through cash or credit or debit card. 100% collected will be returned
to Habitat for Humanity and our Pike County residents.
Give the gift of giving, by donating as much as you can to support
Habitat for Humanity. You may be helping someone in your community, in
your church, or in your family get a nice home.
For more information about Habitat for Humanity, please call (570)
828-1623. Or visit them on the web at www.hfhpc.org. |
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November 16, 2006
Lowe’s and Habitat for
Humanity give customers an opportunity to help build homes for local
families this holiday season.
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| Left to Right:
Lowe’s Employees: Karen Hinnrichs, RTM Clerk, Michael Mongioi, Store
Manager and Habitat for Humanity’s Mike Donlon. |
Lowe's and its customers, in partnership with
Habitat for Humanity, are helping families in Pike County this holiday
season through the home improvement retailer's "Homes for the Holidays"
donation program. Already in its third year, "Homes for the Holidays"
provides customers the chance to donate to Habitat for Humanity of Pike
County affiliate by adding a donation onto their checkout total at
their nearest Lowe's store. The program ends Dec. 11. While you are in
the store please stop by the Habitat for Humanity table to learn more
about their work and to sign on as a volunteer. You can also get more
information by visiting their website at www.hfhpc.org
or calling the office at 570-828-1623. For more information about the
“Homes for the Holidays” program, visit Lowes.com/community
or call 491-9940. |
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November 7, 2006
LOWE'S AND HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY GIVE CUSTOMERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP BUILD HOMES FOR LOCAL
FAMILIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
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| Picture: One of
the recently built homes by Habitat for Humanity of Pike County. |
"Homes for the Holidays" Customer Donation
Program Kicks Off Nov. 13 Nationwide.
Lowe's and its customers, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, are
helping families in Pike County this holiday season through the home
improvement retailer's "Homes for the Holidays" donation program, which
kicks off Nov. 13 nationwide. Already in its third year, "Homes for the
Holidays" provides customers the chance to donate to Habitat for
Humanity of Pike County affiliate by adding a donation onto their
checkout total at their nearest Lowe's store. The program ends Dec. 11.
During the holiday season, representatives from Habitat for Humanity of
Pike County will be at the Lowe's of Westfall to promote "Homes for the
Holidays" and recruit volunteers for future Habitat builds. Lowe's
stores will have "Homes for the Holidays" displays at every checkout
counter to inform customers of their opportunity to spread the holiday
spirit to local families in need.
Habitat for Humanity of Pike County has been building houses for 10
years in Pike County and recently finished building their 10th home.
The Pike County Affiliate plans to build two homes in 2007 with money
donated locally and given through grants from Pike County, the United
Way, Thrivent for Lutherans and individual donations from Pike County
residents and businesses. Local volunteers act as the board of
directors, construction crew, fund raisers while also choosing and
nurturing families in the program. Habitat offers a 0% mortgage to
families who would otherwise never be able to afford a home of their
own. The mortgage is usually paid over a 20 year period and money
collected from the mortgages goes to fund other Habitat homes. You can
learn more by visiting the website at www.hfhpc.org
or calling the office at 570-828-1623.
"There are few things more valuable to our customers then their homes,
especially during the holiday season when families are gathering to
share and create memories," said Larry D. Stone, chairman of Lowe's
Charitable and Educational Foundation. ‘Homes for the Holidays’ is a
remarkable program because it rallies the communities we serve in an
effort to help local families in need attain the dream of home
ownership. We encourage our customers to visit their local Lowe's this
season to help support this cause."
Lowe's, the underwriter of Habitat for Humanity International's Women
Build program, has long supported Habitat's efforts to address the
issue of affordable housing. In 2005, Lowe's donated $5 million to
assist with Gulf Coast rebuilding and tsunami relief, in addition to
the more than $2 million given annually. Also in 2005, Lowe's was a
premier sponsor of Habitat for Humanity's 2005 Jimmy Carter Work
Project, which built more than 200 homes in one week across Michigan.
In 2006, Lowe's and Habitat for Humanity kicked off First Families
Building Homes Across America program, a two-year initiative in which
governors' spouses and other local and state-wide leaders work with
Habitat and women volunteers to construct new homes with families in
need in every U.S. state and the District of Columbia. For more
information about Lowe's Habitat for Humanity programs, visit Lowes.com/habitat.
Lowe's is a proud supporter of Habitat for Humanity International,
American Red Cross, United Way of America, and the Home Safety Council,
in addition to numerous non-profit organizations and programs that help
communities across the country. In 2005, the Lowe's Charitable and
Educational Foundation awarded $13 million to diverse organizations
across the United States. Lowe's also encourages volunteerism through
the Lowe's Heroes program, a company-wide employee volunteer
initiative. Lowe's is a FORTUNEŽ 50 company with fiscal year 2005 sales
of $43.2 billion and has more than 1,300 stores in 49 states. For more
information, visit Lowes.com/community. |
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October 4, 2006
Habitat for Humanity
Builds Another Home Of Sorts
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| Left to Right:
Bob Veneziale from the Pike United Way and, David McKay, Habitat for
Humanity volunteer, working on www.PikePaHelp.org
at the Pike United Way's Day of Caring. |
Habitat for Humanity of Pike County PA has completed another
construction project. They built their home on the World Wide Web at www.hfhpc.org. It all
started on the Day of Caring when Habitat volunteers built new campaign
signs for the Pike United Way and also helped with the Pike United
Way's Community Services Directory, www.PikePaHelp.org.
Pike United Way volunteer, Bob Veneziale, was also working there at the
time and is the web master for the Pike United Way's web site at www.unitedwaypike.org.
He was impressed with the quality of work and dedication of the Habitat
volunteers, especially since, in Bob's own words, "I couldn't even
build a bird house let alone houses for people like Habitat for
Humanity does." He learned that Habitat for Humanity of Pike County
didn't have a website, which was something he could build, and offered
to do it for them.
The Habitat for Humanity of Pike County PA website is now on-line and
has information for homeowner applicants, volunteers and donors. The
website also has photos of volunteers and previous homes. Habitat is
now looking for homeowners to start building their next homes. They
already have two lots available and are anxious to get started. Those
interested in applying should call the Habitat office at (570) 828-1623
or visit their new website at www.hfhpc.org.
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical, Christian Housing
Ministry working to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness and make
decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites
people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together
in partnership with families in need. Through volunteer labor and
donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates
simple, decent houses with the help of homeowner/partner families.
These houses are then sold to partner families at no profit with
affordable, no interest loans. |
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September 29, 2006
Homes looking for
people at Habitat
MILFORD - Jim Teehan gets a good feeling out of building things, always
has. He was building houses even when he was a fire department EMT back
in the south Bronx. And he remembers how good it felt one day when he
was “toned out,” called to stand-by for a presidential visit to some
Habitat for Humanity homes — homes he’d helped build there.
Jim lives in Pike County now and is still a fireman. Now he’s president
of the Milford Fire Department — and he’s still building houses.
Teehan is the chairman of the family selection committee for Habitat
for Humanity of Pike County. He says the committee’s job is to find low
income families in need of housing, who are willing to help others
build them a home. Helping build it, means just that. “Sweat equity,”
is required by Habitat. New owners must provide 400 hours of work on
the project, although friends and family can help out.
Habitat is building for people, not resellers, so applicants have to be
financially able to keep up the zero-interest mortgage payments, Teehan
said. For a family to be low-income in Pike County, they don’t earn
more than $36,245, and to be able to support the mortgage payments,
they must earn at least $23,065. Habitat will do a thorough financial
background check to qualify its applicants.
Once applicants are selected, the volunteers go to work. “We do all our
own fundraising. You hear about projects that Jimmy Carter works with;
they’re all sponsored by corporations. We don’t have corporate
sponsors,” he said.
There are national sponsors, like Whirlpool, which donates kitchen
appliances for every Habitat home, but most of the materials come from
local fundraising work. “Some materials are donated, but we have to buy
some,” said Teehan. They’ve built 10 homes this way.
This year, for the first time, Pike Habitat will have two homes
underway at once. Land has been donated in both Sunrise Lakes and at
Fawn Lake Forest. So, Habitat is also looking for help, Teehan said. “A
bunch of guys, who are retired and love doing this” are core group, but
there is not enough of them to build two at once, he said. If you would
like to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, call 570-828-1623.
If you believe your family might qualify for a home, you need to begin
the application process with a short, “pre-application” form that
Habitat distributes through local churches and the United Way. “The
important thing is that anyone applying must get that first form to us
by noon on Oct. 20, to be considered for this next round of
selections,” Teehan said.
Anyone who believes they qualify, needs better housing and is willing
to work, should apply. “A lot of people think we give things away, but
this is not a handout. It’s a hand up and you have to work for it,”
Teehan concluded.
For more information, call or e-mail hfhpc@ptd.net. |
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June 3, 2006
UNITED WAY INITIATIVE - REVOLVING RAMP FUND -
PROVIDES FOR FIFTH RAMP COMPLETION BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PIKE
COUNTY
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| Left to right:
Ramp recipients Mr. & Mrs. Overman along with Habitat ramp
construction crew members Jim Lariviere, Phil Conway, Rody Clayton,
Dave Keizer, Dennis McGowan, Frank Giganti and Mike Donlon. |
On Wednesday, May 31st, seven members of the Pike County Habitat for
Humanity crew constructed a new ramp for the Overman family. Mr. and
Mrs. Overman applied for a ramp through the revolving ramp fund which
was initiated by a partnership between Pike United Way, Habitat for
Humanity, the Lords Valley Rotary Club and a local anonymous donor as a
way to get ramps to people who need them in Pike County. This is the
fifth ramp that Habitat has built in Pike County.
Habitat for Humanity has been very busy this spring. In addition to
building this 5th ramp, they are currently building their 10th home in
Pike County and getting ready to break ground for number eleven. If you
would like to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, call 570-828-1623.
For more information about Pike United Way’s Ramp Fund or any of their
community initiatives call (888) 306-6963 or visit www.unitedwaypike.org.
To volunteer or find information about any Pike County human service,
please visit www.PikePaHelp.org. Donations to
Pike United Way stay, right here, in Pike County. Offering Hope –
Building Futures – The United Way! |
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