Meet Lela Chaney!

Congratulations to Lela Chaney, our newest homeowner candidate! Lela along with her son Ronnie 19, and daughter Kendell 14, will begin their partnership with Habitat for Humanity this month. We are excited to have them aboard. Come meet Lela Chaney and her family on the work site when we begin building again on September 18. We look forward to new friendships amidst God's blessings in our community!

Perez family wall raising in La Porte!

We would like to thank all the wonderful volunteers that came out Saturday August 21, 2010 for the La Porte Perez family home wall raising! Our service to the community is only made possible through your ongoing partnership with us.

Volunteers in Service to America

We have a new addition to our familiy here at BAHFH!

Meet Jackie Moran our new AmeriCorps Vista volunteer from Pennslyvania, who will be serving with us for the next year as part of the Resource Development team. Jackie is a long time volunteer of Habitat for Humanity and through her positive experience decided to make her part-time commitment, a full time commitment to the Bay Area team."Even though its so hot my car door knobs are melting off, I am looking forward to see great things happen for the community this year building homes with Bay Area Habitat for Humanity."

Bay Area Houston Magazine

Kathleen Statham from Bay Area Houston Magazine interviewed Kay Davey, Volunteer Extraordinaire Jackie Moran, VISTA Resource Development Assistant, Natalie Ainsworth and Tiffany Gilmore, Habitat Women Build Homeowner on Wednesday! Kathleen was excited to learn about our 2011 Women Build project. Check out the Back Bay Barker in Bay Area Houston Magazine in the October issue. To learn more about Women Build and our 5K Walk scheduled for February 2011 - Call Natalie or Jackie at the Habitat office! # 281 337 3590

How Can YOU Help Habitat this month?

Volunteers are needed to help raise the walls of The Perez Family home this Saturday September 21st 2010! We will start at 8:00 a.m. and work until 1:00 -2:00 p.m. If you can help, please call the Habitat office and get signed up # 281 337 3590 or, email Natalie at nainsworth@bahfh.org.
Thank you for all you do!!!

Adios Aliah!

For a year now, Aliah has faithfully served as our Family Services AmeriCorps volunteer. However this Friday, is Aliah's last day as part of the Bay Area Habitat for Humanity team. Although Aliah's work here ends soon, her service to others will continue for years to come. Aliah will begin training on September 7, to become a linguist in the United States Airforce. We are so thankful for the amazing contribution Aliah has made to Bay Area Habitat for Humanity, and proud to know that her strength of charcter and intellect will take her far in life.

Lowes Supports Bay Area Habitat for Humanity

Lowes Home Improvement donated $70,000 to Bay Area Habitat toward building two homes this year! The Women Build Home (The Tiffany Gilmore Family) was dedicated July 31st 2010.

Lowes not only helped fund this special home, but also sent volunteers from the League City location to help build it!!

We have just started construction on the our Youth United home that students from Clear Lake, Clear Springs, Clear Creek, Clear Brook and Dickinson high schools will have the opportunity to build this fall. Lowes employees will also come out and join these enthusiastic students and help build this special home! Students worked all school year long and raised a portion of the amount needed to construct the Youth United Home, Lowes funded $35,000 toward this home and State Farm Insurance provided a matching grant for $4,000. The Youth United Program is a nationwide venture of Habitat for Humanity International, the mission of this project is to engage and empower a diverse group of young people while they fundraise and build an entire Habitat for Humanity home. For more information about our Youth Program and the 2010 Fall Youth United Home, contact the Development Team at Bay Area Habitat - # 281 337 3590

Habitat Service and Rememberance Day 9/11

As we reflect on our nation's struggles and triumphs over the past several years, in is important that we make a conscious effort to commemorate the lives lost during the tragic event on September 11, 2001. Bay Area Habitat for Humanity would like to honor victims of this attack as well as our local, state and national public safety officials. We will be having a special day of building at our Dickinson and LaPorte work sites for local public safety members (firemen, police men, Coast Guard, US Customs and more) to volunteer and be recognized during Bay Area Habitat for Humanity 9/11 Service and Remembrance Build Day. Businesses and organizations are asked to call Natalie Ainsworth at the BAHFH office for information about being a sponsor for this day. Sponsorship and building opportunities are available for both LaPorte & Dickinson worksite.

The new 2011 Women Build shirts are here!

Last week the new 2011 Women Build t-shirts were delivered! The women of Bay Area Habitat for Humanity show off the new t-shirts above. Come by our office and pick one up and help support the 2011 Women Build! The Women Build is one of our annual events to promote the involvment of women in the construction of Habitat homes. Over 450 Women Build homes have been built world-wide through Habitat for Humanity. To raise funds for the Women Build, we will host our Women Build Charity Walk on February 27, 2011. Last year, RE/MAX Space Center League City, Capital One Bank Bay Colony, BAHA Delta Sigma Theta, Webster Presbyterian, University Baptist Church, St. Bernadette, MRI Technology, University of Houston Clear Lake, Clear Lake Presbyterian, St. Clare Hands and Feet, Clear Lake United Methodist and many others participated in the Walk. So come join us, and pick up a sweet shirt!

2010 Women Build Dedication

The Dedication of the 2010 Women Build Home was Saturday July 31st at 3007 Florida Street in Dickinson Texas. Tiffany Gilmore and her 3 children were given the keys to their new home. This is the second year Bay Area Habitat for Humanity constructed a Women Build Home. The Women Build program, underwritten by Lowes, recruits, educates and nurtures women to build - and advocate for - simple, decent and affordable houses in their communities. Bay Area Habitat for Humanity recieved a $35,000 grant from Lowes to build the house. The work of these wonderful and compassionate women throughout our community has made the dream of homeownership a reality for the Gilmore Family. The additional $35,000 needed to fund this home was raised during our 5K Walk February 21st 2010. Teams raised donations and then came out in teams to help build this home.

Platinum Teams:

Clear Lake United Methodist Church

KK's Kool Krew

St. Clare Hands and Feet

KK's Kool Krew

Pure Energy

Gold Teams:

Tough As Nails

Clear Lake Presbyterian

Ainsworth's Hearts and Hammers

Priscilla Ennis - RE/MAX Space Center

University of Houston Clear Lake

Webster Presbyterian

Keller Williams

Silver Teams:

St. Bernadette Catholic Church

MRI Technologies

BAHA Delta Sigma Theta

Captial One Bank - Bay Colony

Peggy Balwin Friends and Family

RE/MAX Space Center - League City

Plans for the 2011 Women Build Project are underway! The walk will be February 27th 2011 at UHCL - the Women Build Home will be constructed in Dickinson during the spring of 2011!

For more information about how to get your Women Build Team registered call Natalie Ainsworth - Director of Development or Rachel Ward - Resource Development Associate at the Habitat office - #281 337 3590.

More pictures of the Gilmore Family Dedication and the 2010 Women Build can be viewed on our website http://www.bahfh.org/.