Please give your patronage to these area businesses, acknowledging their support of our annual Swing for Habitat Golf Tournament fundraiser (click on image to view larger). Another successful and FUN year! And mark your calendars for 2017….See you all on September 30th on the links!
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced last week that recent liver surgery revealed that he had cancer which had spread to other parts of his body. This Thursday (8/20) he held a press conference in which he stated, “I have had a wonderful life,” and that, “It is in the hands of God, whom I worship.” That afternoon he began a course of radiation therapy for the melanoma.
For over 30 years, President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have been the most visible and hands-on supporters of our world-wide mission. He, Mrs. Carter, and their extended family and friends all are in our thoughts and prayers.
President Carter encouraged Habitat to continue with its plans for the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, still on track to take place in Nepal in November. Habitat will work with 100 families in the Ratnanager municipality in the Chitwan district near the city of Bharatpur (Nepal’s fifth-largest city, ~100 miles west of the capital, Kathmandu). Having been a part of the June 2003 Valdosta, Georgia, work project as an AmeriCorps member, I [Kelley] would encourage everyone to consider participating in one of these events now or in the future.
Please enjoy this article (click here) on the work projects (from which the above photo came) in an old edition of Habitat International’s publication, Habitat World.
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A note from Missy Combs, homeowner of our 18th house, on a 2014 Summer fundraiser:
Thank you for everybody’s participation [in supporting the Italian Dinner fundraiser]. …I look forward to working with many of you finishing up our home!
Truly blessed,
Sincerely
Missy, Ashley, and Brodie
Italian Dinner fundraiser auction item donors:
44 North Coffee: mug and 2 pounds of coffee valued at $38
Black Dinah Chocolatiers: $25 gift certificate
Blue Hill Co-op: $30 gift certificate and bag
Danny Murphy’s Pub: $20 gift certificate
El El Frijoles: gift certificate and T-shirt valued at $40
Gary’s Fuel Service: 100 gallons of propane valued at $400
Mike’s Market II: $25 gift certificate
Northern Bay Market: $20 gift certificate
Sarah Sarah’s: $50 gift certificate
Three Wishes: 2 white ceramic vases valued at $31
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HANCOCK CO. HABITAT RECEIVES $9,500 GRANT from MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
The Maine Community Foundation has awarded a $9,500 grant from the Hancock County Fund to Hancock County Habitat for Humanity to build Habitat’s Home #18 with the Combs family in Sedgwick. This matching funds grant engages 12 area churches in fundraising and volunteer labor in what Habitat for Humanity calls a Disciple Build. Habitat for Humanity is currently the 6th largest home builder in the US and has been very successful in building with low income populations due in large part to being able to motivate churches. We believe this Disciple Build is a project-driven way to engage churches to join our mission, forming a coalition that will open doors to new church partners on the Blue Hill peninsula.
According to Jimmy Goodson, Hancock County Habitat’s [former] Executive Director, “Missy Combs is a motivated, resourceful mother of two who works hard to provide for her family. Their family currently lives in her mother’s house with other relatives in an overcrowded situation. We plan to begin home construction this fall on donated family land in Sedgwick. With this generous grant from the Maine Community Foundation, we are well on our way to making their dream of homeownership a reality”.
With offices in Ellsworth and Portland, the Maine Community Foundation works with donors and other partners to improve the quality of life for all Maine people. To learn more about the foundation, visit www.mainecf.org.
