Millcreek Valley Habitat for Humanity

The nice folks at the The nice folks at the Kenwood Towne Centre and Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy have partnered with us to help us raise money for a future house. The elementary school built the floor for the shed and the middle school built the frame. It has been at the mall for the last three days. For less than the cost a cup of coffee you can help someone move out of substandard housing and into their first home.

For those of you who are interested in the financial of this affiliate, I have posted the last year’s annual report, 2005 Form 990 , on the Treasurer’s Page. This is the report we send annually to the IRS.

For those of you who missed the nice article in the Cincinnati Enquirer here is the link to the mail article and the related stories. My only complaint is that the Enquirer has the wrong number of foreclosures and mortgages that were paid off. Since 1989 we have had to foreclose on three houses and we have two home owners who chose to pay off their mortgages early so that they could buy another home. In my research I found that the death of the principal wage earner forced two houses out of the program. One house was paid off with insurance proceeds and the other house was returned to the affiliate to be rehabbed and sold again.

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Source: The Enquirer - Habitat offers sweet equity

Take a look at the photos taken by Susan McCamey at the Garfield kick-off on March 24. Several folks from Thrivent along with folks from local Lutheran churches were there to start the building a new house Tina Phillips. Tina has already been hard at work on the fanciest shed I have ever seen. Click on the link below and it will take you to the Picasa Web Albums over at Google. Enjoy!

http://picasaweb.google.com/millardblumer/KickOffGarfieldAve

In an effort to do a better job scheduling volunteers we have opted to use VolunteerHub. Registration is free! VolunteerHub is the ultimate volunteer coordinator’s assistant. Simply publish your events and watch volunteers sign up with our user-friendly registration process. Save time by dramatically reducing extraneous telephone traffic while organizing, tracking, emailing, and reporting on your organization’s volunteer activity. VolunteerHub is creative information technology for connecting people and purposes. To sign up click on the VolunteerHub logo or on link below.

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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Habitat for Humanity are joining
together in an unprecedented alliance that will put the faith of Lutherans
and their communities into action to help families in need move into
the economic mainstream and put an end to poverty housing. In the
Cincinnati area Thrivent and Millcreek Valley HFH have joined together
to build a house on 2131 Garfield in West College Hill. The kickoff will be
at 1:00 PM on March 24^th.

For more information about Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity, click on any of the following links.

• Thrivent Builds Homes
• Build Locations
• Get Involved
  • Youth Involvement
  • Congregation Involvement
• How to Apply
• Who’s Building Homes
• Thrivent Builds Neighborhoods
  • Milwaukee, WI Neighborhood
• The Issue
  • Understanding Sub-standard Housing
• FAQ

Volunteer Dan Dallmer will be taking a group of UC students to Lanatt, Alabama over spring break to build a house there. Their home will be the first of the Chattahoochee Initiative sponor by The Fuller Center and the City Council of Lanatt. The Fuller Center is headed by Habitat for Humanity founder, Millard Fuller. Dan explains that Lanat was once a thriving area with over 15,000 mill jobs. Lately this region has fallen on hard times, and has been further stressed by families that have relocated from Hurricane Katrina. In order to prepare for the trip, Dan and volunteers pre-cut wood in the Millcreek Valley warehouse, and assembled walls in space donated by Green Realty. This will serve as training for the 11 UC students who will make the trip with Dan. They will be in Lanatt during UC’s Spring Break, March 19-23. The trip is being paid for by the personal donations of UC trustees.

Read about the trip in the Cincinnati Enquirer http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070322/NEWS01/703220417/-1/all

The Development Committee of the Millcreek Valley Board will hold a Church Relations Kick-0ff meeting at it offices on Saturday, February 16 from 9 AM to 11AM. The meeting is open to all who are interested in furthering the partnership between Millcreek Valley and area churches. “Churches have always been our major partner in helping us fullfill our mission of eliminating poverty housing,” says Millcreek Valley President Jeff Dauner. “Their support includes prayer, skilled labor, jobsite lunches and funds to build homes just to name a few major areas.” If you are interested in serving on this committee, but are unable to attend the meeting, please call our offices at 761-4187 and we will send you information about how you can help.

Hi Volunteers,

Attached is a picture of a home built in Belize, our tithing partner. Also, below is a message of thanks from their administrative director. If you don’t understand the tithing or just wish to get a vaccination of Habititis on a cold February 3rd, your invited to orientation at 8:30 am at our office located in Lockland. The address is 420 West Wyoming Ave up the stairs on the back of the building. If you have any questions, feel free to give me a call.

Take Care !!

Bill

For those of you who missed the broadcast last night, here is the link to Channel 12’s newscast which explains how the crime problems on Jackson Street in Lincoln Heights have effected our building program and Habitat families currently residing on this street.

Crime Prevents Habitat For Humanity From Building