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Habitat News Archive
Sleeping Giant Build Hosts 1st Annual Golf Classic
Laurel View Golf Course
Sleeping Giant Build, one of Habitat’s house sponsor groups, hosted its 1st Annual Golf Classic at the Laurel View Country Club on Friday, August 8.
To learn more about Sleeping Giant Build, visit their website at http://www.sleepinggiantbuild.org/.
A-Plus Building Supply sponsored a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven in conjunction with its Grand Opening on Saturday, July 12, at 31-C Fulton Street in New Haven.
A-Plus invited friends, family, customers, vendors and supporters of Habitat to enjoy a day of fun to benefit Habitat’s home building program. In addition to food and beverages, there was a bake sale, a 50/50 raffle and car wash. For Yankee fans, four tickets to a game were raffled off. A-Plus donated all proceeds to Habitat.
Habitat is pleased to partner with A-Plus Building Supply to build, safe, decent, affordable homes that are constructed with environmentally friendly products. Like Habitat, A-Plus is committed to the “Green Building” movement.
A-Plus Building Supply can be contacted at (203) 467-1180 or by email at info@aplusbuildingsupply.com.
On June 11, Habitat held a casual summer cocktail party at the beautiful waterfront Owenego Inn in Branford. 170 guests enjoyed an evening of live music by The Langley Brothers Band, delicious hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and a silent auction.
Fusco Corporation was the main event sponsor. Additional sponsors were Turner Construction, Webster Bank, Yale-New Haven Hospital, NewAlliance Bank, DiBlasi Associates, Blum Shapiro, and the Owenego Inn. Proceeds from the event will be used to build two new Habitat homes this fall.
At the party, Habitat awarded its Master Builder Award to four honorees. The award recognizes individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to Habitat.
This year’s honorees are Knights of Columbus and Health Net for their sponsorship of two Habitat homes. Robert J. Lane, KOC Supreme Secretary Emeritus, and Peter Gladitsch, Chief Financial Officer, Health Net of the Northeast, Inc., accepted awards on behalf of their organizations. KOC and HealthNet each sponsored the building of a new Habitat home on Rosette Street in New Haven. In addition, their employees donated their time as volunteers to help build the houses.
Individual honorees Don Deloge and Lorraine Martin, both North Haven residents, are long time Habitat volunteers. Ms. Martin is a past president and former treasurer of Habitat’s Board of Directors. She has been active with Habitat since 1992. Mr. Deloge currently serves as co-chair of Sleeping Giant Build, one of the sponsor groups that raises funds and provides volunteers to build Habitat homes. He began regular volunteering with Habitat in 2000, after retiring as an assistant principal at North Haven High School.
Habitat plans to make the Summer Party an annual event.
Habitat for Humanity hosted the second of three Youth Days on Saturday, June 14. The first was held on May 10. The day was organized by Sleeping Giant Build (SGB), one of Habitat’s house sponsor groups. 19 youth volunteers from New Haven, Hamden and North Haven spent the day working on a variety of tasks–painting porch posts, molding, baseboards and windows for a Habitat home under construction on Hallock Street in New Haven; loading cabinets and flooring into a trailer; and cleaning up outdoor space at Habitat’s warehouse. They were supervised by Don Deloge, co-chair of SGB and a long-time Habitat volunteer himself.
Funds for the three Youth Days are being provided by a $5,000 grant from the International Association of New Haven (IANH). The purpose of the grant is to bring together 14- and 15-year old suburban and urban teens to perform community service on Habitat for Humanity projects. The third Youth Day will be held sometime in the fall.
The International Association of New Haven is a cultural and educational organization dedicated to supporting local projects that foster cultural understanding. IANH’s mission is to benefit local institutions that promote intercultural awareness and communication among groups of diverse ethnic, racial, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Visit their website at www.ianewhaven.org for more information about their work.
Youth Day #2 Volunteers at work
13th Annual Golf Outing
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The Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) and Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven presented the 13th Annual Robert J. LeFloch Memorial Golf Outing to benefit Habitat and the CBC Scholarship Fund on Monday, October 6, at the Golf Course at Yale.
Hike for Humanity Raises $2,124
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A group of hardy individual and team hikers tackled Sleeping Giant during the Hike for Humanity fundraiser on Saturday, May 3, in spite of less than ideal weather. Their efforts raised $2,124 for Habitat. The event was organized by Sleeping Giant Build, which is sponsoring their first Habitat homebuilding project
Channel 8’s Geoff Fox presented awards to the top three fundraising teams and individuals at a post-hike recognition ceremony. He had promoted the Hike during his broadcasts, which helped advertise the event.
A Big Thank You goes to Archie Moore’s Bar & Restaurant, New Haven, for the generous donation of gift certificates for the awardees.
Habitat is also grateful to the Quinnipiac University Habitat Club which offered support and contributed their face painting talents. Students from Hamden High and North Haven High brought helping hands and lots of enthusiasm.
Habitat thanks Thyme & Season in Hamden for donating packets of trail snacks and Poland Spring in North Haven for donating bottled water for the hikers. Whitney Donut in Hamden got everyone off on the right foot with a supply of coffee and donuts.
Sleeping Giant Build plans to organize the Hike for Humanity again next year. We hope you will join us!
Visit the Sleeping Giant Build website at www.sleepinggiantbuild.com for information on upcoming SGB-sponsored events.
Supporters of Amity Cares and Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven enjoyed a delightful evening of cabaret music presented by Marie Robert, accompanied by pianist Matthew Harrison, on Sunday, April 27.
Funds raised from ticket sales, a silent auction and a raffle will be used entirely to support Amity Cares upcoming Build #3.
Thanks to the many, many people who donated time, energy and enthusiasm to this very special evening.
Amity High’s 2nd Annual Amity Cares Benefit Concert & Silent Auction, held on Sunday May 4, was a huge success! The event raised almost $7,500, which will be used for Amity Cares Build #3.
Amanda Kaletsy, composer and singer, was joined by the Amity High School Chamber Choir, the Bethwood Suzuki School Performance Team, the Amity High School cast of GREASE and the Greater New Haven Combined Choir for an afternoon of great music and fun.
Click on http://youtube.com/watch?v=SKBesusclE to see Channel 8’s coverage of Amanda in concert.
Thanks to all who made this an outstanding event!
Visit the Amity Cares website at www.amitycares.com.
The Connecticut Association of Realtors (CAR) recently donated $1,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven in support of our homebuilding program. CAR member and realtor Matt Murray (below left) presented the check to Habitat Executive Director Bill Casey.
CAR has been a staunch supporter of Habitat since 2004. For more information about CAR, visit their website at www.ctrealtor.com.
April 17 marked the grand opening at two new Lowe’s stores in Milford and Meriden. In conjunction with the openings, both Lowe’s stores matched every gift card purchased dollar-for-dollar (up to $5,000 each) and donated it to Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven. The funds will be used on Habitat’s upcoming home construction projects in the New Haven and Meriden/Wallingford areas.