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Habitat News
Habitat Tag Sale a Success!
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A Big Thank You!
Habitat would like to thank the following outstanding groups who volunteered their help for our Giant Tag Sale (and set up) on Friday, October 17 and Saturday, October 18. Thanks to their hard work and generosity, Habitat raised nearly $5,000, all of which will be used to build future Habitat homes.
University of New Haven Football Team members Kyle Berkheiser, Rejinal Gachelin, Nyquan McGirt, Ian Querze, Rich Roberts and Zachery Vonder Linden (special thanks to Assistant Coaches John Svatic and Tony Connor, and Special Teams Coordinator Daryl Daleen for all their help)
Members of the UNH football team
Determination…
Quinnipiac University Habitat Club members Tory Saba, Julie Stolz (special thanks to Julia Bowler for coordinating the volunteers) and the rest of the Saturday team
The Quinnipiac Team
Quinnipiac Coordinator Julia Bowler (far left) &
Habitat Construction Manager Adam Blasavage (far right)
Elbow grease!
United States Coast Guard members Chief Hugh “Chip” Hamilton, Sharon Bratton, Christie Dixon and Adrian Kavanagh (special thanks to Chief Hamilton for pulling together his team on very short notice!)
We simply could not have done it without our wonderful volunteers!
Madison Cares Begins Build V
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Habitat sponsor group Madison Cares commenced work on their fifth home for Habitat on October 25. The new construction home is located at 23 Wilson Street, New Haven. Dozens of volunteers got a head start with the construction during the Madsion Cares “Building Green on the Green” event in late September, when they assembled framing for the house.
Habitat is building two new homes side by side on Wilson Street. Yale-New Haven Hospital and its medical staff are sponsoring the other house. This is Habitat’s first “green building” project. The homes are scheduled for completion by late spring 2009.
Check back regularly for updates and photos of the progress!
Yale-New Haven Hospital and its Medical Staff Co-Sponsor a New Habitat Home
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On Saturday, November 1, Yale-New Haven Hospital and Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven joined in breaking ground and kicking off construction on a new Habitat house located at 15 Wilson Street in the Hill neighborhood. The construction project, estimated to take about six months to complete, is being co-sponsored by YNHH and its medical staff. YNHH employees, physicians and family members will volunteer to construct the house with supervision and training provided by Habitat, in a demonstration of YNHH’s commitment to helping a local family fulfill their American dream of owning a home.
Amity Cares Wine Tasting Fundraiser
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The Amity Cares Wine Tasting on November 12 at Scoozzi Trattoria & Wine Bar in New Haven raised almost $1,000. Amity Cares is currently raising funds to build their third home for Habitat.
Guests enjoyed specially selected wines and light hors d’oeuvres. Scoozzi donated the hors d’oeuvres and The Wine Thief donated wine for the event.
Special thanks to Jeff at Scoozzi’s for helping to make the evening a big success!
Habitat dedicates its 60th home
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Friends, neighbors, Habitat staff, Board members and volunteers celebrated the dedication of 18 Shepard Street, New Haven, with Habitat’s newest homeowner Tonya Sherman and her family on Sunday, September 14. The house, which dates to 1900, was sponsored by the Habitat sponsor group Madison Cares (click here to visit their website). Habitat acquired the property from the City of New Haven.
The Shepard Street project was the fourth home sponsored by Madison Cares. MC’s supporters contributed generously and provided volunteers who helped rehab the once derelict property. Sponsors for 18 Shepard Street are: ACT II Thrift Shop; Christ Chapel, Madison; First Congregational Church of Madison; Kevin and Tina Garrity; Madison Rotary Foundation, Inc.; North Madison Congregational Church; St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church; Temple Beth Tikvah; The Madison Foundation; United Illuminating Company; and Peter Indorf Jewelers.
Madison Cares is gearing up to begin work on a new Habitat home on Wilson Street in New Haven. Build V is scheduled to get underway in October.
See the four photos below for 18 Shepard Street’s amazing transformation!
18 Shepard Street (before)
June 2008
August 2008
September 2008
Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven to Expand its Scope by “Building Green”
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Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven has been building homes in New Haven County since 1986 and has kept pace with the national trend towards designing and building more environmentally friendly structures. Habitat will expand the scope of energy-efficient features when it begins construction on two new homes in New Haven this fall.
Currently, Habitat homes, designed by nationally acclaimed architect Duo Dickinson, are Energy Star-certified. This means that each of the 3-bedroom, one-and-a-half bath, single family homes is built with energy-saving features such as Energy Star-rated appliances; water saving fixtures; energy conserving windows, Energy Star light fixtures and bulbs; and high efficiency hot water heaters and furnaces to name a few.
According to Bill Casey, Habitat’s Executive Director, the goal is to build future homes that will be prototypes of non-profit “Green Building”. This will include using state-of-the-art building materials and techniques that will decrease the energy needs of the house, the selection of a location for the homes that is within walking distance of a variety of mass transit options, and initiating an intense recycling program to minimize construction waste.
“Our aim is to be at the forefront of the current move toward energy efficiency in affordable housing. There has been a misapprehension that building green is too costly for non-profits such as Habitat to support. We want to prove that energy-saving devices and durable building materials do not significantly increase the construction costs and will be more than justified because they will undoubtedly creat long-term savings and improve the quality of environment within the home for our Habitat families.”
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