 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 SEEKS FAMILIES for 2011 Is your family crowded or in substandard housing? Are you paying too much for rent? Would you like to own your own basic and affordable home? Are you unable to get conventional financing? APPLY NOW FOR A HABITAT HOME. Interested applicants must attend our Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County application meeting on Monday, July 19th, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., OR on Saturday, July 24th, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at The Fond du Lac Public Library, 32 Sheboygan Street, Fond du Lac in the McClane Room.
Family selection is based on need, ability to repay the no-interest loan and a willingness to partner with sweat equity hours. Pre-qualifications are for anyone who has lived or worked in Fond du Lac County for at least one year, has not filed bankruptcy in the last two years and has had a steady source of income for two years based on the following income guidelines has then met the initial criteria. Income guidelines should fall between these limits for a family of 1 to 2 is $13,900 to $26,400. Family of 3 to 5 is $17,850 to $35,650. A family of 6 or more is $23,000 to $43,600.
Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit, Christian housing ministry whose purpose is to build basic and affordable homes with low-income partner families and sell the homes at no profit and no interest. Habitat has built 19 homes locally in Fond du Lac County, serving over 76 family members along with the donated time and talents of hundreds of volunteers in the building of these homes. For more information, please call Kathy at the Habitat For Humanity office at (920) 921-6623, email at: Kathy@habitatfdl.org Join Habitat for Humanity at Culver’s East on Hwy 23 for a dining out fundraiser: Culver’s East is partnering with HFH of Fond du Lac County on Tuesday, July 13th from 4 to 7 p.m. for a dining out fundraiser. Join the HFH staff, volunteers and partner families as they greet customers and wait tables for this fundraising event. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the two house builds in progress. For more information call the HFH office at 920-921-6623. Habitat 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.  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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