Raisin' The Roof June 2011

Raisin' The Roof June 2011

Our latest edition of the Raisin' The Roof e-newsletter. This is going to be such a BIG summer for HFHWC and we have a ton of news and events to share!

Have a look-see and pass it on to friends, family and colleagues!

Support Women Build 2011 in Guelph

Are you a Flirty Fundraiser or Heroine Hybrid?
Support Women Build 2011 in Guelph

So here's the scoop Women Builders 2011. Women Build and HFHWC is making fundraising easier than saying "Heroine Hybrid" five times fast. With our online fundraising tool, we'll help you reach your fundraising goal before the shovels get into the ground. Here's what you need to know

Flirty Fundraiser - With no obligation to build, the Flirty Fundraiser is committed to fundraise $500.
Heroine Hybrid - With the determination of contributing three build days on site, the Heroine Hybrid will also commit to fundraising $150 for her combined efforts.

Women Build fundraisers need to unite through this online fundraising campaign. While all participants are fundraising towards one common goal, the building of a home for a truly deserving family, we invite you to spark some friendly competition between one another. We will be tabulating results with our thermometer counter and scoreboard. Also, if you are able to put together a lean, mean fundraising machine, create your team and challenge your fellow Women Builders to form a team of their own and wage faction fundraising warfare! Either way, this is going to be a lot of fun!

Ladies and gents (hey, I'm fundraising as well!), because we are living in a social media world, don't forget to share your fundraising goals, donations and anecdotes on Facebook & Twitter! Heck, feel free to blog about it, as I am now!

Exciting News for Women Build!

A flocking at 98 Vaughn2

A flocking at 98 Vaughn2, a photo by Wellington County Habitat for Humanity on Flickr.

Here's an example of the coolest, most fun fundraiser in all of Guelph, Women Build Flamingo Flocking

Women Build 2011

Passion comes in many shapes, sizes and genders. The Women Build team of Habitat for Humanity Wellington County is the truest example.

HFHWC’s Women Build team formed in the summer of 2009 with expectations to build in 2010. They committed to hosting several fundraising efforts to help support their summer build at 439 York Rd. Their passion for the Habitat cause and the women-empowering initiative seeped through the core of their fundraising endeavours throughout the winter and spring of 2010. When the summer rolled around and Women Build was ready to start their inaugural project, the unthinkable happened. Issues struck the 439 York Rd. lot they had expected to build on. This forced Habitat Wellington County to find a new lot for the inaugural Women Build. This was a huge blow to the team. However, it was a small hurdle to overcome; in fact, it gave the team more motivation and incentive.

Women Build trumpeted the HFHWC Women Build motto throughout the summer, “We’d rather build it than clean it”. They applied this motto to the Skills Week event that featured Michael Sarracini and HGTV Income Property Host, Scott McGillivray. This week of learning and practicing construction skills primed the women for the building project they knew was inevitable.

Inevitable became reality, late in the summer of 2010; Women Build 2010 began construction in September at 133 Bagot St. alongside the Bird Elinesky Corporate Build. Throughout the building process, the women learned, laughed and constructed as a team. While they had to wait an extra few months and relocate to a different build-site, they were eventually able to reward Heather Blair and her two children with a new home and a new start.

Eighteen months after the birth of HFHWC Women Build, the initiative and team has come full-circle. Now under the direction of the Chair, Lynda Slater, Women Build 2011 WILL start building at their initial 439 York Rd. lot in June. Similar to 2010, the 2011 team has already hosted fundraising events and will be hosting more fundraising events leading up to and through their summer building dates. Passion still remains at the core of HFHWC Women Build.

More information on how to join/donate to/support HFHWC Women Build can be found at www.habitatwellington.on.ca/womenbuild.html or by visiting their NEW Facebook Fan Page (search “Habitat Wellington County Women Build”)

* Be Empowerment * Be Passion * Be Women Build *

Raisin' The Roof April 2011

Raisin' The Roof April 2011

Our recent Email Newsletter. Expect one every 4-6 weeks.

Stay tuned!

Habitat Happenings 2011

Habitat for Humanity Wellington County is going to have a monstrous 2011 with an expected 5 homes built this year. Obviously, we'll have a lot to talk about. Subscribe to our feed so you keep updated on our builds, fundraising initiatives, ReStore news and Women Build.

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