 Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing ministry organized to work with the local community to build simple, decent, affordable houses with those who lack adequate shelter. |
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Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County, Inc.Latest NewsHabitat For Humanity of Fond du Lac County partners with Thrivent Builds in 2010Contact: Kathy Strong-Twohig, executive director, 921—6623 or 948-5056.
Room to Jump
The Moss family of Roman, Mariana and their daughter, Cecilia, are thankful to Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County for the opportunity to have their own home. A dream to come true in the summer of 2010 with a grant provided by Thrivent Builds. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans made a $15 million commitment to Habitat For Humanity International announced in mid-December. The funding will support the construction of at least 181 homes in 37 states in 2010, including 19 in Wisconsin. The financial and insurance services company established a four-year, $125 million partnership with the organization determined to eliminate poverty housing around the world, set to end in 2009. Instead the partnership will continue into 2010 with this pledge. Through this four-year period of the partnership, the FDL Habitat chapter has built two homes. This partnership will be the third and the 18th home to be built since the FDL affiliate began in 1996.
Besides helping to physically build a house, the Mosses believe that the efforts of Habitat / Thrivent volunteers will also provide for "a more stable home for our daughter in which she can grow up happy". Living in a cramped apartment, Cecilia is a typical 3 year old, who the Mosses feel that they are "constantly telling her to stop jumping or for us to always be careful and worried to whether we are making to much noise so that our neighbors wouldn't complain. Having a home of our own will mean that our daughter will have room to jump and play”. Without the partnering assistance of Habitat and Thrivent, this dream would have taken the Mosses many, many more years to achieve.
Roman and Mariana received the good news that Habitat for Humanity had selected them as one of the 2010 Habitat families on their wedding anniversary. They said, "We were so happy and grateful, it was like double the joy which my wife and I will remember for the rest of our life."
Habitat for Humanity offers a hand up, not a hand out; by having volunteers assist families in building their own home. The Moss family must contribute 500 sweat equity hours to the house build project. Habitat then sells the house to the family with a no-interest loan. Roman says, "We are so exited and can't wait to start building our home, a home that we can finally call ours." Homes built by Habitat for Humanity help stabilize neighborhoods making for a better community living for all.
The Moss family home is one of two homes that will be built right here in Fond du Lac. To volunteer your time to help build the Moss family home, call 920-921-6623, or visit www.habitatfdl.org. For more information on Thrivent Builds with Habitat For Humanity, visit www.thriventbuilds.com.
The Thrivent Builds initiative is credited with constructing 2,000 homes since it was launched. A total of 1,300 homes were built in the U.S., with the rest in 32 countries around the world.
In the U.S. alone, the program drew 350,000 volunteers, who provided more than 2.5 million volunteer hours. Globally, about 4,000 volunteers worked on various projects. Alternative Gift Giving Ideas –Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac All are a great way to spread holiday cheer and support your local affiliate chapter. Habitat For Humanity of Fond du Lac County ReStore celebrates two years in newly expanded location and expanded hours. The Habitat for Humanity ReStore of Fond du Lac County is celebrating its second year at their location at The Fondy Food Pantry is a nonprofit organization committed to addressing the food needs of the hungry in the greater The Habitat ReStore is a home-improvement resale store that is open to the public to both shop and donate useable building and household items. Nancy Zompolas, ReStore Supervisor, is excited to announce the expansion of an additional 2000 square feet for a total of 7000 square feet of bargains to shop. Long-term volunteers who have been with the store since it’s opening are enthusiastic about the number of quality donations and well organized departments, along with increased inventory of merchandise for sale. The Habitat ReStore provides additional funding to support the local house builds in our community. It is a means to divert construction and household materials from landfills and protect the environment. The store depends upon donations from the community to continue its mission of helping low-income families. Acceptable items to donate include lumber, cabinetry, doors, windows, hardware, appliances, gently used home and office furniture and house ware items. All donations are tax-deductible. The ReStore is located at For larger items, call the ReStore at 921-2893 for pick up services. Volunteer This SummerHabitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County is always looking for great volunteers. What's your interest? Scrapbooking? Photography? Newsletters? Hammering? Roofing? Cooking? Take our Interest & Skills Survey and learn how you can get involved today! Upcoming Events and Build ScheduleDownload the latest Build Schedule as a PDF here. More NewsDonate a car to Cars for Homes™ and help build housesYour vehicle donation can help a family build a home, and the hope of a better life! Car, truck, boat and RV donations help Habitat for Humanity build houses in partnership with families in need of decent, affordable shelter. Donate a car, truck, boat, RV or other vehicle to Cars for Homes™, Habitat for Humanity’s official car donation program, by calling 1-877-277-4344 toll free or online at www.carsforhomes.org.
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