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Rob Locke Flooding Update

At least a dozen Habitat families have been impacted by the flooding. 3 are unable to live in their homes the rest are dealing with issues ranging from wet crawl space insulation to no hot water. If you'd like to help please contact volunteer coordinator Holly Hinson by email (hhinson@louisvillehabitat.org) or phone at (502) 637-6265 x 34 Continue

Added by Rob Locke on August 7, 2009 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Rob Locke Summer Newsletter

The Communications Team did a great job on the summer newsletter! I'll never forget the raise-the-roof for Kary's house; it rained and rained and rained. It's the first time I can remember when Dick Kline actually drilled holes in the subfloor to let puddles of rain drain off; I'm sure he did it before then that was just the first time I noticed. There's also a great story about Habitat Hero Norb Cary that's well worth a read.… Continue

Added by Rob Locke on July 27, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Rob Locke Prentice St.- top Top 10 Preservation Success Stories for 2008

Habitat has been involved with complete home renovation in Louisville for about 3 years now. I’ve attached a photo illustrating the significant impact this process has had on homes in our city. The brick home in the picture actually has been recognized by “Preservation Louisville” as one of the top 10 preservation success stories of 2008. See below for the article that ran in the paper this week. Article Title: Preservation has its day To view the contents on www.courier-journal.com, go to:… Continue

Added by Rob Locke on July 23, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Angela Huffman Preservation Success Story

Preservation Louisville has recognized our Habitat house on Prentice Street as one of the top ten preservation successes in Louisville! A big thanks goes out to all of our volunteers and supporters. You are making a difference in this community! Continue

Added by Angela Huffman on July 22, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Rob Locke Brown-Forman 2009

Brown-Forman had a great start to the complete home renovation on Howard St that will become Ora's home. Here's a note and a file w/ pictures from Karen at Brown-Forman: Day 1 - July 16th at the Habitat for Humanity house proved to be an enormous undertaking. The day was lead by Team Leader, Mike Mulrooney and his team came to work. The team consisted of; Matt Ammons, Keith Brookshire, Andy Coates, Martha Dejaco, Joe Gandia, Don Hissam, Lance Jackson, Karen Krinock, Mike Levites, Mike Mulrooney… Continue

Added by Rob Locke on July 22, 2009 at 9:08am — No Comments

Angela Huffman Eat Drink and Help Habitat for Humanity!

O'Shea's Irish Pub, Flanagan's Ale House and Brendan's are donating a portion of their food sales on July 20 to Habitat for Humanity! Stop by for some great eats anytime from 11am-11pm on Monday, July 20. The staff at the Irish Brew Pubs would like to raise enough money to sponsor a house and have their staff build it! Great eats for a great cause! Continue

Added by Angela Huffman on July 10, 2009 at 11:04am — No Comments

Angela Huffman Whitney Hall's Wood Flooring donated to ReStore!

6,000 Square feet of wood flooring from Kentucky Center's Whitney Hall has been donated to Habitat for Humanity! The sale of the wood flooring from the stage of Whitney hall could bring up to $20,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville! More information can be found in this news article. Continue

Added by Angela Huffman on June 21, 2009 at 7:07pm — No Comments

David Winfrey Labor of Love: Vol's church project turns into long-term Habitat involvement

(Editor's note: The following appeared in the spring 2008 newsletter.) By Margaret Phillips Susan Turner’s reason for volunteering with Habitat for Humanity is simple. She does it because she loves it. “I meet a lot of great people all of the time,” she says of her work as a house construction team leader with Habitat. “I have a lot of fun with Habitat. it’s even gotten me involved in international [volunteer] trips.” The 55-year-old mother and grandmother has supervised teams… Continue

Added by David Winfrey on June 17, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Carolyn Miles WHAS11 Coverage of the WFH Raise the Roof!

WHAS11 has provided Women For Habitat some fabulous coverage in preparation of our 13th House. It continued on Day 2 of our Raise the Roof with Rachel Platt spending the day working with us putting together a great report and then working side by side with a lot of great volunteers. Check out the video! Continue

Added by Carolyn Miles on June 16, 2009 at 8:43pm — 1 Comment

David Winfrey Walk to Build a Habitat House

Join Women for Habitat June 20 at the Champions 4 Her walk. The house build by Women for Habitat is one of several agencies benefiting from the proceeds of the event. By David Winfrey Women for Habitat leaders hope sneakers are as powerful as hammers when it comes to helpin… Continue

Added by David Winfrey on June 10, 2009 at 12:10pm — No Comments

David Winfrey Gentle Demolition: Team helps companies trade wrecking ball for recycling & donations

(Editor's note: The following appeared in the spring 2008 newsletter.) By Bill Guthrie Granite floor tiles, metal halide light fixtures, and maple hardwood flooring. The interior of a Habitat home? Nope. A recent day’s drop-off at the Habitat ReStore? Not exactly. These and other items were the recent take by the Habitat DeConstruction Team. Members worked late last year at the vacant Phillip Morris factory, dismantling and salvaging building materials and landscaping from the… Continue

Added by David Winfrey on June 10, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

David Winfrey Locke: More Habitat applicants don't qualify for homes

The economic downturn has not spared Habitat for Humanity in Louisville, but things could be much worse, Rob Locke recently told the Louisville Rotary Club. See the full story from the Courier-Journal here Continue

Added by David Winfrey on June 5, 2009 at 2:22pm — No Comments

David Winfrey Partner families learn variety of skills while preparing for home ownership

(Editor's note: The following appeared in the summer 2008 newsletter.)

PARTNER FAMILIES Tyra Murphy (left) and Sara Herd credit Habitat not only with helpling them buy a house but also with helping them learn how to be homeowners. (Photos by Bill Sheets) By B… Continue

Added by David Winfrey on June 3, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

David Winfrey ReStore offers shopping with a purpose

(Editor's note: The following appeared in the spring 2008 newsletter)

RESTORE You never know what you're going to find at the ReStore, 2777 S. Floyd St. Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore is smart shopping at its best. The ReStore offers an alternative to the retail es… Continue

Added by David Winfrey on June 1, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Carolyn Miles 2 Weeks till Raise the Roof

It's 2 weeks before the 13th Women For Habitat Raise the Roof and the walls are built! Day 2 of the wall build started off really really early, 5:30 a.m. early. WHAS 11 Good Morning Kentuckiana was on site at the… Continue

Added by Carolyn Miles on May 28, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

David Winfrey Gerren Petersen: Habitat House 'a Life-Saver for Family'

(Editor's Note: The following appeared in the fall 2008 newsletter.) By Gerren Peterson As a former resident of the Parkhill projects of west-end Louisville, I found that Habitat was truly a life-saver for my family and me. When my family moved to Parkhill, it was a great place… Continue

Added by David Winfrey on May 27, 2009 at 7:33pm — No Comments

Angela Huffman House Dedication Article in the Courier

We've had some great news coverage of our Habitat Houses. These photos are from the House Dedication Article featured in the Courier Journal.

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Added by Angela Huffman on May 14, 2009 at 9:49pm — No Comments

Carolyn Miles National Women Build Week

Editor's Note: The following is from WHAS11 news coverage on Monday, May 11, 2009. On this Mother’s Day weekend, just don’t call the hammering you hear man’s work. It’s women working to build and rehab houses. Across the country, thousands of women are pounding nails and rais… Continue

Added by Carolyn Miles on May 11, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

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Tools Needed:
Drywall Screw Guns with Tips
Tape Measures (16 ft - 25 ft)
Arrow T-50 Heavy Duty Staple Guns
16 oz Hammers
Utility Knives
Chalk Boxes
Heavy Duty Extension Cords (50 ft#14) 9 inch paint roller covers medium size
9 inch paint tray liners
40 gallon trash bags
Brown jersey work gloves
Carpenters Pencils
2 ft push Brooms
Commercial Weed Eaters
7 1/4 inch Circular Saws
10 inch Power Mitre Saws
Zip Drywall Routers
30 Gallon PVC Garbage Cans
2 1/2 Sash paint brushes Sharpie Markers
Arrow T-50 1/4 inch Staples Kubota Tractor (with backhoe loader attachments)

Office Supplies:
Copy Paper (white and colored) File Folders
Pens
Paper cups and plates

Volunteer Needs:
Electricians
Lanscapers Receptionists Rehab volunteers
Painters
Pick up and Delivery drivers
Planned Giving Expertise
Newsletter Writers

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