Habitat for Humanity of Catawba Valley
PO Box 9475
Hickory, NC 28603
Office: 828-328-4663
Home Store: 828-345-1256
Fax: 828-328-9263
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Our 2007 BOF Activities by Day
H abitat
for Humanity of Catawba Valley kicked off its 9th annual
Building on Faith week "blitz" on Sept. 22.
Construction on four homes took place in Habitat’s
Highland Village neighborhood, located behind the old
Highland School in northeast Hickory. The goal of Building
on Faith is to bring together a variety of churches in
fellowship as they work to improve the lives of the new
homeowner families and build stronger communities.
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Thrivent Financial Partners With Habitat
Local Lutheran Congregations Unite to Build
Home in Highland
View Our 2008 Schedule
Volunteers from local Lutheran churches have always played a
big role in supporting Habitat’s mission. Pictured here,
members of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Conover raised a
wall for homeowner Deneen Dula’s home in Ridgeview Village.
St. John’s sponsored Deneen’s house and provided most of the
volunteer labor to construct it.
An exciting partnership between Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans and Habitat for Humanity is making
it possible for more families to have a chance at the dream
of owning a simple, decent home.
Through the Thrivent Builds Homes program
more than two-thirds of the funding for Habitat homes is
contributed by Thrivent Financial, its members and local
chapters. The remaining funding is raised through the
efforts of local Lutheran congregations and Habitat.
In Catawba County, the Thrivent Builds Homes
program is helping to make the dream of homeownership come
true for future homeowner Mary Ann Gay and her two sons,
Keon and Kameron.
Local Lutheran churches are joining forces
to kick off the construction of Mary Ann’s 3-bedroom house
in the Highland Village community on May 31.
Holy Trinity Lutheran, St. Peter’s Lutheran,
Mount Olive ELCA, Christ Lutheran, St. Andrew’s Lutheran,
St. Timothy’s Lutheran, Bethany Lutheran, Bethel Lutheran,
Beth Eden Lutheran and St. Stephen’s ELCA are sponsoring
the build and providing volunteers to do everything from
raising the walls to bringing lunches to the construction
site.
The congregations are working weekends
at the construction site, with hopes to complete the house
this summer.
"Open Door Challenge Grant Home Buyers, the Abdalla
Mumed family."
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Habitat for Humanity International awards “Open Door
Challenge Grant” to Catawba Valley affiliate for work
with churches in 2007.
Through volunteer labor and donations of
money and materials, Habitat builds and
rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the
help of the homeowner (partner) families.
Habitat houses are sold to partner
families at no profit, financed with
affordable, no-interest loans. The
homeowners' monthly mortgage payments are
used to build still more Habitat houses.
Habitat is not a giveaway program. In
addition to a down payment and the monthly
mortgage payments, homeowners invest
hundreds of hours of their own labor --
sweat equity -- into building their Habitat
house and the houses of others.
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What's Habitat all about?
Habitat for Humanity of Catawba Valley is a non-profit, community
based organization dedicated to building affordable housing for
hard-working, low income families. While it is affiliated with Habitat for
Humanity International, a Georgia-based ecumenical Christian ministry, it
is governed by a local board of directors. Habitat brings diverse
segments of the community - churches and temples, businesses and
individuals, service clubs and foundations - together with the common goal
of financing and constructing homes for deserving families.
All families who qualify for Habitat homes must have lived in
crowded or substandard housing. Habitat not only offers families the
opportunity to own a home, but it also moves families with children out of
at risk neighborhoods and into safer environments.
Families are qualified for ownership
based on a sliding income scale and various other factors that include
"credit worthiness."
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