ReStore Hot Item of the Week:

This dining table and chair set are a match made in heaven! The chairs are still wrapped and the glass table shines like new! This table and chair set will modernize any kitchen or dining room!

Come on and check it out!

Mention this posting and receive 10% off. Please visit
Athens Habitat ReStore to check on item's availability.
We are located at 532 Barber Street (across from the tracks)
Athens, GA 30603

When it gets near the end of a build, it's always a challenge to effectively employ 13 hard working, horse riding carpenters. As fast as I could come up with a task, the UGA equestrian team completed it (and correctly I might add). We cleaned the lot, sorted the lumber pile, finished the siding, added decking and railing to the porch, graded for proper drainage and generally got the house to its final form. After Bo gets a driveway and some plants in the ground over the next few weeks, this one will have a fork stuck in it. Thanks go out to McAllisters Deli for supplying the yummy sustenance for Saturday's build!

--Tom

Athens Area Habitat wins Most Original Float at the Downtown Parade of Lights!

Thank you to the volunteers who helped with this fun project!

The Annual Holiday Benevolence Market will be held on Sunday, Dec. 6 from noon to 3 p.m. at First Christian Church in downtown Athens-Clarke County. It's a free event where 'shoppers' can go from booth to booth and make donations to various organizations in the community. It's a great one-stop shop if you're thinking about giving back during the holidays.

The Athens Annual Holiday Benevolence Market brings together 13 area congregations and more than 30 local non-profit agencies in a collaborative effort to raise funds, increase awareness and spread holiday cheer throughout the community.

UGA Habitat for Humanity presents the 10th Annual Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk:

Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Registration: Race Day registration is $20 per person. There will only be a limited supply of
shirts for late and race day registration so arrive early. Packet pick up begins at 8:00 AM.

Where: Stegeman Coliseum parking lot, UGA Campus

Course: Start and Finish located at Stegeman Coliseum. Course on UGA Campus, contains paved roads. Course map available race day.

Refreshments: Provided after the race.

Questions: Contact Justin Bargeron by email at jb2020@uga.edu

Proceeds benefit UGA Habitat for Humanity

Join us tonight at 7:00pm for the Downtown Parade of Lights.

Come see Athens Area Habitat’s float (and many others) which supports this year’s theme of “A Gift from the Heart.”

Annually, more than 60 entries compete for such prizes as "Most Original Float," "Best Use of Theme," and "Best Use of Lights." The award,"Most Spirited!" is judged during the parade itself, and the best overall float will receive the "Mayor's Award."

The parade begins on the corner of Dougherty and Pulaski Streets ending in front of City Hall for the traditional tree lighting ceremony, hosted by none other than Santa and Mrs. Claus.

The results are in! Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry to the 1st Annual Athens Habitat for Humanity Restore Commercial Contest! We were thrilled with the participation and all of the creative entries, but there can only be one winner. Based on student voting, the results are:

1st place: "Habitat Hunt"

2nd place: "Be Our Guests"

3rd place: "Superheroes"