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Greater Cleveland Habitat Goes Global
DECEMBER 2008 HABITAT NEWS Habitat is having cash flow problems that will probably continue until the new fiscal year starts in April 2009. They have enough money to complete only one of the three houses on East 162nd. We will continue to work to complete one house and hope that funds come in so the work can continue on the other two. The Habitat construction department shuts down from December 20 through January 5 for the holidays so we will not get anything from them during that period. We plan to have drywall delivered on January 7. Please e-mail me if you are interested in joining us. Click here if you would like to make a donation to Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity. Have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Gus
BPC'S HABITAT HOUSES FOR 2008
We are building the 2008-09 BPC house for Nicon Williams and her family. The house is one of three on adjacent lots on East 162nd Street in the Collinwood neighborhood. Moen and the Cleveland Cavaliers are sponsoring the other houses on the site and will supply volunteers. Our crew will be leading the construction of the BPC and Cavs houses.
We are currently working on the siding on both houses. The heating ducts are installed in both houses and we are working on the rough electrical on the BPC house. We should be installing insulation and drywall in the BPC house by mid-October and the Cavs by mid-November. We will be working on the site every Wednesday and Saturday until the houses are completed.
The Greater Cleveland Habitat house design is two stories with 1,500 square feet of living area. It has four bedrooms, two full baths and a full basement. Door openings on the first floor are framed to be handicapped accessible. The house must pass the Energy Star test. It has extra insulation, a high efficiency furnace and a tankless water heater.
Directions to 707 East 162nd Street –
From the west – Take I-90 to the East 152nd Street Exit; turn right onto East 152nd; turn left onto Holmes Avenue (about 0.5 miles); turn left onto East 162nd
Alternate route from the west – Take the Shoreway to the East 152nd Street Exit.
From the south – Take I-71 or I-77 north to I-90 to the East 152nd Street Exit; turn right onto East 152nd; turn left onto Holmes Avenue (about 0.5 miles); turn left onto East 162nd
The Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity website has slideshows for all the Habitat houses. Click here to see a picture of the Williams family and construction progress on the site. Change the delay from 15 seconds to 5 seconds and the max size from 320 x 320 to 800 x 800 for better viewing.
Click here to see a slideshow of pictures of the 2007-08 houses on Gaylord, which were dedicated on June 28, 2008.
Contact Gus Mautz by e-mail or phone at (440) 871-0653 to find out how you can start volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. We need your help any Wednesday or Saturday. No experience is necessary.
MORE ABOUT BPC's HISTORY WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Since 1995 BPC has supported Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity, both financially and with construction volunteers. Including the current houses, our crew has worked on forty-six Habitat houses, from start to completion on nineteen. On the remaining twenty-seven houses we either started or completed houses that no other Habitat crew was working on.
This slideshow illustrates the day to day progress of a typical one week blitz framing week. Starting with only the foundation on Monday, the house is ready for the roofers on Friday.
Habitat for Humanity as an organization is deeply rooted in Christian faith. But while Habitat is openly and unashamedly Christian, it is not exclusive. Habitat believes that God's love extends to all people and builds for all people in need, to the extent of its ability and without regard to race or religion. Habitat also welcomes support from all people who desire to be of help, as a volunteer or financially, regardless of their faith commitment. The door is open to all who want to help end the shame and disgrace of poverty housing. Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity (GCHFH) works with Partner Families and Sponsoring Organizations to build houses for those who could not otherwise afford them. Habitat houses are not free to the Partner Families. They must invest a minimum of 500 sweat equity hours . With a Sponsoring Organization, such as BPC, supplying the capital for the materials to build a house and volunteers supplying the labor, Partner Families are able to buy their house with no down payment and assume a twenty-year, zero percent interest mortgage with GCHFH for the actual cost of building the house. Habitat volunteers build the house including framing, siding, exterior trim, electrical, plumbing, heating, dry wall, insulation, painting, installation of kitchen cabinets and finish carpentry work. Some specialized work on the house is contracted out. Typical contracted out work includes excavating for foundations with heavy equipment, masonry work, cement finishing, roofing on the steep pitched roofs and carpeting.
E-mail Gus Mautz for more information or to volunteer to help the BPC Habitat for Humanity Crew.
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