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Marian University to Partner with Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County to Raise Awareness of Substandard Housing

5/7/2008

Many of us at night get to sleep in a warm bed with a dry roof over our head, and many of us may just take this granted. To experience what it may be like to not have these luxuries, Marian University participants will be building cardboard shanty shelters from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM on Thursday, May 8. The participating 25 students, faculty and staff will then spend the night in their shanties and leave them up for public viewing until 1:00 PM on Friday, May 9.

Participants will be collecting pledges to partake in this event and these monies will be donated to Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County. Habitat will be building two houses this summer for two partnering families in need of affordable and basic shelter.

The criteria to build a shanty shelter to sleep in for the evening will consist of a limited amount of cardboard and duct tape. The participants may supply more materials themselves that they might have gathered, but can not purchase any special materials to use. Participants will then use whatever materials they have to create a shelter that will hopefully remain stable through the night.

The organizing chairs for this year's event are students Jacque Grahn, Heather Hummer, Sara Hummer, and Professor John Morris. Professor Morris and his class have been participating in this event for the last 3 years in hopes of raising funds and awareness to the Habitat for Humanity program.

Habitat for Humanity Home Builders Blitz Groundbreaking for the McCoy Family at 479 S. Military Street, FDL

4/25/08

Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County will be breaking ground for the Chris McCoy Family at 479 S. Military Street in Fond du Lac on Saturday May 3 from 11:00 a.m. to Noon. This will be the first of two house builds this summer. The public is cordially invited to attend this Home Builders Blitz Groundbreaking Ceremony, along with the Habitat for Humanity board of directors, Adashun Jones / Signature Home Builder representatives and local and state dignitaries. “We welcome the public to attend this event to show their support and welcome the McCoy Family to their new future neighborhood” states Terry Tomkowiak, chair of the Building Committee.

Chris McCoy, our partnering homeowner states “I am honored on behalf of myself and my son Collin to be chosen for a Habitat house. It has been a dream of mine for some time to own a home of my own. With the assistance of Habitat for Humanity of FDL and this great community this dream is becoming a reality”.

The Home Builder Blitz house is the 15 th for the Fond du Lac Habitat For Humanity affiliate. Construction will begin on May 31 st and the house will be completed on June 7 th in conjunction with a nationwide Habitat For Humanity Home Builders Blitz event. 109 United States affiliates will participate in this one week build program, completing 263 homes total. It is the second Home Builders Blitz for both Tom Schaefer and Glenn Elmer of Adashun Jones / Signature Homes. They also participated in the 2006 program by building a two-story house on Division Street in FDL. Schaefer states “Glenn and I b oth enjoyed the opportunity to give back to the community and give a local family a hand up, not a hand out”.

Building Houses – Building Hope

(Press Release 2/12/08)

Cujak's Wine Donates to HfH

Sara Cujak of Cujak's Wine Market, Main Street FDL, presents a check for $250 to Kathy Strong-Twohig, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County. Proceeds were raised during a wine tasting event fundraiser held at her store. House Wine was the featured red and white wine for the event. Proceeds from this event will be used to benefit the two houses to be built this summer.

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