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Roy and Peter went to work on the local San Gabriel Valley Chapter for another day of volunteering.
They’re at their final stages of the project, with the dedication being slated for this Saturday March 6, 2010
Also, here’s a great video (hosted by Harrison Ford)
It explains a bit about how Habitat works, and local projects we have in the area…
It really is so much more than just building houses… it’s about building lives and families.
And if you want to see Roy digging holes…
A local TV Station came to the site today and shot some footage in preparation for the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work project… Some of our team can be seen in the video, but featured in the interview is our very own Steve C. Take a a look at http://www.wlox.com/global/story.asp?s=8292504 the content of the article:
Habitat Volunteers Participate In Framing Frenzy In Biloxi
Posted: May 8, 2008 05:58 PM
Updated: May 8, 2008 06:43 PMBILOXI (WLOX) — In the parking lot adjacent to Biloxi’s historic lighthouse, several new homes are going up at an amazing pace. And despite all the hard work, the volunteers are having fun doing it. They even have a pet name for their unusual construction zone.
“They decided since we’re in such a gorgeous location on the beach, it’ll be banging beach,” says Site Manager Vic Fasolino.
But these homes aren’t staying on “banging beach.” They are just part of the pregame show for the soon to kick off Jimmy Carter Work Project for Habitat for Humanity. Fasolino calls this the “framing frenzy.”
“Normally during the Jimmy Carter Work Project, we have a bunch of houses that are getting built all at one time, from beginning to finish in five days,” says Fasolino. “And that’s the five days that Carter is present. In this particular case though, we’ve decided that we’re going to build the wall sections for the next 48 Habitat houses that are going to get built in the Gulf Coast area.”
That, combined with the 60 homes to be built or renovated across the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the coming weeks punctuates for volunteer Steve Chen of California the need that still exists on the Gulf Coast. A need that he says is too often forgotten back home.
Chen says, “Most people out there, they’re like, Katrina what?”
He and his fellow church members from Evergreen Baptist in Los Angeles say this is their way to remind people what big things volunteers can do in just a little time.
“A lot of homes have been rebuilt and renovated and those are positive signs,” says Chen. “But it looks like there’s a long way to go.”
The Carter project includes more than 250 homes to be built through the end of the year across the three state region affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
by Don Culpepper
The main way we’ll be supporting Habitat will be by sending volunteers and raising awareness.
With the recent introduction of the Jimmy Carter Work Project, we’re hoping for more more awareness of local opportunities. One of the benefits of this project is the ability to work side by side other churches as well as other non-church groups in this fantastic humanitarian project. One additional and interesting way to support Habitat is via the Habitat REStores, a Local Home Improvement store
The Home Improvement Store is an enterprise of Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles (HFH of GLA) that sells new surplus and used home furnishings and building materials to the public. Materials donated by retail businesses, contractors, individuals and other organizations are sold at fifty percent or more below retail value.
So whether shopping at this particular store, or one of the Other Stores in the Area: Santa Ana, Pasadena, Oxnard, Riverside, you can hopefully get a value on your own home while supporting the cause.
As we’re preparing to go to Mississippi, Habitat makes a further commitment to us locally.
It’s exciting to be part of an organization that works domestically and worldwide, helping in a practical way. Hopefully, this will rekindle a spark for community involvement with a purpose.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is in Los Angeles today to formally announce that the city has been chosen as the host for Habitat’s Jimmy Carter Work Project 2007. Now in its 24th year, the JCWP in an intensive week-long build that takes place in a different city around the world each year. Los Angeles was selected to raise awareness about the area’s need for affordable housing. Carter is scheduled to be in San Pedro from Oct. 28 to Nov. 2 to participate in the building of 30 new homes and repair 70 other houses in the Harborside Terrace subdivision. Greater Los Angeles Habitat also will announce plans of a three-year commitment to the area, which will include the construction of 150 additional homes and ongoing programs designed to raise awareness about affordable housing. Habitat for Humanity has built about 10,000 homes worldwide.
So Habitat comes to our neighborhood as we’re going to work on Habitat in Mississippi 🙂