ReStore Gets Antique and Vintage

Habitat’s ReStore has created a new Antique and Vintage department for all of your stylish home improvement needs! We would like to welcome your donations of vintage and/or antique home building and decor materials to the ReStore. If you are looking to add a little chic to your personal space, visit the ReStore and check out our new Antique and Vintage department. If you would like to volunteer in this department, contact Katie Ramunni.

Habitat Volunteer Honored

Habitat  Women Build volunteer Barb Metz accepts the HandsOn Central Ohio Agent of Change award presented by Columbus City Council members Charleta Tavares and Priscilla Tyson.  Read more about Barb in Mission in Action section below.

Thank You Shepherd Excavating! 

Thanks to the financial support of Shepherd Excavating, this winter the construction department was able to purchase shirts for all of the site leads.  The color coordination (green for House Leads and blue for Crew Leads) will identify leaders to the other volunteers and thus make the builds safer and more efficient.  Partners like Shepherd Excavating who are willing to think and act "outside of the box" to support Habitat for Humanity are greatly appreciated!

Carter Work Project 2010

Habitat International’s 27th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project will kick off a week of building, rehabilitating and repairing homes in six U.S. cities beginning on World Habitat Day, Oct. 4.   Read more...

Make Your Habitat Healthy!

Habitat for Humanity-Greater Columbus is joining the City of Columbus Housing Division in advocating for "Columbus Healthy Homes"--a public awareness campaign that is all about inexpensive, easy things people can do to make their home--and everyone in it--healthier.  Prevent breathing problems, burns, poisonings and injuries at home with these quick tips!  Read more...

  

2010 Women's Charity Golf Scramble

The Women Build program of Habitat for Humanity-Greater Columbus is holding its 2010 Women's Charity Golf Scramble at the Mentel Memorial Golf Course on Friday, October 1st at 9:00 am.  The cost of the event is only $40, which will include 18 holdes of golf with a cart, a luncheon, a direct donation to Women Build, and prizes.  Teams of 4 ladies will be divided into 2 flights: women 50+ and women 50-.  Get a registration form here.

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Habitat Volunteer Recognized
By HandsOn Central Ohio

Habitat Columbus is pleased to announce that long-time volunteer Barbara Metz was recently honored with the Agent of Change Award presented to her by HandsOn Central Ohio.  Barb was selected as a Agent of Change because of her extraordinary volunteerism, leadership, and devotion to the advancement of Habitat’s mission.  The following was published by HandsOn Central Ohio:
In 2009, Habitat for Humanity-Greater Columbus (HFHGC) embarked on its seventh house built as a part of the Women Build program.
Leading the way for the all-woman volunteer crew was HFHGC volunteer and Agent of Change Barbara Metz.

Serving as a house lead for a project is a real balancing act. The volunteer must have the knowledge to safely complete the project, but also the ability to work with volunteers and teach them the necessary skills. Barb possesses the ability to work in both of these ways effectively to complete the job. Thanks to her leadership and her crew’s hard work, a single mother and her three children have a new home.

The volunteers working with Barb enjoy her leadership style and her friendliness. For this Women Build project, 85 women returned for at least a second day on site, and 20 women committed to over 100 hours on the project. It’s not uncommon for the staff of HFHGC to hear from volunteers who link their service to Barb’s inspiration.

In 2009, Barb gave 750 volunteer hours to HFHGC—the most of any of the 4,000 volunteers with the organization. All of this time, however, was not spent building homes but also helping the agency in other ways. Barb spent hours developing a presentation to promote the Women Build program and served as a trainer for a week of hands-on leadership training for several women from all over the country.

Barb’s own words about volunteering for Habitat for Humanity-Greater Columbus best describe the reasons she is a HandsOn Central Ohio Agent of Change: “My aspirations are that we can build the house safely, learn something each time we get together, teach something each time we get together, make new friends, be able to laugh at ourselves when necessary and provide a decent home for a family in need.”

HandsOn Central Ohio connects interested individuals and organizations with meaningful civic engagement opportunities in the communities in which we live and work. HandsOn Central Ohio also connects residents in need to social services, enabling them to create change in their lives.  To further the mission of the agency, the former FIRSTLINK organization recently became HandsOn Central Ohio, joining a national network of similar resources.

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Upcoming Events

28 August:   Habitat for Humanity will have a booth at the Weinland Park Festival from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Come out and learn about the Habitat for Humanity Housing program and also enjoy the Weinland Park community and share in food and music.  More details to follow

August:   City of Columbus launches their "Columbus Healthy Homes" campaign.  Click here for information on how to register for a $500 Lowe's gift certificate and also learn details on having a safe and healthy home.



In The News

July 9 2010
Habitat Homes go Green with AEP aid (The Columbus Dispatch )

May 7 2010
Habitat for Humanity--Ladies Style (Columbus News Clips/WCMH Channel 4 )

April 25 2010
Teens Raise Funds and Awareness at SHACK CITY (Columbus News Clips/WBNS 10TV )

April 21 2010
Quirky Items Found at Habitat's ReStore (The Columbus Dispatch, Doral Chenowith )

April 5 2010
Habitat Neighborhood Philathropist, John G. McCoy, Remembered (Columbus News Clips/WBNS 10TV )

March 16 2010
Habitat Awarded County Contract to ReBuild Foreclosed Homes (Columbus News Clips/WBNS 10TV)

March 6 2010
Dedicated Volunteers Complete Habitat Home This Winter (Columbus News Clips/WCMH Channel 4)

November 1 2009
Habitat Home is Hers (The Columbus Dispatch)

October 10 2009
More Payday-Lending Safeguards Needed (The Columbus Dispatch)

August 7 2009
Women Build Program Featured
on WBNS 10 TV
(Courtesy of WBNS-10TV, 10TV.com)
(click on Women Build link in 10TV Video feed)

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