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| October Happy Hour
If you missed the funtastic Happy Hour at Finn macCool's in August, you have another chance to party for a good cause.
When: Friday, October 19
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Where: Ventnor's Sports Cafe
2411 18th Street, NW in Adams Morgan
What: Raffle and door prizes
$4 Well Drinks
$1 Natural Lite Beer
$3 Miller Lite Beer
1/2 price burgers
Cover: $10 donation
Join the PR and Resources Development Committees for another evening of fun for Habitat!
November Cocktail Party and
Silent Auction at
O Street Mansion
Start the holiday season with an elegant evening at the gorgeous and historic Mansion on O Street. Part historic home, part art gallery, part hotel and restaurant, this unique members-only venue will open its doors to friends of
DC Habitat for a silent auction that promises to get your holiday shopping off to a great start.
When: Tuesday, November 27
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Where: The Mansion on O Street
2020 O Street, NW
What: Silent Auction
Complimentary hors d'oeuvres
Spectacular holiday decorations in this exclusive historic landmark
Cover: $20 cover, $15 is a donation to DC Habitat
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DC Habitat Needs Your Support
DC Habitat
for Humanity needs your help urgently.
Fall is the busiest time for our building program and we try to finish as many homes as we can in time for Christmas. Unfortunately, several of our funding sources have been redirected to support rebuilding efforts on the Gulf Coast, leaving
DC Habitat for Humanity with a temporary problem:
We cannot buy the materials we need to complete six houses which we hoped to finish by Christmas.
That means six families who had dreamed of their first ever Christmas in their own home will be spending yet another Christmas in an overcrowded, unsafe and unhealthy low-income rental unit.
We are reaching out to all of our friends in the community and asking them to dig deep and make a special gift so that we can get our building back on schedule.
I hope you will consider a donation to help us give people in need a decent place to raise their families.
To make a gift, follow the link below or mail your check payable to DC
Habitat to:
DC Habitat for Humanity
843 Upshur Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
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| Welcome our new AmeriCorps Volunteers!
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DC Habitat is pleased to welcome five new AmeriCorps members to our construction site. These members, Chris, Luke, Courtney, Scott, and Mary Olive will serve as Construction Crew Leaders, teaching our construction volunteers and ensuring their safety on the site. In addition, we are happy to have Darci Palmer back for a second AmeriCorps year to serve in the volunteer services department. Darci will be helping to create a new volunteer crew leader program in addition to other projects to help
DC Habitat better use volunteers to increase our overall capacity. AmeriCorps members bring youth and vitality to our organization and we are pleased to have this grant continued for the 2007-08 year.
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Citibank, Geico and ITT Team Builds
For more than a century, Citi has been part of the fabric of thousands of communities around the world. With this presence comes a responsibility to create a positive impact in those communities through community and small business development, microfinance, and nonprofit capacity building. In 2006, the Citi Foundation made a grant to sponsor a
DC Habitat home and renewed its support again this year, with an additional half-house sponsorship. In addition to their financial support that helps build and strengthen our community, Citi also provides volunteers to help
DC Habitat build homes. We appreciate the many ways Citibank helps DC
Habitat help our community.
GEICO takes pride in being one of the nation's fastest growing auto insurance companies, but they are equally proud of the work they do outside their office walls. Part of GEICO's corporate mission is to encourage active, involved citizenship. GEICO associates read, build, mentor, walk, run, coach - whatever it takes to help organizations and people in need.
Through GEICO Corporate Community Citizens (GCCC), associates contribute to, and participate in a variety of activities, like building a DC
Habitat home. More than 2,000 associates volunteer an average of five hours a week helping many worthwhile organizations. We are grateful to GEICO employees for their hard work on August 11 and the company's $5,000 to sponsor their Team Building Day.
On July 21, ITT Advanced Engineering and Sciences sponsored a Team Building Day with a $5,000 donation and brought a team to our construction site in northeast Washington to help
DC Habitat help more families leave the cycle of poverty behind through homeownership. ITT seeks ways to
provide their employees with experiences that challenge their minds and their spirits. After working with DCHFH, employees unanimously said that they enjoyed the
team building and the feeling of accomplishment and felt that they made a difference.
Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, ITT Advanced Engineering & Sciences (AES) is an engineering and science company, providing leading-edge technology services and products to government, industrial, and commercial customers.
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Finn macCools was, well, cool! |
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Our August happy hour packed Finn macCools with Habitat volunteers and friends enjoying door prizes, drink and appetizer specials, games including
foosball, pool and shuffle board, football and baseball games on 3 big screen TV's. PR Committee Chair Shaily Jariwala, pictured above left with excited door prize winners, rocked the megaphone and added to the fun.
Did you miss the excitement? Make sure to mark your calendars for the upcoming happy hour at Ventnor's Sports Cafe in Adams Morgan Friday, October 19.
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| Visit Our New Volunteer Calendar Online |
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| Volunteering is easier than ever!
Have you been wanting to join us at the construction site for an experience you will value forever? It is easier than ever!
Take a moment to register, check the dates when we need volunteers, then sign up. Be sure to check back often as more opportunities are added daily.
Groups should not use the Volunteer Calendar. Instead, call Nancy Eddy at 202-882-4600 ext 224 or e-mail her at
nancy.eddy@dchabitat.org.
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Join us for Ecobuild Fall & AEC-ST Fall
Conference: Dec. 10-13, 2007
Exhibition: Dec. 12-13, 2007
Washington Convention Center
DC Habitat is proud to be exhibiting at this annual event for green building, sustainable design, renewable energy, environmental planning processes and information collaboration strategies for construction.
Mark your calendar now to attend and watch for registration details in coming issues. In the meantime, please visit
http://www.ecobuildamerica.com to learn more about the event.
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Please designate DC Habitat in the United Way and Combined Federal Campaigns
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United Way #8224
CFC #71579
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