Collegiate Challenge 2007!

A group from KING's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania spent their Spring Break helping Athens Area Habitat for Humanity in our deconstruction efforts and other endeavors. This group quickly adjusted to our southern climate and spent a great week working hard and enjoying Athens' people and culture. Habitat would like to thank Milledge Avenue Baptist Church for providing housing, the Athens' Red Cross for providing bedding, and the following food sponsors who made this week such a success.

-Arby's
-Ryan's
-Chick-fil-A
-Krystal's
-Weaver D's

Thanks to all and we can't wait to get another group next Spring!

Raise funds for Athens Habitat just by shopping! Simply click on the button above and you will be redirected to a list of hundreds of businesses who will donate a percentage of your purchase to Athens Area Habitat for Humanity when you shop online with them. There are no extra fees for shopping through our system and these companies even offer special sales and promotions to our customers. Just remember to click on our button above everytime you do your online shopping. Participating businesses include Macy's, Best Buy, Circuit City, Amazon, Expedia, the Gap, Land's End, Barnes & Noble, Ace Hardware, KB Toys, Ebay, Eddie Bauer, Discovery Channel Store, Overstock.com, Payless Shoesource and hundreds more!

Dedicated!

The Casas family became the proud new owners of a Habitat for Humanity this past Friday! Members of Coldwell Banker, family friends and other volunteers all came out to witness Habitat hand over the keys to the Casas, who brought many dishes from south of the border to celebrate the occasion. Habitat would liek to thank Coldwell Banker for their hard work and dedication, both in fundraising and in manual labor, making this one of the quickest builds Habitat has ever had. Stay tune for updates on the next house!

Casas Dedication Next Friday

Habitat is dedicating it's 60th house next Friday, February 23rd, at 2 PM in Dorsey Village. This house, which was sponsored by Coldwell Banker, has been a monumental achievement in that it was one of the fastest builds in Habitat history and marks the arrival of our first Hispanic family in Dorsey Village. So come out and help us celebrate this special day. If you need help with directions, you may contact Jake Warren at jake@athenshabitat.com.

Thrift Store Cashier Needed

If you are interested in helping out with Athens Area Habitat for Humanity, we currently have a very important volunteer position available in our thrift store as a cashier. The volunteer days would be for Monday, Friday, and Saturday. This is a critical position which is essential to our operation of the thrift store. If you are interested, you may contact Spencer Frye, our Executive Director at (706) 208-1001 or by e-mail at spencer@athenshabitat.com

Preview for the Women's Build?

The women of UGA Habitat came out this past Saturday to put some of the finishing touches on the Casas House, which is going to be dedicated on Friday, February 23rd at 2 PM over in Dorsey Village. These girls braved the cold and showed their dedication as members of UGA Habitat to get the job done, regardless of the cold weather.

Athens Area Habitat for Humanity has started the year off with a list of several projects in the community and is looking forward to an exciting Spring. Here's what's up.

20th Anniversary Celebration

Habitat has started preparation for it's 20th anniversary coming up in 2008. Habitat already has sponsors lined up for houses and is looking forward to celebrating it's birthday with an exciting build schedule and new projects. Stay tuned for updates.




Deconstruction

Habitat, through the effort of local volunteer groups, has recently managed to participate in a series of deconstruction projects on houses all throughout the community. The income generated from these projects will assist Habitat in the funding of future houses and projects.

Women's Build

Athens Area Habitat for Humanity has begun the planning stage for this year's Women's Build. A National effort, the Women's Build has always been wildly successful and highly regarded as one of the few construction sites in the country where men are not allowed. Past participants have included the nationally ranked Gym Dogs, Barbara Dooley, and Rep. Louise McBee.

Run/Walk for Home 5k

Athens Area Habitat for Humanity, in partnership with the Athens Homeless Shelter, are working around the clock to put together the 16th annual Run/Walk for Home 5k, which takes place in April. Both organizations took the helm to plan and execute this Athens racing tradition, which in the past has attracted up to 2000 runners! So let's all get together as a community and join in the fight to end poverty in Athens!

PR Committee

Habitat has a new committee of interns whose job it will be to handle PR for Habitat and oversee the filming of commercials for AAHFH. Habitat staff are seen here filming the Frog Commercial, which broadcasted in the Fall and was a huge success. Future projects for the PR Committee include the filming of another commercial and the jump-start of a billboard campaign, so stay tuned!