Many Hands Affiliate Update

March 2010

The HFHGP ReStore is going into the furniture business! Due to space constraints in previous years, we haven’t had the ability to ac-

cept donations of furniture but with our recent expansion, you can now keep the ReStore in mind for your furniture needs!

Seeking donations: If you have items that you

would like to donate, or know of a friend or family member who may, please contact the Restore at 221-0047.

ReStore hours are:

Wed.-Fri., 10am-5pm

Saturday, 9am-4pm

We’ve got the event for you! Tuttle Road United Methodist Church will be hosting their 1st annual scrapbooking event to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Greater Port-land. On Saturday, March 20th at Val Halla Golf Course in Cumberland, folks will be gathering for this 12-hour scrapbooking extravaganza. From 9am until 9pm, bring your favorite supplies, your photos, your pages and your appetite! Lunch and Dinner will be provided by The Sparrow’s Nest at the Viking Grill. Concerned that you might run out of supplies during the event? No worries! Mainely Memories and Creative Memories will be on site that day for all of your spur-of-the-moment crafting needs.

To download the registration form and receive all of the fun details, visit www.habitatportlandme.org

We will need a few volunteers to help with the set up, breakdown, and “in-betweens” during this event. If you’d be interested in helping out please email Kate Callahan at volunteer@habitatme.org for more details!

Love to Scrapbook?

Coming March 3rd-ReStore Furniture Sales!

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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland 83A Bell St. Portland ME 04103 www.habitatportlandme.org 207-772-2151

The Irish Road Rover’s Race is March 7th! There is still time to register by clicking www.irishroadrover.com

We’re on Facebook! Become a fan of Habi-tat for Humanity of Greater Portland TO-DAY!

A Few Reminders:

What appears to be an empty lot in West-brook today will be the site of three new homes, under construction, by late March. Weather permitting, Porter Panel and Truss will be erecting these homes using steel frames that were constructed in their assembly building on Presumpscot St (pictured right). All three frames will be transported to Westbrook and assembled by professionals in just one day! These homes will reside on Bremen St., recently built by RJ Grondin & Sons. Founda-tions are up next and Jeff Preble’s Con-crete is digging in and doing this portion of the work for us. This is a unique project that calls on friends of Habitat, new and old, to collaborate and build something of great value with local families, volunteers and the Westbrook community. Stay tuned for project updates and photos!

Just when we thought we would never see the end of winter, the weather warms and hundreds of people from the Greater Port-land community gather to support affordable housing by joining in Habitat’s Springtime Walks. Consider taking a walk for Habi-

tat in your community! :

Cumberland, N. Yarmouth, Yarmouth Good Friday Walk– Friday, April 2nd

Windham Walk– Saturday, April 17th

Falmouth Ecumenical Pet Walk– Saturday, May 8th

Portland Interfaith Walk– Sunday, May 23rd

For more information about these events or to download a registration form, click

http://www.habitatportlandme.org/events/springtime_walks.htm

Springtime Walk Dates

Work begins in Westbrook

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland 83A Bell St. Portland ME 04103 www.habitatportlandme.org 207-772-2151

Volunteers

Photographers Needed!

We are looking for volun-teers to help us capture this significant day in HFHGP history! The weather has not been on our side so we are still working on pinning down the specific date. If you are interested in help-ing and have a digital cam-era that you are willing to bring along, please contact

Kate at:

volunteer@habitatme.org for

more details!

LEGO® and DUPLO® blocks are being collected in preparation for our 3rd Annual YOUth Can Build Awareness Event. Dona-tions of LEGO® or DUPLO® blocks can be dropped off at the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland office (Monday

through Friday) or the ReStore (Wednesday through Saturday).

Starting March 15th there will also be donation bins available at the Maine Mall. Stay tuned for the April edition of Many Hands for more details on how local youth can participate in

this event!

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland 83A Bell St. Portland ME 04103 www.habitatportlandme.org 207-772-2151

Work continues at the Green Bean in Freeport as electrical, plumbing and heating professionals have completed the “rough-in” portion of the project. Last week, volunteers from St. Thomas Aquinas in Dover, NH made sure that Mikki Cote and her son Eli will have a well-insulated home to keep

them warm next winter! Flooring, drywall and painting are up next!

Haiti Update: HFHI commits

to helping 50,000 families

LEGO® Drive in Full Swing!

Habitat’s multi-year plan includes distributing emergency shelter kits, debris recycling and removal, house repairs, transitional shelter, new construction and on-the-job training in housing construction. As soon as conditions allow, Habitat will begin replacing destroyed homes using a core house model. To read more about Habitat’s Core House Design, click: http://www.habitat.org/newsroom/2010archive/02_09_2

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