Habitat for Humanity
| August 20, 2009 | ||
| August 29, 2009 |
Habitat for Humanity of Colorado would like to thank the CU Young Alumni for their enthusiastic support of the volunteer day in Kittredge on August 1st. The 10 available volunteer construction slots filled up in little over 12 hours! Our mission depends on volunteers like the CU Young Alumni, we couldn’t build houses without you.
In light of the overwhelming interest and support of the event, we’ve added two more volunteer days in August for the CU Young Alumni membership.
What: Additional CU Young Alumni Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Days
Who: CU Young Alumni Association members
Where: Kittredge, Colorado (you will have access to a downloadable map after you have registered)
When: Thursday, August 20, or Saturday, August 29, 8:30am-4:30pm (bring your own lunch, sunscreen, closed toed shoes, and water)
Construction Experience: None required. A skilled construction supervisor will teach you everything you need to know!
To register for one of the CU Young Alumni Build Days, click here.
To donate to Habitat for Humanity, click here.
Once you’ve registered, please download the liability waiver and bring a signed copy with you to the construction site.
If you are unable to attend or the these days fill up too, you can still help families, like the White family below, move out of sub-standard and unsafe housing in Colorado by clicking the link above and contributing to our organization.
The White Family
Girl scouts, dance, band, cross country, writing, art and AP classes; these are just a few of the activities that Hanna (11), Lindsey (14) and Sara (16) are involved in. Hanna loves math and playing the saxophone, Lindsey loves history, art, film and playing the flute, and Sarah runs on the cross country team, volunteers at an animal hospital and loves to write.
The girls excel in school, but long for a stable and permanent home. “Summertime always means moving time for us,” says Lindsey. Their mom, Shelley White, says that last year the rent went up 50%, so they moved again. Finding an affordable home has been tough, despite the long hours Shelley puts in as a housekeeper and pet sitter. In their current home, Hanna sleeps in a little loft space where she can barely stand up. “But it’s better than the room downstairs where everyone else sleeps, it’s freezing down there,” says Hanna. Their heating bills are high because they use the portable heater a lot, affectionately called “R2D2”.
Shelley is very thankful that they won’t have to move again and to know she can afford to keep a roof over the girl’s heads. The stability means a great deal to her. She is extra thankful for the low mortgage payment they will have as it means more discretionary income for other needs. For example, their car is 20 years old and Shelley doesn’t know how much longer it will last.
The White Family home will be Blue Spruce Habitat’s 25th home and will be part of a duplex at Habitat’s new development, “Blue Spruce Vista” in Kittredge. The home is sponsored by Bank of America. Shelley says, “I had to be picked up off the floor when I got the call that we were accepted into the Habitat program. We are simply thrilled! I thank all the volunteers and Bank of America for what they are doing and for the security the girls and I will finally have.”
Thank you again, CU Alumni, for your support of our mission to eliminate sub-standard housing by creating homeownership opportunities for low-income families in Colorado.
