Aluminum Cans Build Habitat for Humanity Homes

By recycling your aluminum cans for Habitat for Humanity, you can help raise funds to build homes. Drop off sites in the area include:

• Aurora Pump and Pantry
• Cairo Pump and Pantry
• Central City Pump and Pantry
• Chapman Pump and Pantry
• Doniphan Pump and Pantry
• Grand Island
  • Ace Hardware - west parking lot
  • Kramer's Auto Parts and Iron - N. Hwy 281 (indicate cans for Habitat)
  • Pump and Pantry at Hwy 281 and Capital Ave.
  • Pump and Pantry at Hwy 281 and Stolley Park Rd.
  • Pump and Pantry at Shady Bend and Bismark Roads
  • Pump and Pantry South Locust Street
  • Wayne Cyclery - downtown
• St. Libory Pump and Pantry
• St. Paul Pump and Pantry
• Wood River United Methodist Church

2004 Collection Results: 2.3 million cans, for $45,408 in recycling and grants.
2005 Collection Results: 2.3 million cans, for $60,862 in recycling and grants.
2006 Collection Results: 2 million cans, for $58,314.55 in recycling and grants.
2007 Collection Results: 1.9 million cans, for $70,585 in recycling and grants.
2008 Collection Results: 1.95 million cans, for $37,124 in recycling.
2009 Collection Results: 2.1 million cans, for $24,050 in recycling.


Home Building

The construction season varies from year to year. Most years there is something to do all year, however the bulk of the home building occurs from March through October. For current construction sites and schedules, contact the Habitat for Humanity office at 385-5510 or gihfh@yahoo.com. Volunteers must be at least 14 years old to be on the construction sites. Those 14-18 need to have a signed release from their parents before they may volunteer on building a Habitat home.

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Special Builds in 2010 include:

Home #54: March through July at 1128 N Cherry. This is the 2010 All Church Build, with volunteer groups from area churches providing the labor.  Sponsored by the Build a Dream sponsors, donors and participants. 

Home #55:  April through July at 724 E. 11th.  Sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, with area Lutherans providing the volunteer labor.

Home #56 and #57: Construction to begin in May

Home #58: Construction to begin in the fall.

Corporate Partners

• Dow
• Hunter Douglas
• Kohler
• Square D
• Valspar
• Whirlpool

Events

Each year, events are held to further Habitat's mission.

Annual events include:

The Build a Dream dinner and auction saw its debut in February 2009 at the Bosselman Conference Center at Fonner Park. This great, annual event partners an elegant dinner along with a lively auction and raffles. In its debut year, it raised $24,000 to partially sponsor Home  #50. 2010 saw the addition of a raffle for a BMW Coupe courtesy of Tom Dinsdale Chevrolet Cadillac GMC BMW Hyundai.

The Can Jam is a community recycling event held in collaboration with area elementary schools. The Can Jam celebrates Earth Day and encourages the of recycling aluminum cans for Habitat for Humanity. The event is held around Earth Day, April 22. A coloring contest is held in the weeks preceeding the event at the Conestoga Mall. Schools also participate by offering classroom activities and recycling education.

An Antiques Appraisal Fair fundraiser is held in late summer at Railroad Towne Antique Mall in Grand Island. Certified antiques appraisers are on hand. For a specified donation to Habitat, they will appraise your antiques, from "what-is-its" to treasured heirlooms.

The Salad and Silver dinner is held at Evangelical Free Church, typically the third Thursday of September. Theme decorated tables; a salad supper, entertainment and a dessert auction help us sell out this event every year. Hosts and hostess are recruited to decorate tables with a theme of their choice; then tickets are sold to those tables. Over the years, themes have included, a variety of holiday tables, Pirates, Sunflowers, Fiesta, and Mardi Gras.

The Christmas Cookie Walk is held the first Sunday in December at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Thousands of holiday cookies are available for sale. Each year over 10,000 cookies are sold. For volunteer information or for event times and location, contact the Habitat office at 308-385-5510 or gihfh@yahoo.com.

Other Events:

Home Dedications are held at the end of construction for each Habitat Home. Traditionally, dedications include a tour of the home, a blessing, presentations and refreshments.

Periodically, other events will also take place in conjunction with special promotions or projects.