Flower City Habitat Happenings

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Homeowners, Volunteers Join to Create Festive Wreaths

December 6, 2008
Our annual Holiday Wreath-Making Class brought dozens of Habitat homeowners to learn from members of the Rochester Garden Club, in what is perhaps our most popular event each year, and a terrific way to kick off the holiday season.

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Habitat Explores Rochester's Future Housing Needs

October 29, 2008
At our annual Business of Building luncheon, Dr. Richard Deitz from the Federal Reserve Bank of NY discussed the implications of our aging population on local housing. We also honored a local developer for his city-based revitalization efforts.

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Click here to read the Democrat & Chronicle's coverage.

Cornerstone Marks Donor's Generosity

October 14, 2008
Lucretia Scott's Habitat house at 44 Grape Street might never have been built without a generous $75,000 donation from Jean Groff. Jean has supported Habitat for 15 years, both financially and as a volunteer.

Click here to watch 13WHAM's video coverage of the cornerstone unveiling.

Leaders Build 2008

August 18, 2008
Each year, more than 100 business leaders trade a busy work day for a chance to experience the joy of helping to build a decent new home in partnership with a deserving low-income family. This year, company presidents, CEOs and business owners rolled up their sleeves to lay foundation block and frame a home at 39 Grape Street.

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Habitat Program Gives Teens Up-Close Look At Poverty

August 12, 2008
Flower City Habitat's new Youth Immersion Program is among the first in the country to offer area teens an up-close look at poverty and housing issues in their own city.

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Click here to read the Catholic Courier's coverage.

Orange Street Home Sponsored by Local Builders

August 9, 2008
With support from the Rochester construction community, a hard-working single mother now lives in a decent, affordable home. Read the Democrat & Chronicle's story about her happy news. Then, read about the sponsor that made her dream a reality, the Junior Builders Exchange.

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Click here to read about the JBX house.

ReStore Celebrates with Grand Re-Opening

July 10, 2008
Bigger, brighter, and better... that's the new Habitat ReStore at 755 Culver Road, which celebrated with a Grand Re-Opening today. The store sells new and gently-used home-improvement products, converting a stream of materials that would otherwise have clogged our landfills into a stream of revenue to support Habitat's building program.

Click here to read WROC-TV's coverage or watch the video.
Click here to learn more about the ReStore.

Bike & Build Visits Habitat Sites in Rochester

July 2, 2008
Bike & Build is a non-profit group that organizes cross-country bicycle trips which benefit affordable housing groups, including Habitat for Humanity. 30 college students spent a day in Rochester working for FCHH, building and grading in the JOSANA neighborhood and working in the ReStore.

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Annual Dinner Celebrates Volunteers, Accomplishments

June 26, 2008
Habitat volunteers, staff, donors and other supporters celebrated our great volunteers and inducted new leadership at our Framing for the Future annual dinner.

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Habitat for Humanity Plans Unique Build

June 6, 2008
Habitat construction crews and engineers are planning to build their first LEED-certified house in Rochester. "We build seven to eight houses a year, and for the sake of homeowners and for the sake of our planet, we really need to be building more green," said Bill Bartlett, Construction Manager for Habitat.

Click here to read WROC-TV's coverage or watch the video.

Best. Gala. Ever!

May 17, 2008
Our guests had a great time at our third-annual Cement Mixer Gala, and some declared it "...the best gala I've ever attended."

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Vistage Creates Home on Hoeltzer

March 7, 2008
The local member companies of Vistage International, the world's largest CEO organization, dedicated a new home at 43 Hoeltzer Street today. It is the new home of Shamek Snow and her family.

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Click here to read the Democrat & Chronicle's coverage.

Interfaith Group Dedicates Home

February 10, 2008
Habitat Interfaith Partnership, gathering energy from a diversity of faiths, has sponsored several homes. They dedicated the latest -- a new home for Lissette Figueroa and her family -- on Sunday.

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Excellus Completes First JOSANA Home

January 30, 2008
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield employees joined FCHH to dedicate the first of many homes being built in Rochester's JOSANA neighborhood. 400 Excellus BCBS workers participated in the project.

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Students Build for a Better Tomorrow

January 21, 2008
"Helping others should be in everybody's vocabulary," said 18-year-old Lamonze Sizer, one of seven high school seniors who spent Martin Luther King Day with Habitat, "building on the dream."

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