| Support those who support Habitat |
| Allen and Dominguez Build Sponsors
92.5 The Chief ABC Sanitary Armstrong Cash & Carry Lumber AXE Man Cabinetland Ltd. Cement Masons & Plasters Local #143 Champaign Do-It-Best Hardware Champaign Heating & Air Champaign Telephone Company Dow Chemical eXtra 99.1 Fry Access HDC Engineering IBEW Local #601 Illini Radio Group Illiana Insulation Kurt B. Crail Inc. Larson Lone Pine Electric Lutheran Social Services Prison Partnership Maxwell Counters Mix 94.5 Patton Lumber Prairie Central Materials RC’s Plumbing & HVAC Reynold's Towing RP Lumber Sam’s Drywall Square D Stevens Excavating Storage Options Solutions Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Twin City Movers Valspar WIXY 100.3 Yerkey’s Septic ReStore sponsors Champaign Do-It-Best Hardware Champaign Estate Sales Champaign Telephone Company Custom Flooring & Acoustics Denver Mattress Dodds Company Flat Top Grill Flooring Surfaces Home Depot Laticrete International Lone Pine Electric Lowe's New Prairie Construction Prairie Productions Prime Time Pizza Prudential Landmark Real Estate Remco Electric Sherwin Williams Smith/Burgett Architects Springfield Electric |
| New items at the ReStore |
| Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. See new items here! |
| How to Donate Goods |
| Donations
of goods for the ReStore are accepted 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday -
Saturday, 1 - 4 p.m. Sunday. Please pull up to the southeast garage
door and ring 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. |
| Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County & ReStore |
| 119 E. University Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 355-6460 ReStore (217) 359-0507 Administration www.cuhabitat.org |
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| Building Community |
| Habitat
for Humanity has three missions: build homes, build relationships,
build communities. Neither may act in isolation: the houses help with
relationships and community, the community provides the relationships
and means to the homes. While recognizing that each is ever present, during this build season (July 2007 – June 2008), Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County is going to focus on the last: building community.  Our
affiliate, as all affiliates, was founded by volunteers. Volunteers who
raised the funds, selected the families, built the houses and serviced
the mortgages. Roger Fisher (shown left at the Sweid/Student
dedication) has been one of those behind-the-scenes volunteers for the
last decade, overseeing the finances for nearly 40 of our 47 homes:
The word retirement has become one of my favorite words. And after serving on the Finance Committee for 10 years I will fall back on this word again. The past ten years has been quite an experience for me and I have watched Habitat grow from a shoe box to what it is today. So, I am pleased to have been associated with all those who made it happen. We are indebted to you, Roger, proud to have known you and grateful for your dedication to eliminating poverty housing. Thank you! Special thanks, too, to our financial supporters. Your gifts help families in your community break out of the cycle of poverty. Individual and Corporate Donors June 2007 Allstate Giving Campaign, Irene Anderson, Roy & Ann Campbell, Donald & Theresa Deschene, Chris Dodd, Celia & Jeffrey Elliott, Jane Gucker, Bonnie & John Hummel, Maxine Jeffers, Robert & Lois Johannsen, Laura Keller, David Kibbey, Scott Moore, Laura Mottl, Lois Pausch, Roscoe & Annette Pershing, Ruth Shurts, Vernon & Virginia Snoeyink, Sprint, State Universities Retirement System, Mike Stemle Jr., Earl & Janice Swanson, Bill & Kathy Tredway. Gifts from the Faith Community, June 2007 St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and Catholic Daughters of America CC Court #1070 Through both this publication and our print newsletters, you will learn how each element of Habitat - construction, the ReStore, outreach and education about poverty - contribute to the community that is Champaign County. If you're not on the mailing list for our print newsletter, please send your name and address to Megan Wolf (fundraising@cuhabitat.org). Thank you for joining us in building a better community. |
| "Hammering for Habitat is music for God" |
| by Ellen Willcox, Build Volunteer Manager
(217-359-0507 x110 or house@cuhabitat.org) Build blessings of the week include... Twin City Cobras Motorcycle and Social Club (source of our title quote) Our Church Families Our Volunteers: 1210 hours! Dry ground, amazing weather Enclosed houses Clean organized trailers Each build day has its special gifts. This Saturday, I was overwhelmed by the warmth and friendship offered by the Twin City Cobras – our neighbors at 505 E. Bradley. Several of the Cobras have volunteered for other Habitat chapters. This group has been very friendly and helpful – even hanging a hose over their fence on Saturdays for our use on the build site. The Cobras are very happy that Habitat is building next to them despite the noise and parked cars. They made comments about how wonderful it was that Habitat has come to the neighborhood because they know we bring them good families. Two of our volunteers, Joetta Morgan and Connie Minnes, took pity on our poor, disorganized, mud-filled trailers and cleaned and reorganized them both. Then they both cut down most of the weeds and overgrowth on the lots. Connie showed our future home owners, Zina and Maria, what beautiful plants were already growing on their lots. At the end of the day, we had two enclosed houses with roofs. 1210 volunteer hours and we are ready to put siding on the house and have the electricians (IBEW Local 601) coming in to install the wiring this weekend. Working along side of our home owners to be, Zina Allen and the Dominguez family, were Jordan Beck, Katie Brown, Ken Bunting, Stephanie Davidson, Phil Gable, Henry Gerlach, Sara Gibbs (incoming Student Chapter President), Tim Gilles, Greg Goebel, Stewart Graham, Jeff Green, George Kieffer, Richard King, Vern Magnuson, Prashant Mehta, Ryan Meiergerd, Elder Milner, Connie and Mason Minnes, Joetta Morgan, James and Jill Quisenberry, Herman Riddick, Eric Sheu ( 2006 – 2007 Student Chapter President), Mauricio Vieira, Steve Walker, John Warriner and Elder York. These vigorous volunteers represented St. Matthew Lutheran, Grace Lutheran, St. Paul Lutheran of Gifford, Good Shepherd Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran and our amazing community at large! Providing a wonderful barbecue for us was Erick Kotewa and a group from Quest United Methodist Church. Thank you to Ana Vieira for her wonderful cakes. We could not do this without you! |
| Welcome, Charlene & Amy! |
| Please welcome Charlene Kyse and Amy James to the Habitat ReStore!
Charlene started as a volunteer here at the ReStore in April and is now receiving coordinator. She’ll be working with volunteers to help get donated materials cleaned and priced and onto the sales floor, as well as accepting drop off donations. Charlene, who has six children, has lived in Champaign since 1981 and has been married to her husband Amos for five years. As a member of the Champaign Christian Center for over 10 years, she enjoys being part of their Praise Team. Charlene has a knack for organization, and she helps others de-clutter their homes. Both she and Amos enjoy the opportunity to help others and give back to the community. As the new ReStore assistant, you’ll find Amy helping customers and working with volunteers. For the past seven years Amy has worked nights at Red Lobster and will continue to do so. Her husband, Jason, works for Ramshaw Real Estate and was a part of the Home Builders Blitz 2006. Amy has two children, Morgan and Garrett. Morgan is a 2007 Centennial High School graduate where she was active in the Interact Club which is a community outreach group that works with Habitat for Humanity, Salvation Army, Humane Society, Pennies for Polio as well as numerous other local organizations. Morgan recently started attending Parkland working towards her Nursing degree. Garrett is 11 and enjoys swimming, football or any sport that is played outside. Amy and her family enjoy camping and spending time together. |
| Now hiring at the ReStore |
| ReStore Driver/Warehouse Assistant:
Habitat is hiring a full-time Driver/Warehouse Assistant to help with
donation pick-ups and merchandise deliveries in our pick up truck and
non-CDL box truck and to assist with merchandising, and materials
acquisition and management in the store. For details, please click here. Closing date July 20, 2007.
ReStore Assistant Manager: Habitat is hiring a full-time Assistant Manager to oversee the daily operations of the ReStore as related to merchandise, customer service and safety. For details, please click here. Closing date July 27, 2007. |
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