Habitat for Humanity of Utah County
3rd Annual Women Build Day
May 2010
Employees from the two local Lowe’s stores will be joining community volunteers and Habitat for Humanity of Utah County staff to help frame at the Cisneros home on Saturday, May 1, 2010 in recognition of National Women Build Week.
Developed through the partnership between Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s, National Women Build Week challenges women to devote at least one day to the effort to eliminate poverty housing. The event is an initiative of Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program, underwritten by Lowe’s, which recruits, educates and nurtures women to build and advocate for simple, decent and affordable houses in their communities.
Lowe’s is providing the local Habitat affiliate a $5,000 Lowe’s store gift card, as well as in-store volunteer training, in support of this one-day build. Nationwide, Lowe’s committed more than $1 million to National Women Build Week, providing gift cards and event materials to 200 Habitat participating affiliates.
Wells Fargo Teams Up
April 2010
The Wells Fargo Foundation, through its Team Member Volunteer Program, recently donated $15,000 to support Habitat for Humanity of Utah County’s affordable housing mission. The generous funding will be used to help make safe and affordable housing a reality for a local single mother and her children. In addition, local Wells Fargo team members will be taking a few hours off from work on April 13, 2010 to help work on a Habitat home currently under construction in Provo.
The Wells Fargo Housing Foundation was created to provide permanent solutions to affordable housing needs in Wells Fargo communities nationwide. Through the volunteerism of Wells Fargo team members, more than 1,500 homes have been built or renovated since the foundation’s inception in 1993.Pueblo CO Youth Group Volunteers in Provo
March 2010
A youth group from the Presbyterian Church in Pueblo, Colorado will be traveling to Utah for the week of March 22, 2010 to assist Habitat for Humanity of Utah County with its affordable housing efforts. The group of eleven students, ages 14 to 18, and their leaders will be here for a week and will be helping with landscaping and fencing at Habitat’s Brimhall Estates project at 558 East 300 South in Provo. The group will be staying at the Provo Seventh Day Adventist Community Center with meals being provided by St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Provo Community Church, the Utah Valley Handbell Ringers, and the BYU Habitat Chapter. A big thank you for coming all this way to help us!
Volunteer Recognition Night
March 2010
We will be holding our fifth annual volunteer recognition dinner to show gratitude to our dedicated supporters, donors, and hardworking volunteers. The “Care-a-Fest” will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The event is sponsored by Central Bank. The German-themed evening will include traditional German food and entertainment, and lots of root beer! Business partners and community volunteers will be honored for their outstanding service efforts this past year.
We are your Recycling Center!
Spring 2010
In its efforts to become a community recycling center, the Habitat for Humanity of Utah County's ReStore Home Improvement Outlet has joined the Green Fiber Community Paper Recycling Program and can now accept paper and cardboard in addition to building material, appliances, furniture, and aluminum.
Community members are encouraged to bring newspaper, magazines, catalogues, junk mail, phone books, books, paper bags, cereal boxes, cardboard boxes, and white and colored office paper to the ReStore at 340 S Orem Blvd in Orem. The paper will be manufactured into an environmentally friendly, highly efficient insulation for residential and commercial purposes. Recycling proceeds will help the local Habitat affiliate with its affordable housing efforts.
We also provide a clothing bin to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters.
BYU honors MLK with Build Day
January 2010
Students from Brigham Young University will be honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King by working on a Habitat for Humanity home. The service event is part of the college’s annual Outreach Day on Monday, January 18, 2010. Students will be putting siding on a renovation home located in Habitat for Humanity of Utah County’s Brimhall Estates project at 558 East 300 South in Provo. The three bedroom pioneer home will be sold to a local single mother and her two children.
UVU to Build 2nd Home
August 2009
Habitat for Humanity of Utah County and Utah Valley University have partnered to build a second UVU sponsored home. The four bedroom home, located in Provo, is being built by students in UVU's Construction Management Department and will be sold to Michelle Terry and her three small children. This is the second home sponsored by the University. The first home was completed in the spring of 2008. Watch for local fund-raising events to help complete this home by Spring 2009!