| Thanks to our newest sponsors |
Judah Christian School Meijer Pages for All Ages Bookstore as well as our ongoing sponsors 92.5 The Chief ABC Sanitary Adams Outdoor Advertising Armstrong Lumber Bacon & Van Buskirk Boltini's Cement Masons & Plasters Local #143 Champaign Do-It-Best Hardware Champaign Estate Sales Champaign Heating & Air Champaign Telephone Company City of Champaign City of Urbana Custom Flooring & Acoustics Denver Mattress Dodds Company Dow Chemical eXtra 99.1 Ezell Excavating F & R Roofing Flat Top Grill Fry Access Geocon The Great Frame Up HDC Engineering Herriott's Party Rental Home Depot IBEW Local #601 IDSCO Illiana Insulation International Galleries Kan-Doo Concrete Kurt Crail Inc. Larson Lowe's Lutheran Social Services MX Electric Inc. Maxwell Counters Menard's Mix 94.5 Nash Crane Service Inc. Patton Lumber Peckham & Associates Pekara Bakery Prime Time Pizza Prairie Central Materials Prudential Landmark Real Estate Ramada Ltd. RC's Plumbing & HVAC RP Lumber Remco Electric Reynold's Towing St. Patrick's Catholic Church Sherwin Williams Smith/Burgett Architects Springfield Electric Square D Stevens Excavating Storage Options Solutions Sunnycrest True Value TSI Specialty Cleaning & Restoration Thrivent Financial for Lutherans UpClose Vaspar Westchester Group Whirlpool Williams Business Interiors WIXY 100.3 |
| Donate your Spring Cleaning |
| Drop off donations are accepted any time during store
hours. Please pull around to the loading dock at the back of the
building and ring the bell for assistance. Too large for your vehicle? Schedule a donation pick up! Donation pick ups are a $5 fee in C-U, and $10 outside C-U within a 15 mile radius. Contact us at (217)355-6460 x120 or ReStore@cuhabitat.org to schedule. |
| ReStore hours |
| Tuesdays - Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays from 1 - 5 p.m. The ReStore will be open on Good Friday but closed on Easter Sunday. |
| Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County |
| 119 E. University Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 355-6460 ReStore (217) 359-0507 Administration www.cuhabitat.org |
| Brought to you by Champaign Telephone Co. |
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| Get a Sneak Peak at While the World Passes By, Habitat Poverty Exhibit |
| While the World Passes By An Exhibit on Poverty presented by Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County 1.5 million Illinois citizens live in poverty Illinois has the highest child poverty rate in the Midwest 1 out of every 10 Illinois households were "food insecure" in 2004 (2006 Report on Illinois Poverty) Join us for a sneak peak of While the World Passes By, Thursday April 19, 6-9pm. Through photographic images, view a shocking look at poverty in Champaign County and follow Habitat's impact on local neighborhoods through the personal journey of Habitat homeowners. When: Thursday, April 19, 6-9pm What: Sneak Peak/Reception: $25 Suggested Donation Where: Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 119 East University, Champaign Advance Reservation: Call Megan Wolf, 217-359-0507 ext. 118 Sponsored by: Herriott's Party Rental Flat Top Grill Friar Tuck Adams Outdoor Advertising International Galleries The Great Frame Up Exhibit Design & Research by: American Institute of Architects Central Illinois Chapter Young Architects Forum, Alpha Rho Chi, American Institute of Architecture Students, National Organization of Minority Architecture Students, Architecture for Humanity.CU |
| Treasures at the ReStore |
| A box-truck-worth of grout and mortar came in from Lowe's just today. We're expecting another very large delivery of tile as well. See new items here! |
| Community Housing Fair tomorrow |
| On Saturday, March 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the Community Reinvestment Group is sponsoring their seventh annual housing fair. Habitat is participating with a booth while community members learn about home maintenance, credit and how to buy a house. There's no place like home! |
| Working Women's Expo 2007: Disney World Vacation Raffle! |
| We will raffle off a 7-day vacation at a private 4
bedroom, 3 bath vacation home in Orlando, Florida! Relax by the
pool, head to the hot tub or spend the week at Disney World. This
beautiful home is moments away from Mickey and Minnie! Visit us at the Working Women's Expo to purchase raffle tickets so you and your ten closest friends can enjoy this gorgeous getaway. |
| Raise the Roof 2.0 |
| Help RAISE THE ROOF on Saturday, April 7 with Illini
Radio Group - Mix 94.5, Xtra 99.1, WIXY 100.3, & 92.5 The Chief.
Look for drop locations throughout Champaign-Urbana - including
Meijer and Pages for All Ages Bookstore - to make a donation and
help TWO FAMILIES break out of poverty. |
| Volunteer Opportunities |
| Raise the Roof The Raise the Roof campaign with Mix 94.5, WIXY 100.3, The Chief 92.5 and Xtra 99.1, will continue Saturday, April 7, from 11am-7pm. Each radio station will be on location at different places throughout Champaign-Urbana to collect donations. We are lining up mostly grocery store locations, since they will have plenty of shoppers for the Easter weekend. We need veteran volunteers (that means YOU!) to work at each location, collect donations and answer any questions a donor may have (we will have handy reference materials on site). AND you will get to work side-by-side with fabulous Illini Radio Group DJs! They are wildly entertaining! Shifts are below. To sign up, contact Megan at 359-0507 x118 or fundraising@cuhabitat.org. Don't forget to bring a lawn chair, water and possibly even sun screen! 11am-3pm (4 volunteers needed) 3pm-7pm (4 volunteers needed) While the World Passes By set-up Thursday, April 19 10a-2p Set up for Reception, some heavy lifting needed (not much). 8:30pm-Tear down reception, return ReStore to working order, some heavy lifting needed Friday, April 20 8am-10:30am - Set up ReStore, place fragile merchandise back on shelves, no heavy lifting needed Want to build a house? Contact Ellen Willcox about opportunities beginning in June: 359-0507 x110 or house@cuhabitat.org ReStore runs on volunteers! Weekly ReStore orientations are held on Saturday mornings at 9a and Wednesdays at 5:30p. All ReStore orientations begin on the main floor of the store. Habitat for Humanity's ReStore is located at 119 E. University Ave. This schedule is subject to change. Experienced store volunteers are encouraged to attend a new store orientation for the updated store policies and to learn more about this massive three story building. For more information, a current ReStore orientation schedule, or to RSVP for an orientation, please contact Courtney at 355-6460 x116 or email volunteer@cuhabitat.org. |
| 7th Annual 5K Run/Walk Race |
| The Student Chapter's Annual 5K Run/Walk Race is
quickly approaching on April 14th, 2007 at Crystal Lake Park. All
proceeds of our this annual event will help fund the house for the
Sweid family that we will be finishing at the end of April. There
will be great prizes for the winners of each category. Everyone who
purchases a T-Shirt is guaranteed one! If you would like to join us
for a nice morning run/walk, please visit our web site at
http://habitat.union.uiuc.edu and register to participate online.
If you tried to register over Spring Break, our server was accidentally turned off. We apologize for the inconvenience. Early registration is due on April 3rd by 5 PM. The participation fee is $14 without a T-shirt or $18 with a T-Shirt before April 3rd and $16 without a T-Shirt or $20 with a T-Shirt after April 3rd. Thank you and we hope you will join us on April 14th. |
| New Threats to "The American Dream" |
| Part One of a Three-Part Series by Mark Middleton, Finance Manager Did you know that between 1.2 and 2.2 million homeowners could lose their homes in the near future. This comes at time when there is a general "slow down" in the real estate market, nationwide. The implications of this trend are staggering. Additionally, if home prices drop by just 10%, nearly 35% of American homeowners will have no real estate equity. In an effort to stimulate the economy in the early part of this decade the Federal Reserve bank lowered interest rates to levels not seen in many decades, certainly my adult lifetime. This policy meant that the cost of homeownership dropped. Suddenly, there was a surge of demand for housing. Housing prices rose, but the cheaper credit masked the ultimate price of a home. The building industry responded by building many more homes. Sales of both new and existing homes soared. Demand for second homes / recreational homes boomed in many resort areas. At the same time, in addition to low interest rates, the criteria for financing changed as well. The first was a large increase in mortgages to first time buyers with poor credit , so-called "sub-prime" loans. These loans are risky in two ways. If interest rates rise, then the mortgage becomes unaffordable to the borrower and subject to foreclosure. Also, the less affluent homeowner is typically more at risk economically during a slowdown, with little savings or alternate sources of income to survive the loss of job, unemployment, or a major life disaster such as a major illness. The second big change in mortgage processing applied to regular homebuyers of slightly more modest means with good credit history, called "Alt-A's." Many of these loans were based on "interest only" payments with no reduction of the mortgage note. The effect of this "Alt-A" mortgage was to permit people to build or buy homes which they really could not afford except under the right set of future economic circumstances including rising home prices buttressed by monitory inflation. A third consequence of the boom in housing prices was a surge in lending which some call "predatory" and others just understand as "unwise": a rapid increase in second mortgages and home equity lines of credit which turned the theoretical increases in asset value to immediate cash in the pocket in exchange for higher debt. Thanks to the wonderful generosity of our partners and supporters, Habitat for Humanity is able to build simple, decent, and affordable homes, and finance them through mortgages to people who are on the economic margins with minimal down payment, zero Interest, no PMI mortgage insurance requirement, and virtually no closing costs or fees. The term of these loans are currently 20 years.The mortgages on Habitat build homes are the most affordable mortgages available! |
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