October 25 2005 Kickoff




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Habitat kick-off meeting agenda - 10/25/05

Important: Sign-up at table: name, phone#, email address, contact method. We need it to contact you.
Take handouts with import information: contact information, directions, tools, web addresses. I will also post them to the STA web site.
Basics

This is the 4^th house STA has worked on.
St Luke – we are partnering with St. Luke on this house. They are the primary sponsor. We will work with St. Luke each Saturday.

Location – Idlewood Village in SE Raleigh off Rock Quarry Road. See handout and web sites for directions

How many volunteers are needed: 8-10 STA volunteers each week depending on tasks
Experience is not required. Come for the tasks you are interested in, help with lunches, etc… Come as often as you want.
Teens – 16 and older. Ages 16-17 must have parental/guardian consent form - http://www.habitatwake.org/d/consent_form.pdf. Sixteen- and 17-year-olds may participate in general construction tasks, but may not use power tools, operate construction vehicles, or participate in activities that are clearly dangerous.
Tony to cover stages of building a Habitat home

3-5 bedrooms, min 2 baths, from 1040 to 1610 sq ft.
All HH homes meet or exceed building standards and are energy efficient
Habitat does electrical, foundation, drywall, HVAC, and landscaping. We do the rest.

Lunch is provided. We could use volunteers to provide a lunch for 20-30 volunteers.
Groups welcome – Men’s club, Knights of Columbus.
E-mail – we will be using email as the primary communication method.

We will send an email Tue/Wed each week with information and asking for volunteers. It will include the scheduled tasks for the following Saturday. Please come even if you do not reply. Come any time!
We can call you if you do not use or have email.
Email/call if you can make it (walk-ins welcome)

Habitat web site publishes the builds schedule each week, which tells what tasks are scheduled, tools to bring, directions, etc – See http://habitatwake.org/Schedulepage.htm
St. Andrew web site will also have basic information that is on summary sheet - http://www.saintandrew.org/html/org_habitat_for_humanity.html

Habitat Wake started in 1985, has built over 250+ homes in Wake county.
Habitat does not give hand-outs. Homeowners must provide down-payment and monthly mortgage and their own labor. Habitat makes no profit from house.
Cost – 60K. STA is contributing 5K. Thanks, Fr. David

Qualified homeowner – first-time homebuyer, one or more dependents under 18, Wake County resident, satisfactory rental history, reasonable credit history, steady income for 1 year, demonstrated need (due to substandard, unsafe, overcrowded conditions, or paying more than 1/3 or more of gross income on housing).

ReUse Center – 2400 Alwin Ct,, Raleigh. Habitat sells building materials and furniture to public at discount to support HH homes. Consider donating if remodeling.

See Habitat web site for build schedule, tools to bring that day, etc..
Basic – gloves, hammer, tape measure, tool belt, pencil, tape measure, level. Other tools are optional – circular saw, etc..
Label all tools
Water, sun screen
Wear good shoes. It can get muddy there.

Sponsor a lunch.
Lunch can be simple – sandwiches, pizza, fruit, drinks
Reimbursement possible from STA
Peggy Forsyth has been helping organize lunches for STA. You may want to contact her for more information.


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