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many, wonderful partners in this community
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 | Free Home Maintenance Classes - the last Thursday of
each month
Provo - 2008: We've started another round of classes! All
interested community members are invited to attend. These free Home
Maintenance classes will be held the last Thursday of each month from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at
the Habitat ReStore, located at 626 N Freedom Blvd. in Provo.
Topics will include: Electrical Repairs, Furnace Filters, Gutter and Roof Repair,
Interior Painting and Wall Repair, Landscaping and Lawn Care (2 sessions), Basic
Plumbing (2 sessions), and Window and Door Insulation. We thank
the Ashton Family Foundation for sponsoring this valuable community
service.
Next Class: Thursday, June 26. This month's session will be
basic plumbing.
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ProBuild Holdings donates $5,000 to Habitat |
May 2008 - ProBuild Holdings recently donated $5,000 to Habitat for
Humanity of Utah County. The generous donation will be used to purchase
building material for an upcoming Habitat home to be blitz built in
Springville in September 2008. This is the third year that ProBuild Holdings
have made this generous contribution to the local Habitat affiliate.
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Far West Bank Helps Families “Get Ahead” |
May 2008 - Far West
Bank presented a check to Habitat for Humanity of Utah County and Community
Action Services and Food Bank to help them expand their “Getting Ahead”
program throughout the community.
The Getting Ahead program is a step-by-step life planning
program for area adults living in poverty. The overall goal of the program is
to help area families work together to break the poverty cycle, find solutions
to community issues, and build bridges to a more stable and productive life.
Recently, 11 participants graduated from the pilot program.
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Union Pacific Foundation Donates to Habitat |
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Orem –
April 2008: The Union Pacific Foundation granted Habitat for
Humanity of Utah County $10,000 to help forward our affordable housing
mission. The generous funding will be used to help build safe and affordable
homes with five families in need in our community this upcoming year. “Union
Pacific continues our association with the great organizations located where
our employees live and work because we know they help make those communities a
better place, said Bob Turner, president of Union Pacific Foundation.
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The Union Pacific Foundation is the primary
philanthropic arm of Union Pacific Corporation, owner of one of America’s
leading transportation companies. The Foundation has distributed funds since
1959 to qualified organizations in communities served by Union Pacific. The
Foundation is not endowed, but is funded each year from the operating profits
of Union Pacific Corporation.
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New safe, fun and informative website for kids - check out
Woogi World
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Looking for a
fun activity for your kids which will help them get involved in their
community? Check out this new web site made right here in Utah
County. Woogi World is a character-building, value-based academically
sound website, sponsored by Children's Way. It provides
opportunities for elementary-aged children to engage in community service,
strengthen their academics, and develop their talents and hobbies.
There is no other children's social networking site that encourages online
learning and offline appreciation. This is a FREE program.
Parents remain involved and in control. Check out the site and see
what you think. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions,
Children's Way would love to hear from you. Call them at (801)
805-6607 or (801) 805-6871.
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| "Getting Ahead" Groups - community groups coming
together as a bridge to success |
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Provo – Community Action Services and Food Bank
and Habitat for Humanity of Utah County are working with the State of Utah to
pilot the first ever “Getting Ahead in a Just-Getting-By World” group
in Utah County. The Getting Ahead program is a step-by-step life
planning program that includes facilitated education, group support, and hands
on experiences. The overall goal of the program is to help area families work
together to break the poverty cycle, find solutions to community issues, and
build bridges to a more stable and productive life. The first
facilitated group began on March 5, 2008 with 12 to 15 adults participating.
These first members are currently Habitat partner families or Community Action
clients. The pilot group will be led by a trained facilitator, Julie King,
and will follow a workbook with various modules written by Phillip E. DeVol.
The pilot project is expected to last 10-12 weeks and will be held weekly for
two hours on Wednesday evenings at the Scenicview Center in North Provo.
Following this session, more sessions are planned with participants other
local community service organizations. Salt Lake City sessions will be
added as well.
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Flash Players Trade Basketball for Drywall
January 2008
– On the afternoon of January 24, Members of the Utah Flash,
Orem’s new NBA Development League Team, took a break from
practice to hang drywall at a local Habitat home currently being built
with Leo and Andrea Atene and their three children. “We are excited
about our new partnership with the Flash organization," said Kena Jo
Mathews, Habitat’s Executive Director. “We appreciate the team’s service
efforts in the community and look forward to working with them now and in
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Home Depot and Ashton Family Foundation Continue Their
Support September 2007 -
We are pleased to once
again receive charitable funding from
Home Depot
as well as the
Ashton Family Foundation
to help further its affordable housing mission in the community. Funds
will be used to purchase building materials for a home currently under
construction in Orem and to help five new Habitat homeowners with their
landscaping needs.
“We appreciate the ongoing
generosity of the Home Depot and the Ashton Family Foundation,”
said Kena Jo Mathews,
Executive Director, “Both entities have been strong and consistent local
partners for many years and have helped the affiliate continue to serve
area families in need of decent and affordable housing.”
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| American Fork's Community Presbyterian Church
Joins Our Campaign |
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 October
2007 - Parishioners from the Community Presbyterian Church in American
Fork joined Habitat for Humanity of Utah County’s Half a House Campaign
and donated $830.00 to the local Habitat affiliate during a recent interfaith
build day. We started the Half a House Campaign to encourage local churches
to be more actively involved with the
affordable housing organization. Local congregations were asked to donate
$800.00 in cash and/or gifts in-kind towards the total campaign goal of
$25,000. They were also encouraged to participate in interfaith volunteer
build days. The Community Presbyterian Church is the first local church
congregation to meet the $800.00 challenge. Congregation members have
also participated in a number of Build Days this year. To participate with
the campaign or for further information, please contact Kena Mathews at (801)
344-8527 or kena@hfhuc.org.
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Rocky Mountain Power
Donates $5,000 |
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September 2007 –
The Rocky
Mountain Power Foundation has donated $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Utah
County to help a local family realize their dream of homeownership.
The generous
donation will be used to purchase building materials for a home currently
under construction at 161 East 800 South in Orem. The home is being built
with Gerald and Teresa Rico and their two children. The
Rocky Mountain Power
Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Rocky
Mountain Power. Their mission, through charitable investments, is to support
the growth and vitality of the communities that they serve. The Rocky Mountain
Power Foundation awards
grants to
nonprofit organizations in the categories of education; civic and community
betterment; culture and arts; and health, welfare and social services.
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| International Day of Prayer |
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September 2007 – Habitat for
Humanity of Utah County observed the International Day of Prayer and
Action for Human Habitat with a prayer service and call for action on
Sunday, September 16, 2007 at the Provo Seventh-Day Adventist Church, located
at the 255 South 700 East in Provo. Our local community
joined a world-wide peace effot by attending the hour-long service at 6:30 p.m. Pastor Dean Jackson
of the Rock Canyon Church addressed the congregation, with the Utah
Baroque Ensemble providing the music.
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RV Care-A-Vanners
travel this way to bring their annual gift of volunteering
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[click photo to enlarge] August 2007 - Seventeen RV Care-A-Vanners
from all over the country passed through Orem, spending 2 weeks helping us frame a home with
the Atene family the week of August 6. To welcome these traveling
volunteers, the Habitat affiliate hosted a kickoff breakfast on
Monday, August 6. The home is located at 159 East 800 South in Orem.
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The Care-A-Vanners worked
with the affiliate for two weeks. This is the second time the Care-A-Vanners have been
to Utah County. Last year, a group of Care-A-Vanners helped the local Habitat
affiliate frame homes in Orem and Santaquin.
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The RV Care-A-Vanner program,
which is coordinated through Habitat International headquarters in Americus,
Georgia, matches volunteers who travel in recreation vehicles to local Habitat
affiliates in need of volunteer support. The Care-A-Vanners camp their RVs
while working shoulder to shoulder with the local Habitat staff and future
Habitat homeowners. Care-A-Vanners come from all over North America and from
all walks of life. The majority being near or at retirement age, their
construction skills range from professional to first-time builder. The
Care-A-Vanners, who typically stay for two weeks, pay their own expenses to
travel to Habitat building projects. Drawing from a pool of more than 6,000
volunteers, this year teams RV Care-A-Vanners are participating in greater
than 175 building projects from Canada to Florida and California to Maine.
For more information abut the RV Care-A-Vanners program, visit
www.habitat.org/rv.
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Special thanks to Diamond
Rental, the Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors, Jayne Anderton, John
Roberts, Craig Karren, the Orem Owlz, the Seville Retirement Home Seniors in
Service Program, the Utah Valley Interfaith Association, the East Bay RV Park,
and the Lakeside RV Park for helping the affiliate to warmly welcome these out
of state volunteers.
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Westminster Presbyterians Build Again |
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June 2007 -
We are pleased to note the return of the enthusiastic youth group from
the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Fruit Heights, UT. Once again
they traveled from northern Utah to help us from June 11 - 13.
They helped us put the finishing touches on the Tchako home in Provo, the fourth home
in our TyRay subdivision. This is the same subdivision where they
worked on the Ellison home last June, the first home in that project.
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Clutter-Free... Forever! |
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June 2007 - We are
happy to have partnered with Lemonade Life to offer our first free seminar about clutter, stress and
effective space-management on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at the
Habitat ReStore. The workshop,
titled “CLUTTER-FREE FOREVER: The Streamlined Advantage,” was taught by
Alice Fulton-Osborne and Patty Liston. They showed participants how to
permanently eliminate clutter and overload from the home and workplace.
We're hoping to offer more classes to the community, and look forward to
seeing their new web site for children which will feature fun and games
which reward responsibilities in the home, school and community. Stay
tuned for details.
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 Calling ALL
churches! Join our "Half a House" Campaign
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- New to Habitat is this year's Half A Home Campaign. Funding an
entire build in this growing community is daunting, so Habitat is teaming up
with area churches to receive matching grants from the Open Door Challenge
Grant V. For each church, group of churches or church-related
organization that raises $25,000, a challenge grant will match it, and
that total will build 1/2 of a local home. The donations must be
received by December 31, 2007 in order to receive the matching grant.
The campaign began with a kickoff bluegrass concert presented by Miles
to Go on February 28.
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Past Community Headlines
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May 2007 - Provo Towne Centre kicks off 3 year
Partnership with HfHUC |
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May 2007 - HfHUC Unites Community with Day of Prayer
Service |
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April 2007 - Once Again, BYU Athletes Team Up for Habitat |
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January 2007 - Telos helps Build a Dream on
Martin Luther King Day |
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December 2006 - SafeKids Gives the Gift of
Safety: fire extinguishers and CO detectors
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December 2006 - AF Presbyterian Church donates $3000 |
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December 2006 - Lowe's gives Homes for the Holidays |
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December 2006 - Neighborhood Gives the
Gift of Homeownership for the 4th Year |
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November 2006 - LA Boxing Orem partners with membership
discounts |
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June 2006 - Blitz Build
by the Home Builders' Association and Utah Correctional Industries
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April 2006 - Affiliate
receives award from National Trust of Historic Preservation
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April 2006 - Winroc
Sponsors Orem Home
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March 2006 - UVU to build a
home in 2007,
"INCH BY INCH" |
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