Aluminum
Cans Build Habitat for Humanity HomesBy recycling your aluminum cans for Habitat for Humanity, you can help raise funds to build homes. Drop off sites in the area include:
Other projects may occur during the year as part of A Brush with Kindness. This program offers small, exterior home improvement assistance for low-income homeowners. The first projects will be launched late in 2010. Home #62: Construction at 522 Beal is from July through November and supported by various community volunteer groups. Funding for this home is from mortgage payments made by Habitat families. Additional support is from an NSP grant.
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. An amazing $60,000 was raised through the event. 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 the week of 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, plus hold community can drives. 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. This year the event will be September 16. 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. |
