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 CIH Kramer's Auto Parts and Iron - N. Hwy 281 (indicate cans are a donation to 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 $60,862.00 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.

Home Building

The construction season varies from year to year. Most years there is somethingto 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

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Special Builds in 2008 include:

March start - Home #46 is the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Build for which Lutherans will provide financial and volunteer donations. Thrivent Builds is providing 65% of the cost to build.

May 31-June 6 - Home #47 is the Home Builders Blitz which will engage professionals in the Habitat build process. Local businesses are donating most of the materials and the labor.

Home Builders Blitz 2008
Project Partners and Supporters

• Famos Construction - Amos Anson: Project Coordinator
• Ace Hardware
• American Fence Company
• Bartunek & Caudill Drywall
• Builders Warehouse
• Cardinal Construction
• Carlson Systems
• CE NE Homebuilders
• Century Lumber
• Consolidated Concrete
• Diamond Engineering
• Essink Bros.
• Fairbanks Grand Island
• GSC Unlimited/The Woman's Touch Painting
• Hagerbaumer Drywall
• Hooker Bros Sand & Gravel
• Island Glass Co
• Jerry's Sheetmetal
• Katzberg Concrete Construction
• Ken's Appliance
• Kriz Davis
• MDM Pest & Termite Control
• Mead Lumber
• Mettenbrink Farm
• Middleton Electric
• Mid-NE Disposal
• Nelson Furniture
• Obermiller Seamless, Inc
• O'Hara Plumbing
• Pankonin Roofing
• Platte Valley Winnelson
• Sherwin Williams
• Steffen Flooring
• Sundance Landscaping
• Swanson Plumbing
• Carlson Systems
• Central NE Home Builders
• Essink Bros. Drywall
• Weathertite Insulation

Corporate Partners

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

June start - Home #48 is the annual All Church Build. Local congregations will provide a majority of the labor on this home.

Fall start - Home #49 is the House that Cans built. Money for construction comes from the 2007 Cans for Habitat program. A variety of volunteer groups will be needed on this project.

Events

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

Annual events include:

The Can Jam is a community recycling event held in collaboration with area elementary schools. The Can Jam celebrates Earth Day and encourages the recycling aluminum cans for Habitat for Humanity. The event is held around Earth Day, April 22. A coloring contest will be held in the weeks preceeding the event at the Conestoga Mall. Schools will 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 in September during Habitat for Humanity International's Building on Faith Week. 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. Themes have included, a variety of holiday tables, Baker's Delight, The Man's Table, Run for the Roses, The Vineyard, Sewing Bee, and North Woods.

The Volunteer Appreciation Dinner is held every October to honor Habitat's volunteers. This event features a dinner, entertainment, awards presentation and a retrospective of the year's accomplishments. This year, the event will be October 14 at First Presbyterian Church in Grand Island.

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.