WHAT'S NEW !

- Online Donation
- Saginaw County 10-Year Plan
- Saginaw HFH Meijer Community Rewards Member
- Pit and Balcony Community Theatre needs construction volunteers for set-building

• Hemlock/Women Build
  We are starting a rehab at 780 N. Pine in Hemlock on May 5 as a Women Build event. We are limiting the site to 20 people per day. For May 5 (and longer if possible) we will have at least 75% women on-site. Men can help me serve snacks and lunch, and maybe help with construction. The duration of the build will be an ecumenical build with our faith partners.
  
  Work will be Monday-Friday, 8:00-4:00 with snacks and lunch served each day. We will pause for a site blessing on Day One (May 5) at 11:30. Construction goals for the day/week include removing and replacing siding, windows, doors, and trim. More...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Please contact Mariann at 753-5200 if you would like to volunteer for construction, go-fer, food service or prayer. Get the flyer (Word 75KB)
  
  
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• Saginaw Habitat for Humanity Announces the
  Home Repair and Neighborhood Improvement Program
  Saginaw Habitat for Humanity will operate a home repair program as part of its affordable housing program. The HRP will give approved County homeowners the opportunity to obtain low cost repairs to their home, with low cost financing, so that their current home becomes (remains) a decent and affordable place to live.. More...
  
  
  

• eBay Volunteer Needed !
  Help is needed at ReStore. To help facilitate sales of items on eBay. More...
  
  

• Harmonies for Habitat

  Harmonies for Habitat benefit concert Monday May 12, 7pm by the Saginaw Area Concert Band under the direction of Mr. David Valesek at Resurrection Lutheran Church (792-7135) at 2110 Brockway
  
  
  

• Donate a car to Habitat’s Cars for Homes™ vehicle donation program
  Your car donation can help a family in your community build a house and the hope of a better life!

  Car donations to Habitat’s Cars for Homes™ program help Saginaw Habitat for Humanity build houses in partnership with families in need of decent, affordable shelter within your community.

  It is quick and easy to donate a car, truck, boat, RV, motorcycle, construction equipment or other automobile, and your vehicle donation may be eligible for tax deduction purposes if you itemize. (Consult the IRS or your tax adviser for details.)

  Donate cars to Habitat’s official vehicle donation program
  Call Cars for Homes™ at (877) 277-HFHI (4344) toll free or process your car, boat, RV donation online now!

  http://www.habitat.org/carsforhomes/

  
  

• <- click here On-line donation is a great way to donate to Habitat for Humanity. We receive the money with no transaction fees and you can donate with full confidence in the security of the transaction. Your on-line donations are handled by the professionals at Habitat for Humanity International. Be sure to click the orange Designate Your Gift button on the left side and type in the zip code 48602
  
  
  
• News and Notes
  - United Way of Saginaw County is seeking volunteers to work on its wheelchair ramp project. Please call Bob Cramer (755-0433 x204).
  
  
  
  
  

• Saginaw County 10-Year Plan:The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) asked each county/community in Michigan with a CoC (Continuum of Care) to write a 10-Year Plan to END homelessness. This is a departure from the typical agency mindset to manage homelessness. There is a national movement toward Housing First, which says get a person into housing first, and THEN they will be more open to the offer of supportive services. It has always been my goal to have the service providers improve their discharge planning to include what happens AFTER they leave each shelter/transitional housing program. I have always thought we needed to get people ready for PERMANENT Housing (like Habitat, for instance)... and this plan will ensure that anyone requesting HUD or MSHDA money from now on will have to conform to the 10YP (including the concept of Housing First). You will be reading and hearing about this more in the next few months and years, and we want everyone to become familiar with the plan’s Goals & Objectives. –Cameron Brady

  . Read the plan here...(851KB)
  
  
  
• ReDistribution Program
  Items collected are distributed to the homeless and near-homeless in Saginaw County to help make houses into homes. Read the flyer or go to the ReStore page to learn more.
  
  
  
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  This program allows our supporters to designate Saginaw Habitat for Humanity to receive cash rewards based on their purchases.
  
  There is no cost to enroll and the sooner you join Meijer Community Rewards, the sooner we will begin receiving rewards!
  
  Saginaw Habitat for Humanity’s enrollment number is: 767603
  
  Pick up an application next time you’re shopping at Meijer, enroll online at Meijer.com/rewards or pick-up an application at the Saginaw Habitat for Humanity ReStore. For questions or more information, call ReStore
  
  

• Pit and Balcony Community Theatre needs construction volunteers for set-building.
  
  Pit and Balcony Community Theatre needs construction volunteers for set-building and props. If you are interested, please contact the theatre’s Technical Director, Lee Perry Belleau, at 989-754-6711 or lpbelleau@chartermi.net. See below for the set construction schedule.

  Pit and Balcony Community Theatre is located at 805 N. Hamilton St. in Saginaw. You can visit their website at http://www.pitandbalconytheatre.com/.
  
  

Spring Newsletter

Hemlock 08 Women Build

Day 01 - May 5