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Flower City Habitat Happenings
Harley School Community Backs Habitat ProjectDecember 23, 2006 Often, several schools work together to raise money and build a home ...but Rochester's Harley School is sponsoring a house all by itself! This season, many Harley students and families expressed the holiday spirit by contributing to the largest fundraising project in the history of the school. Click here for the story as reported by the Democrat and Chronicle. Home Sweet Historic HomeDecember 20, 2006 Building a Habitat house in a historic neighborhood poses a special challenge. Our 2006 Women Build project on Susan B. Anthony Square uses a new design provided by the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America and our progress is being watched as a national prototype. Click here for the story as reported by the Democrat and Chronicle. "Her" Magazine Profiles Women Build ProjectDecember 8, 2006 "Her" magazine's mission is to celebrate the women of Rochester, so it's only natural that its editors would want to profile Flower City Habitat's fifth Women Build project, currently under construction in the Susan B. Anthony Historic District. The magazine has published two great articles detailing the project. Click here for the story entitled "Building Blocks". Click here for the story entitled "Assembly Required". Girl Scout Contributes to Happy HomecomingNovember 18, 2006 Habitat house dedications are always fun, emotional and heartwarming events. But nobody anticipated the tremendous outpouring of gifts and good wishes from a girl scout who wanted to do something to help a new family. Click here for the story and photos. Donors Gather to Fulfill American DreamNovember 1, 2006 Flower City Habitat gathered a few friends for breakfast to build support for its American Dream Society. Click here for the story and photos. Tree Planting Honors 20-Year VolunteerOctober 19, 2006 Flower City Habitat for Humanity has planted a tree beside one of its five women-built houses to honor Elizabeth Stewart, a volunteer who has contributed 20 years of service to the organization. Click here for the story and photo. ReStore Makes the NewsOctober 5, 2006 Our ReStore, now 8 months old, has proven itself popular with DIYers looking for a bargain ...and it has become a solid source of income to fuel Habitat's homebuilding. Click here for the story as told by Mark Hare of the Democrat and Chronicle. Click here for the ReStore page on this website. Fifth Women Build Under WayOctober 1, 2006 We've broken ground for our fifth Women Build project, just ten doors down from the Susan B. Anthony House. Click here for the story and photos. Click here to learn more about more about Women Build 2006. Wells Fargo Provides Perfect PartnershipSeptember 28, 2006 Following five days of employee participation on our construction sites, representatives from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage presented Flower City Habitat for Humanity with a $17,500 check. To us, that represents a perfect example of the way any business can partner with Habitat. Click here for the whole story. Sixth Annual Leaders Build Events Expand AwarenessSeptember 27, 2006 For two weeks in July and August, company presidents, business owners, corporate managers traded comfortable offices for a day on a Habitat construction site. Their ongoing contributions to Habitat -- in many forms -- were celebrated at our annual Leaders Build Luncheon on September 27th. Firefighters' Home DedicatedAugust 11, 2006 Ana Medina owes her home to Rochester's firefighters, who displayed a different kind of bravery in sponsoring this project themselves. Click here for the story and photos. Trading the Desk for a TrowelJuly 28, 2006 Once a year, a crew of business leaders trade in their desks for a day on our construction site, and they invariably find it a rewarding, affecting experience. Click here for the story, as reported by the Rochester Business Journal. Have A Meal -- Build A House!July 10, 2006 Pittsford's Hicks & McCarthy restaurant has found two ways to support the upcoming Women Build project in the Susan B. Anthony neighborhood. Click here for the whole story. Annual Dinner Celebrates VolunteersJune 15, 2006 It's a feast, an awards ceremony, and a party all rolled into one! Flower City Habitat's annual dinner is, above all, a reminder of the importance of all the volunteers who make Habitat successful. Click here for the whole story. FCHH Participates in National Builders BlitzJune 9, 2006 Flower City Habitat, in partnership with professional builders, contractors and suppliers, built a home in just one week as part of a national, mega-blitz event. Click here for the story and photos. Supporters Mix and Bond at First Cement Mixer GalaMay 20, 2006 Gala guests enjoyed great music, delicious food, an exciting auction and a slew of surprises at our major fundraiser of the year held at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Click here for the story and photos. Thrivent Builds Partners with FCHHMay 15, 2006 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is working with Habitat for Humanity affiliates nationwide to build 500 Habitat homes in four years. The Thrivent-sponsored home at 116 Fulton Avenue has been framed, and the Thrivent Builds' Mobile Tour visited Rochester in May. Click here for the story and photos. Cornerstone Placed for "Chip's House"May 4, 2006 Charles "Chip" Holt retired from Xerox in 1999 with plans to volunteer with Flower City Habitat. Sadly, he never got the chance. Now his widow and former co-workers are helping to build "Chip's House" at 182 Fulton Avenue, which will be home to for Paula Hargrove and her family. Click here for the story and photos. Major Renovation of Bay Street Home CompletedApril 27, 2006 A single mother with eight children needed a very special home, and Flower City Habitat delivered with the complex renovation of a big old home that was slated for demolition. After months of hard work, the dedication ceremony was a real celebration! Click here for the story and photos. Rochester Firefighters Dig into Habitat ProjectApril 12, 2006 A creative team of Rochester firefighters has broken ground on the first Habitat house in the country to be sponsored solely by a group of local firefighters. Click here for the story and photos. Spring Houses Bloom with Donated ServicesApril 11, 2006 Generous local construction firms worked together to excavate and build five new foundations in rapid succession, getting our construction season off to a fast start. Click here for the story and photos. Final Silver Street House DedicatedApril 5, 2006 Completion of the last of our current construction projects in the Love-Silver Street neighborhood was marked with tears ...and cheers for the individual sponsor who made this house possible. Click here for the story and photos. Local Realtors Celebrate House CompletionMarch 18, 2006 Members of Rochester's real estate community gathered to celebrate completion of a new Habitat home on Silver Street they both sponsored and built. Click here for the story and photos. ACES Home DedicatedMarch 4, 2006 The ACES project was anything but "business as usual" from start to finish ...but Shirley Davis has a beautiful new home at 39 Love Street, thanks to this partnership of Rochester area engineers and architects. Click here for the story and photos. New Habitat Store will Fund More HomesJanuary 19, 2006 Flower City Habitat celebrated the grand opening of its new ReStore, offering home improvement materials to the public at discount prices. Click here for the story and photos. Building on the Dream Joins Students with HabitatJanuary 16, 2006 Some of the Rochester area's most motivated high school students spent their Martin Luther King school holiday Building on the Dream with Habitat. Click here for the story and photos.
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