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| We're Cookin' May 2 |
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Capital Cooks! at the Washington Design Center
The Washington Design Center and Home and Design Magazine are hosting their 8th annual culinary event, Capital Cooks!
Join us for an evening of tastings, entertainment, design and a great silent auction benefiting DC Habitat for Humanity.
Special guest Walter Schieb, former White House Executive Chef and author of White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen, will be cooking up signature dishes.
Participating Restaurants:
1789 Restaurant
Charlie Palmer Steak
Michel Richard Citronelle
Dish
Dupont Grille
PS 7's
Perry's Restaurant
Viridian
Willow
More restaurants are being added every day!
- When: May 2, 2007 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Where: Washington Design Center, 300 D Street, SW.
- Cost: A $55 per person donation to DC Habitat for Humanity includes open bar, gourmet hors d' oeuvres and more. Buy online at
Tickets and be sure to enter the chairty code DCHABITAT.
To donate an item for the silent auction, contact kimgugino@hotmail.com. 100% of funds raised at the silent auction benefit DC Habitat.
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| Ms. Manor Happy Hour Tonight! |
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Don't forget! You have a date at Mate with friends of DC Habitat and Ms. Manor.
- When: March 22
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
- Where: Mate,
3101 K Street NW, Washington, DC
Ms. Manor |
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Advocacy Update |
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DC Habitat for Humanity is supporting a campaign to have the
Mixed Income Housing Bill approved by DC City Council. This legislation furthers DC Habitat's goal of ending poverty housing by requiring housing development on all lands owned by the District government (public lands) to include affordable housing. This land is virtually being given away to developers to produce condos that many Districts residents and District workers cannot afford. These public lands include old school buildings, vacant land, and other community structures which should be used to improve the lives of city residents.
DC Habitat, along with other housing advocates, believes the
Mixed Income Housing legislation is an important tool that could help keep many of the District's long time residents in the city and ensure that working residents in the District can afford to live in DC. DC Habitat is asking you to provide vital support to the Education and Advocacy Committee in one or more of the following ways:
Sending Postcards - Hardcopy and electronic
Sign-on Letters - Organizational and Individual
Testifying - Volunteers could either just go to show support by wearing red or speak during the hearing
Attending Town Hall Meetings
Phone Calls to Councilmembers
If you are interested in supporting the Mixed Income Housing Campaign or working with the Education and Advocacy Committee please contact Elizabeth Johnson at
elizabeth.johnson@dchabitat.org
or 202-882-4600 ext 227. Thank you for your support!! |
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Spring Break - Habitat Style |
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Collegiate Challenge
Ah, college spring break, road trips, the beach and ... building homes with Habitat? Every year, DC Habitat welcomes college students from across the country who choose to forgo the usual beach week and instead volunteer their spring break vacation to serve others by building homes with Habitat partner families. This year, students from Boston College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst took the challenge and came to the nation's capital to build with DC Habitat.
This national program, called Collegiate Challenge, engages thousands of youth in service to Habitat affiliates. These groups also make a monetary donation to the affiliate which helps pay for the building materials and sub-contractors needed to build Habitat homes. In addition, students gain enthusiasm for service and learn about issues of poverty and affordable housing.
DC Habitat would like to thank National City Christian Church and the First Baptist Church of Washington DC for providing these students a welcoming place to stay. In addition, a big thank you goes to Hard Rock Caf? and Mr. Henry's restaurants for providing free meals for the hungry students.
For more information about Collegiate Challenge, you please visit
http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/colchal/
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Mother's Day Build May 12 |
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Only 12 spaces left,
so sign up today!
What better way to celebrate Mother's Day than by joining us for the DC Habitat for Humanity Mother's Day build. This is a great opportunity to work together on an exciting project and master skills you might otherwise never learn, while helping a mother in need who deserves the simple dignity of a decent place to raise her children.
When you sign up to raise a hammer at our Mother's Day Build, you also commit to donate or raise a minimum of $250 to help finance the construction of the home. Raising your share of the house sponsorship is easy with the help of your family, friends and coworkers.
What a great way to tell your mother how much she means to you, remember your mother, or to tell your daughter how much you love being her mother! Sister teams building in honor or memory of their mother are also encouraged to participate.
We can only take 12 more teams so sign up today if you'd like to be a part of this special day. Register now by e-mailing nancy.eddy@dchabitat.org.
The Mother's Day Build starts May 12th at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. Lunch, tools, and training are provided. |
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