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Director's Note
Community
Change happens – sometimes
quickly and sometimes without our
noticing that a new trend has been
established. Change has happened
at our Habitat build sites and it is a
change that has modified the look
and feel of our build sites, and the way
homeowners will experience their new
lives. The change in question? Building
multi-home neighborhoods – rather
than single, stand-alone homes – is
our "new normal." This is an exciting
new path, but does not come without
some challenges: specifically, the
need to stretch our resources, and
the need for new methods of project
management.
Since 1988 we have gained a
reputation
for
building
quality,
affordable homes on single-house
lots. For most of our 25-year history,
that is exactly what we have done
and we will always welcome the
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Shoshannah Dibble and Kelly Lungo on site in Orleans.
Why We Build...
Building New Lives
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hoshannah recently told an audience at one of Habitat’s church breakfasts, “The kids and I have moved sixteen times in fifteen years.”
Shoshannah's family lived in three different rental homes that were “sold
out from under us” and two homes where “the owners suddenly wanted
the house back.” For many years, she lived in winter rentals, and had to
come up with a variety of survival strategies during the summers. She
and her two children, Zoe (15) and Logan (13) have had to take temporary shelter in a friend’s bedroom, a back yard trailer, her ex-husband’s
BUILDING HOMES
CHANGING LIVES
PRESERVING COMMUNITY
front porch, and one summer in her mother’s basement. The family currently lives in subsidized housing in Orleans; without the subsidy the cost
of rent would be impossible on Shoshannah’s wages as a restaurant server.
S
hoshannah Dibble has had a love of houses and how they are
built since she was a little girl.
Shoshannah studied construc-
tion technology, at one time planning to get her certification at
Cape Cod Community College, and she was also considering study-
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ing architecture… until life intervened and both an illness and a difficult divorce - resulting in steep legal fees - forced her plans to change.
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OFFICE
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod
411 Main St. Suite 6
Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
(508) 362-3559
(508) 362-3569 Fax
[email protected]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Victoria Goldsmith
Bevan Way, Orleans, showing one completed home and one in progress (background)
and brand-new walls on a third (foreground).
opportunity to work this way. However,
for the next few years, one home at a
time will be the exception, not the rule,
for Habitat. Almost all of the projects
in our current pipeline include parcels
of land on which we will be developing
between 2 and 7 homes.
This change ramps up the volume of
our activity, which is a welcome shift,
but includes challenges, as we now
are building roads and infrastructure
with each project. However, we feel
that there are numerous meaningful
benefits to building small subdivisions.
For the families
•Significantly greater opportunities
for applicants to succeed in being
selected to build and purchase a
Habitat home in their community –
near family, friends and work.
•Future homeowners not only build
their their homes together - but their
neighborhood and community as well.
•
Unlike many neighborhoods on
Cape Cod, kids in these homes have
other kids within walking distance to
play with – and their parents already
know each other.
For the volunteers:
•Volunteer Services Manager, Dawn
Walnut, states: “ On a multi-house site
we can accommodate new volunteers,
as well as groups that like to bring a
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number of people at once, and there
is still plenty for our regular volunteers
to do. These build sites look and feel
more like people often imagine Habitat
to be – dozens of volunteers working
together to build homes.”
•
There are economies of savings
in the volunteer support network for
each site: for example one registration
team for 5 homes on one site, instead
of five teams for houses spread across
five towns.
•The experience for volunteers
is enhanced when they can work
on several houses at once, learn
more skills, and interact with more
volunteers.
For Habitat
•Although we need to raise more
money for these projects, funders are
attracted to them when they have
greater community impact.
•We
benefit
from
volume
procurement savings, in both contracts
and in materials.
We believe that this new path of
building whole new neighborhoods is
the more effective path to lifting up
the circumstances of more families.
Vicki
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Lynette Helms
VICE-PRESIDENT
Wil Rhymer
Doug Reynolds
TREASURER
CLERK
ASST. CLERK
Dave King
Joe McParland
Frank Almeida
Warren Brodie
Lisa Bushy
Jaime Emerson
Patricia Favulli
Peter Kimball
Richard Morgano
Charles Orr
Rick Sawyer
Nancy Smith
Rev. Dr. John Terry
Ron Winner
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod
is an ecumenical housing ministry,
non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization.
We tithe 10% of unrestricted donations
to homebuilding overseas through
Habitat for Humanity International.
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Habitat's Bookcase Project
H
ABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO INVOLVE CAPE
COD'S YOUTH, especially those under
14 who cannot participate in construction. This is where Habitat’s new Bookcase Project fills a gap. Youth groups
construct and decorate bookcases,
and then fill them with books specially
chosen for the new homeowner’s children. The filled bookcase is given as a
housewarming gift – by youth to youth
- at the Dedication Ceremony.
woodworkers also generously donated
the cost of one bookcase kit.
W
hen Mashpee High senior John
Robbins heard about the Bookcase Project, he decided to build a
Habitat bookcase as his senior project
– and then went on to construct twenty more kits for us!
T
hanks to John, Denis Casaubon,
who designed the bookcase, and
woodworkers Jerry Giusti, Frank Lord,
Tom Gleason, and Gary Potter, we
now have plenty of kits to distribute
John Robbins (left) presents bookcase
kits to the Southport Woodworking Club.
about Habitat’s work and be given information about the children who will
receive the bookcase: ages, favorite
colors, hobbies—details that will help
personalize the project.
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nformation sheets are also provided with tips on how to decorate the
bookcase, do some fundraising, and
run a book drive.
H
abitat has been blown away by the
creativity of the groups who have
made bookcases so far. Cape Cod is
indeed filled with youth who are both
talented and generous!
The “Do Unto Others” homeschool group created a bookcase for the Gamboa boys,
matching the colors of their rooms.
T
his project would never have gotten off the ground without the
help of the Woodworking Club of the
Southport Retirement Community,
in Mashpee. The Woodworking Club
volunteered to create a uniform bookcase design and then prepare several
bookcase kits, with directions, that can
be constructed by youth groups. The
to school, scouting, church, and other
youth groups.
I
f you know of a group who might
be interested in making a bookcase,
please contact Dawn Walnut at dawn@
habitatcapecod.org or 508-362-3559
x. 16, to arrange to purchase a kit and
schedule a presentation. At the presentation, the youth group will learn
New Board Members
A bookcase made for the Moorehead
family by the Roots and Shoots Club at
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School.
Peter Kimball is president of AP Kimball Construction based in Yarmouth Port, MA. He has more than 10 years of residential construction management and 30 years of business experience. Peter was team leader for the 2013 Habitat Blitz
Build in Orleans where the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod (HBRACC) built a Habitat home in
one week. He currently serves on the Town of Yarmouth Old Kings Highway Historic Committee as well as the Board of
HBRACC. Peter resides in Yarmouth Port with his wife and business partner, Angela Kimball.
Nancy Smith has spent 40 years as a consultant to the food ingredient industry, 22 of those years at Arthur D. Little,
Inc., where she was vice president and managing director of the company’s international consulting practice to the food,
beverage and food ingredient industries. Currently, she is a partner of TFG (formerly The Food Group). Her consulting
activities focus on helping clients understand the critical interfaces among technology investment, business strategy
and market opportunities. Nancy was a member of Habitat's 25th gala event committee and has been a volunteer in the
Habitat office helping in resource development. She splits her time between her homes in West Yarmouth and Waltham.
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Construction
M
AYBE IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER RIGHT NOW, but during much of our build time this year, we were freezing! Habitat builds in all kinds of weather, and we honor those who come out in the cold and the snow . . . as well as in the
heat and the sun . . . and everything in between.
Photos on these two
pages show construction
at Bevan Way, Orleans;
Ginger Lane, Centerville;
and Glenwood Avenue,
Falmouth.
We are so lucky we have
the best volunteers many thanks to all!
Hutker Architects.
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Upcoming Projects
Fall 2014:
Sesame St, Marstons Mills
(2 homes)
Bevan Way, Orleans
(1 additional home)
Projected for 2015:
Oak Street, Harwich
(7 homes)
Virginia Street, Yarmouth
(6 homes)
Main Street, Chatham
(4 homes)
The Women of the Home
Builders and Remodelers
Association of Cape Cod join
our Women Build!
Ronda Fairbanks
Colleen Shields
Jen Bryant
Angela Kimball
Kathy Hurburt
Chris Duren
Gail O’Rourke
Angelique DePaolo
TeamBuild!
Thanks to these great teams!
Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire
Department, Church of the Holy Spirit,
Coast Guard, Falmouth Jewish Congregation, First
Congregational Church of Yarmouth,
Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape
Cod, Hutker Architects, NOAH Shelter,
Saint Joan of Arc, Sandwich High,
South Congregational Church
US Coast Guard.
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Volunteer Spotlight
D
AVE KING, LIKE A MAJORITY
OF FOLKS WHO WORK WITH
HABITAT, STARTED AS A
CONSTRUCTION VOLUNTEER. But it
will come as no surprise to those who
know him that he ended up working
on the Family Partnership Committee –
since partnership and collaboration are
themes that run through Dave’s life.
B
efore he retired to Cape Cod in
1996, Dave spent 30 years as a
professor of biology and endocrinology at Franklin and Marshall College in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dave appreciates that he taught at a small college
where professors were encouraged
to conduct research. His research encompassed such topics as “hormonal
regulation of body growth” and “thyroidal influence on the development
of the immune system.” About halfway through his career, the necessity of keeping up with new and everchanging technological advances and
methodologies led Dave to a new way
of working that he enjoyed very much:
collaborative research. This gave him
an opportunity to work with scientists
from Cornell, Rutgers, the University
of California, as well as with his wife,
Chris, who is also a biologist. Dave
refers to this stage of his career with
particular enthusiasm. “Working collaboratively gives you a whole other
perspective, and makes the work very
effective. It gives you that connection,
and it’s very stimulating. Both parties
contribute more than either could do
separately.”
“Partnership underlies Habitat
and makes Habitat special."
D
ave even talks about teaching, so
often seen as a solo endeavor, as
a partnership: “Teaching is a collaborative thing. You have to see your students as partners in the process. You’re
not just there to fill them up with information. You learn as much from them
as they do from you.”
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ave has been involved in Habitat’s
operations long enough to have
seen a lot of changes in the organization. He remembers when there was
very little structure. Decisions were
made at the local chapter level. Dave
feels it was quite a task to break away
from that mentality and build a staff
to service the Cape as a whole. As
H
abitat seemed like a giant collaboration and partnership opportunity
to Dave - at the build sites, where dozens of people come together to complete a part of the whole structure as
well as throughout the entire organization. Dave represents what the Habitat Partnership Committee mission
states: “Partnerships underlie much
of Habitat’s mission… [and] are the
essence of Habitat.” And Dave should
know, since he has been involved in
so many aspects of the Habitat organization. Since he began volunteering
with Habitat in 1997, he has worked
on construction, served on the Lower
Cape Family Selection Committee,
the Land Acquisition Committee, the
Governance Committee, two terms on
the Board of Directors, and the 2008
Strategic Planning Committee. He has
been a family partner six times, and
has clocked over twelve years on the
Family Partnership Committee. Dave is
currently a partner to another Habitat
family, serves on the Human Resources
Committee, is Clerk of the Board of
Directors, and – of course – is the CoChair (with Karolyn McClelland) of the
Family Partnership Comittee. Whew!
T
Chloe and Christina Macort with Family
Partners Deidre Root and Dave King.
D
he Family Partnership Committee
oversees the program that provides training and support to the volunteers who will work with the families
(see page 9 for more information on
the Family Partnership Committee).
Family Partnership Committee Co-Chairs
Karolyn McClelland and Dave King.
we grew and continue to grow, Dave
says, “Vicki Goldsmith deserves a lot
of credit. I’ve not worked with any
organization as complex as this and
seen it done as effectively. Partnership makes Habitat very special - that
hasn’t changed. And unlike many organizations, staff are very much partners
in the mission, not just paid employees. Donors, those who provide gifts in
kind, volunteers, everyone is a partner.
People come from different walks of
life, people come from different backgrounds, - it doesn’t matter, they are
all wonderful people.” And in the end,
it is because of those people that Dave
stays involved. When asked what it is
he finds so gratifying in the work he
does with Habitat, he comes right back
to his favorite theme: “It’s the people –
the feeling of partnership with all the
people.”
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F
or Shoshannah, having a Habitat home means that “all my hard
work is truly going to us. It’s difficult
when you work really hard and all you
get is food on the table while other
people put money in their pocket.”
With her own house, life will be different, “I won’t have to worry about
being kicked out of my own home. I
won’t have to be an old woman where
my children have to take me in. I
don’t want to be a burden on someone. I want to leave them something.”
Shoshannah checks out her first wall.
B
eing able to do right by her
family is a recurring theme in
Shoshannah’s life. “I do everything
for my family. If I can’t succeed with
them, then I’ve failed at the only thing
that is really important. I have to
be self-reliant; there is no one else.”
S
he remains a very positive, upbeat person, despite past troubles.
And she has certainly proved she is
persistent – she applied five times
before finally “winning” the opportunity to purchase a Habitat home.
Shoshannah plans to continue her
education once her home is complete.
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or Shoshannah, getting onto the
construction site and building the
house is a joy. She knew she would en-
joy the construction end of things, but
says she is also “overwhelmed by the
people I’ve met, the ladies and gents,
from the office to the crew. I love those
guys. I enjoy working alongside them.
I almost feel guilty because I can’t give
back to them. It’s like a debt unpaid.
The only way I can repay that debt is
to truly respect and appreciate it and
make sure I live my life with the same
kind of integrity.” She pauses, and then
adds, “There is goodness out there.”
K
elly Lungo originally found the
idea of building her own home
a bit daunting. Before construction
started, she confessed, “I’m really
bad at even hanging things up.” Kelly
was glad that her house would be a
Women Build – she was nervous that
crews who knew everything about
what they were doing would intimidate her. Many women who participate
in a Women Build find it a nurturing
way to learn skills in a field traditionally dominated by men - and that has
been true for Kelly. She attended a
Women Build training session prior to
construction and very quickly started
to feel more comfortable swinging a
hammer. By the time Wall Raising day
came, she was completely at ease on
the site, and said, “I’ve learned a ton
and this is awesome! I love knowing
the whole process of how the house is
going up and what’s behind the walls.”
K
elly and her son, Aidan (7), live in a
small rental home. The rent is hard
to manage on Kelly’s wages as a server
at the Impudent Oyster. She is looking
forward to having mortgage payments
that will be about 65% of her current
rent. She is grateful to her landlord,
who has agreed to keep the rent at
the current rate until after Kelly moves
into her new home – but for this kindness, she would be paying even more.
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or Kelly, the new home means she
can give Aidan some of the outdoor
experience she had as a child, growing
up in Brewster’s Punkhorn woods with
her family and her grandparents across
the road. “We played in the woods. We
made tree forts and played in the mud.
My son doesn’t have that. My grandfather was one of the first people in the
Punkhorn and built tons of the trails
that are still there. He had a beautiful garden with grapes, greenhouses,
cherry trees. He was in the garden every day.” Kelly has been planning her
new garden even more than she has
been planning her new house. Helping her grandfather with his garden
as a child gives Kelly experience not
all new homeowners have. She will be
as much of an asset with landscaping Bevan Way as Shoshannah has
been during the construction phase.
Kelly framing her home the Women Build.
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nd Kelly appreciates the location of the home “next to the
beach, bike trails, conservation land
- and we can walk to town. Aidan
can play in the trails if he wants, and
there are other kids in the neighborhood to play with. If he doesn’t go
outside, I’m going to kick him out!”
K
nowing the house will be hers to
keep is a dream come true for Kelly. “I can put in flowers that re-occur
every year. I can decorate because
I know I will be there the following
year. Aidan will have a forever home.”
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Got Truck?
Habitat's Director of Construction, Bob
Ryley, is hoping to get a construction
vehicle to help us move materials
and equipment from site to site. In
addition, a truck will enable us to
transport leftover materials to storage
to be used in future projects - a green
initiative. A free or deeply discounted
vehicle is, of course, our first choice.
Bob's dream truck is a dual-axle, rack
body, flat bed truck with a 12-foot bed,
and tool boxes under the bed. These
specifications will allow for the most
flexibility to meet our needs.
If you know anyone who might have
such a vehicle, please contact Wendy
Cullinan at 508-362-3559 x. 11.
Thank You!
If you are thinking about upgrading your vehicle, think of Habitat!
Women Build
Vicki Goldsmith, Bob Ryley, board member Dave
King, and homeowner Heidi Richards welcomed
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
officials from northeast and mid-Atlantic states to
Bevan Way, Orleans. The USDA team was on a tour of
USDA-supported economic development and housing initiatives. Cape Cod Habitat is one of the first
Habitat affiliates in this region to utilize USDA’s 1%
interest mortgage. This has allowed us to build financial capacity to serve more families.
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Over the past several months I have learned something: there really
is a whole new way to do house work – and it is fun!! Earlier this year I
enthusiastically volunteered for the Women Build in Orleans knowing
I had very limited building skills, but assured plenty of teaching
help would be available. I never thought that I would be building
window bucks, hanging strapping, building walls, drilling holes in
concrete walls, and - in a matter of weeks - standing on staging to
shingle, as well as doing a myriad of other tasks with confidence
and even a tiny bit of skill! This is my first time as a volunteer on a
build site and the experience has exceeded my expectations. The
group of woman that I
have worked with are
fabulous, hard-working,
supportive, and most
importantly, they know
how to have fun! The
work is challenging
and sometimes tiring
(exhausting?), but at
the end of the day you
feel good and know
you will be back again,
and again, and again…
~ Nancy Smith
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Building Success - Family Partnership Program
A
NY
PASSING
STRANGER,
LOOKING AT A HABITAT
CONSTRUCTION SITE, can see
we build homes. Volunteers who spend
a little more time getting to know us
can testify to the fact that we also build
hope, lives, and community – as our
mission statement proclaims. But only
a few realize that we also build success.
Habitat’s Family Partnership program
is designed to ensure that all Habitat
home purchasers are successful during
every step of their journey toward their
ultimate dream - home ownership.
E
ach Habitat homeowner family
is assigned one or two Family
Partners – trained volunteers who work
with them for a period of two years
- from the moment they sign their
letter of agreement, until a year after
they have moved into their new home.
During that time is it quite common for
the partners and homeowners to form
a tight bond. Dot Hannon, who has
been a family partner twice and loved
the experience, says, “There is a bond
that develops from the beginning,
and it grows and grows and grows,
with a feeling of such warmth and
togetherness that you don’t want to
lose it. I’m now part of their family and
they are part of our family – we go on
summer cookouts and attend school
sporting events.”
Melissa Wheeler hugs her family
partner, Jody Mines.
“It never occurred to me to do construction, and I never knew there
were other ways to volunteer with Habitat. Then I found out about
family partnership. I am in awe and humbled and impressed with the
way families hold down a job - or two or three - and also raise a family.
I get to see their faces as they watch their home under construction –
to me, that’s just priceless.”
~ Betsy Giles, who has been a partner to five families
T
he opportunity to purchase a
Habitat home comes with a great
deal of responsibility. Each adult in
the homeowner family will be asked to
complete 250 hours of “sweat equity”
as part of their purchase agreement.
That’s not easy for families caring for
children and holding down one or
more jobs. The family partners keep
track of those hours and make sure
that the homeowner is budgeting
his or her time appropriately. If the
homeowner should happen to fall
behind, the partner will help create
a time management plan to catch
up. Family partners assure that no
homeowner falls through the cracks,
and, in fact, some end up with more
“sweat equity” hours than required!
N
ew
homeowners
also
take
workshops to help them prepare
for all facets of home ownership,
maintenance,
and
upkeep.
The
family partners accompany them
to workshops on Financial Planning
and
Management,
Transition
to
Homeownership (which deals with
topics such as deed restrictions,
insurance, and preparation for closing),
and Home Maintenance and Care
(which includes an in-home tutorial
of appliances, utilities, shut-off valves,
and general maintenance upkeep).
In addition, the family partnership
program has recently begun providing
a mentor for landscaping. For new
homeowners, many whom have lived
in rentals all their lives, there can be
a steep learning curve when it comes
to gardening. When someone is there
to answer questions and help explain
the “ how to’s” of lawn and plant care,
it can make all the difference in how
a yard will look one year and beyond
after move-in day.
Family Partner Betsy Giles (right)
with the Bellec Family.
F
amily partners reach out frequently
to the homeowners during the first
year in their home. They provide a
support system to help with a myriad
of small details that might otherwise
be overwhelming. If a new homeowner
has questions, concerns, or just isn’t
certain about aspects of the house,
the family partner is just a phone call
away. Habitat wants to ensure that
every home purchaser is fully prepared
and supported in understanding the
particulars of what it means to own a
house. It takes a special person to be
a family partner - ensuring success is
one of the ways we show we care.
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Faith Relations: Spotlight on Phil Mitchell
SUE
BAKER
TOOK
OVER
AS
CHAIR OF OUR FAITH RELATIONS
COMMITTEE IN 2013. SHE SERVED ON
THE COMMITTEE FOR MANY YEARS
DURING PHIL MITCHELL'S LONG
TENURE AS CHAIR AND FOUND
HIS LEADERSHIP INSPIRING AND
EDUCATIONAL. SUE SAT DOWN WITH
PHIL TO LEARN ABOUT HIS LIFE AND
BACKGROUND, WHICH SHE SHARES
IN THE ARTICLE BELOW.
ministry began to take shape, and he
became president of Metro Interfaith,
which built an affordable 150-unit
apartment building for seniors, as well
as affordable, scattered site housing
for families, and converted a school to
offer more affordable senior housing.
value for our neighbors. It is one of the
finest committees I have worked with
in my entire life—wonderful, wonderful
people."
F
entoring is an integral part of the
ministry of Habitat for Humanity.
We serve together and learn from
each other. Rev. Phil Mitchell has been
a spiritual mentor to me and recently
I spoke with him to learn more about
his life.
aith relations is responsible for
coordinating devotional leaders
on build sites. Phil recalls one of his
most memorable Habitat moments,
"I arrived to the build site in Brewster
around noon to lead devotions. It was
a bitterly cold day. I came upon a
young high school man who had been
working since 8 a.m. in that bitter, bitter
cold. I heard him say, 'I'm building this
for a single mom.' The way he said it
I knew he didn't know her, but he was
there working all day in the cold. It
was very moving."
P
P
M
hil was born in Northampton and
grew up in the Hadley and Amherst
area of Massachusetts. Phil, a life
long member of the Congregational
Church, felt the call to ministry at an
early age. He even wrote an essay in
the fifth grade about why he would
like to be a minister. After serving two
years in the U.S. Army Signal Corp
during the Korean War, he returned
to the University of Massachusetts
to complete his Bachelor's Degree.
He then attended Andover Newton
Theological school to complete his
Master of Divinity degree, and received
his Doctor of Ministry at San Francisco
Theological Seminary. After seminary
he began his twenty years of service
in the Army Reserve Chaplain Corp,
retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel.
H
is first pastorate was at the
Federated Church of Charlton,
MA.
In the 1960s he served the
Congregational Church of Hollis, New
Hampshire. During this time, Phil felt
God's strong calling to work for racial
equality, and joined Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. in the final days of
the voting rights march from Selma
to Montgomery. In the early 1970s
Phil took a pastorate in Binghamton,
New York. His passion for housing
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When Phil retired he moved to the
Cape and continued to pursue his
interest in affordable housing needs.
He was president of the Interfaith
Council for the Homeless (now the
Homeless Prevention Council), and
served as president of the board of
Housing Assistance Corporation. He
also serves on the board for the Wells
Court senior apartment complex in
Brewster. As president of the Cape
Cod Council of Churches, Phil worked
on many issues related to housing
needs. Over ten years ago, Jimmy
Dishner invited Phil to join the Church
Relations Committee of Habitat for
Humanity.
Phil later became the
chair of this committee spearheading
several Apostles’, Church, and faith
builds throughout the Cape.
P
hil shared with me that the most
fulfilling aspect of Church/Faith
Relations has been, "the joy of all of
us serving together in such a loving
spirit accomplishing something of real
hil's love of God and neighbor is
demonstrated in his passion for
affordable housing, and his enormous
patience and gentleness in working
with all kinds of people. He said, "I
never know everything about anybody,
so I try to remember to treat everyone
with gentleness."
I
n addition to serving at Habitat,
Phil is very active in the Federated
Church of Orleans serving as the ViceModerator and on the Stewardship
Committee. Phil and his late wife,
Barbara, raised two children.
His
daughter Christi works as architectural
historian of the Historical Preservation
Commission of the state of Maine,
and his son Timothy is the chief floor
assistant for the majority leader of the
United States Senate. Phil was given
the honor of opening the United States
Senate session in prayer. Phil also has
one grandson, Ben.
P
hil's life guiding verse comes from
the Bible in the book of Romans 12:11
(RSV), "Never flag in zeal, be aglow in
the Spirit, serve the Lord." Phil's life
exemplifies these words as his example
continues to inspire all who serve with
him in faith relations.
~ Sue Baker
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Faith Build 2014
Apostles' Build 2015
Habitat Board Member Rev. Dr. John Terry has rallied his
colleagues from the Barnstable Clergy Association to sponsor
a Habitat home to be built in Marstons Mills. This Faith Build
has taken on the challenge of raising $55,000 to help with the
construction costs of one of the two homes on Sesame St. in
Marstons Mills.
Habitat Faith Relations committee member Bob Renn
has kindly agreed to chair Apostles’ Build 2015. Bob
led a very successful Apostles’ Build 2013 campaign
in Orleans and was the first choice of Faith Relations.
This campaign will raise $55,000 to sponsor one
of the seven homes to be built on Oak Street in
Harwich. Committee members plan to visit all area
congregations, please welcome them when they call.
In addition, individual donations are welcome.
Faith Build 2014 Committee:
Rev. Chuck Wildman, Chair
Pastor Jonathan Ahnquist
Rev. Angie Menke Ballou
Rabbi David Freelund
Rev. Dr. Libby Gibson
Rev. Dr. Kristen Harper
Sara Hunter
Rev. Dr. John Terry
Rabbi Harold Robinson
Charlie Worrick
Faith Build 2014 began as a dream of the Barnstable Clergy
Association to address the chronic housing shortage for
families in need. Synagogues, churches and other faith
communities are providing prayer support, financial and other
help, in partnership with a local family, to realize this dream.
With plans to visit all area congregations, the committee has
begun its outreach. More information: contact Chuck Wildman,
508-428-0793 or Wendy Cullinan at Habitat 508-362-3559.
Apostles' Build 2015 Committee:
Bob Renn, Chair
Rev. Sue Baker
Rev. Paul Cullity
Nat Goddard
Rev. Phil Mitchell
Fr. Joe Towle
Peter Wells
More information: contact Bob Renn at 774-207-0489
or Wendy Cullinan, Habitat staff at 508-362-3559
What is an Apostles' Build?
In an Apostles’ Build project, 12 churches (or coalitions
of churches) come together to build a Habitat for
Humanity home. They raise the money and provide
prayer support and some labor to build a home in
partnership with a local family.
Planned Giving
BRINGING HOPE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS
When you give to Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod through
your estate or long-term financial plan, you are forging your
legacy with our housing ministry and ensuring that future
generations will be able to secure decent, safe and affordable
housing. For information on Planned Giving programs
contact Wendy Cullinan at 508-362-3559 x. 11 or wendy@
habitatcapecod.org.
SUPPORT HABITAT THROUGH MONTHLY GIVING
Setting up a monthly giving plan only takes a few minutes,
and when you make that choice you are committing your
support in a way that is particularly meaningful to Habitat.
Our need for financial support is year-round and being able to
count on monthly gifts helps significantly. To enroll visit our
web site at www.habitatcapecod.org or call our office at
508-362-3559.
Future generations will be thankful for your thoughtful
planning.
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Falmouth Builds Together!
The Falmouth Builds Together (FBT) committee has been very creative in finding ways for the entire Falmouth community
to support the Habitat homes being built on Glenwood Ave. Their request to the Falmouth Board of Selectman to have
April declared Habitat Month in Falmouth (which they did) is a perfect example of their creativity. A huge thanks to
the following merchants for their support in April: Windfall Market , Roche Bros, Friendly’s, the 99 Restaurant, Falmouth
Toyota, Stop and Shop and the numerous merchants around Falmouth who collected change in paint cans to show their
support!
April’s fundraising helped FBT pass the $50,000 mark and bring them closer to reaching their goal of $55,000 to support
the Glenwood Ave. build.
Major support for Falmouth Builds Together has also come from:
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Bill and Linda Zammer
Brenna’s Birdhouses
Falmouth Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation
Falmouth Jewish Congregation
Falmouth Road Race
First Congregational Church of Falmouth
North Falmouth Congregational
Soft as a Grape
St. Barnabas, Behren’s Fund
Valle Group
Waquoit Congregational Church
Woods Hole Foundation
And hundreds of donations from organizations, individuals and businesses.
WE THANK YOU ALL!
Falmouth
Builds Together
Committee
From left:
Brenda Swain,
Merrily Crowley,
Betsy Giles,
Rev. Patti Barrett,
Rev. Jon Drury,
Rabbi Elias
Lieberman,
Bill Hough,
Pamela Rothstein,
Rev. Nell Fields.
Missing:
Trisha Favulli and
Suzanne Robbins.
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Generosity
LAST GASP BIKE RIDE 2014
OUR DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THESE RECENT MAJOR
GIFTS RECEIVED TO SUPPORT UPCOMING PROJECTS.
Team Habitat is in “training mode” as they prepare for
their second annual Last Gasp bike ride from Sandwich
to Provincetown. Last year's team raised nearly $7,000
for Habitat's Women Build home in Orleans. This year, our
riders are hoping to surpass that!
The Bennett Charitable Foundation
The Bilezikian Family Foundation
Darryl and Janet Buckingham
Bernard and Judy Cornwell
Gerald and Jeanne Curtis
Federated Church of Orleans
Lynn and Pat Mormann
John C. Morrision and Euncie B. Morrison Charitable Trust
Real Estate Associates
St. Joan of Arc Church
The day consists of a 62 mile bike ride, a Cape Cod
Bay cruise following the ride, and an authentic Cape
Cod clambake to end the day. Complete information at
capecodcharitablefunraisers.com.
Our Team is growing and we’d love to have you join us.
Please contact the Habitat office at 508-362-3559 for
information about participating. To support the Habitat
Team, send a check made out to "Last Gasp" to our office
at 411 Main Street, Suite 6, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
The Last Gasp Bike Ride
Sunday- Sept. 14, 2014
Sandwich Marina start - 8:00 A.M.
MacMillian Wharf Dolphin Fleet cruise of Cape Cod
Bay - 2:00 P.M.
Clambake at American Legion Sandwich - 4:00 P.M.
Don’t want to ride? Come for the Clambake!
Last Gasp Clambake Admission: $60.00
The $60 "Baker" fee includes the Pasta Salute,
Clambake, and the Last Gasp t-shirt.
Stephen Cole from Nauset Newcomers presents Vicki
with a donation while visiting some of the homes
under construction on Bevan Way in Orleans.
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MONDAYS IN AUGUST AT NOT YOUR
AVERAGE JOES
We serve creative cuisine. And worthy causes.
28 Whites Path
So. Yarmouth
(just off Exit 8)
Open
Wed – Sat 9 – 5
508-394-6400
Visit our newly
expanded store nearly twice the size!
Present this certificate to your server and your cause will receive
15% of your total purchase* at the Hyannis Not Your Average Joe’s every Monday
during April. This is good during lunch, dinner and JoeToGo
Name of Organization:
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod
Valid:
* Mondays August 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th of 2014
Lynn MasonSmall of Rogers
and Gray loves
the ReStore –
this is one of her
favorite pieces
she has recently
transformed!
793 Iyannough Rd. Hyannis, MA 02601
508-778-1424
Plan club meetings or work outings at NYAJ on Mondays
in August and use this coupon to give 15% of your bill
back to Habitat. Good for lunch, dinner, bar, or take out!
Make as many copies of the coupon as you need or email
wendy@habitatcapecod to receive an email version
to print or call our office and we can mail you as many
coupons as you’d like.
Pine Acres Realty Joins Lynette's Challenge
We are delighted to announce that Lori Smith and her team at
Pine Acres Realty of Chatham has joined Lynette’s Challenge and
will make a generous donation from each home sold in 2014. “We
are all so excited to participate in this program, it just seems like
a perfect fit” said co-owner Lori Smith. “We make a good living
selling beautiful homes and if we can give back to the community
and help those less fortunate own their own home—it’s enormously
fulfilling.”
Lynette’s Challenge, named after Habitat’s board president Lynette
Helms, asks Cape Cod Realtors to make a donation from each
home sold to help support Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod.
Lynette’s company, Real Estate Associates, has been doing this
since 2006 and has donated nearly $100,000.
Lori Smith, Pine Acres Realty and Lynette Helms,
HHCC Board President
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Cars for Homes
Donate your vehicle, running or not, and help build affordable homes
right here on Cape Cod. Specify Cape Cod, from anywhere in the country,
and Habitat for Humanity makes it easy for you by arranging for pick-up
and processing of the title. Call today! 1-877-277-4344
or carsforhomes.org/ed
Thank you to all who donated cars to Habitat Cape Cod so far in 2014!
Rachel Kirchgessner
Gerard Loftus
Eleanor MacDuffie
Maud Murphy
Nancy O’Connell
Donald Smith
APPRECIATION TO OUR GREAT COMMUNITY
PARTNERS WHOSE GENEROUS GRANTS AND
LAND DONATIONS MAKE UPCOMING
PROJECTS POSSIBLE.
Sesame St. Barnstable - 2 homes
Town of Barnstable Community Preservation
Act Funds(CPA)
Town of Barnstable Affordable Housing Trust Funds
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBB )*
Orleans – 1 additional home on Bevan Way
Town of Orleans Community Preservation Funds
(CPA)
Oak St. Harwich –7 homes
Town of Harwich Special Housing Fund
Town of Harwich Special Housing Fund II
Town of Harwich Community Preservation Act
Funds (CPA)
FHLBB
Nice car.
EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY
When you recycle a vehicle, you help
Habitat for Humanity build more homes.
Virginia St. Yarmouth – 6 homes
Town of Yarmouth CPA
Town of Yarmouth CPA II
Yarmouth Housing Trust
FHLBB
Main St. Chatham - 4 homes
Chatham Housing Authority
Town of Chatham Community Preservation Act
Fund (CPA)
Friends of Chatham Affordable Housing
FHLBB
Truro – 3 homes
Housing Authority
Town of Truro
Highland Affordable Housing
877-277-4344
carsforhomes.org/ed
Wellfleet – 3 homes
Wellfleet Housing Authority
Brewster – 14 homes
Town of Brewster Community Preservation Act
Funds (CPA)
Town of Brewster Community Preservation Act
Funds II
A warm and spicy thank you to Guapo’s in Orleans who donated
10% of their total sales from June 1st to Habitat Cape Cod!
* All FHLBB grants are sponsored by Cape Cod
Five Cents Savings Bank.
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Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod
411 Main St. Suite 6
Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
To Volunteer:
Contact Dawn Walnut at [email protected] or 508-362-3559 x. 16
To Donate:
Contact Wendy Cullinan at [email protected] or 508-362-3559 x. 11
To Donate to ReStore:
Contact the ReStore at 508-394-6400
You are cordially invited to
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY’S
2014 ANNUAL MEETING
Awards, Celebration of Accomplishments, and Dinner
One lucky door prize winner: tickets to Bill Cosby live!
Thursday, August 14, 2014 • 5:00-7:30pm
The Shepley Center
75 Ben Franklin Way, Hyannis
Arrive 5:00-5:30
Mingle and Entertainment from 5:00-6:00pm
Dinner, Presentation, and Awards starting at 6:00pm
BBQ generously provided by Shepley Wood Products
Cash bar
POTLUCK:
If your last name starts A-L, please bring a salad/side;
Last name M-Z, please bring a finger-food dessert.
Let us know you’re coming!
RSVP by August 8
508-362-3559
[email protected]
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod
411 Main Street, Suite 6 • Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 • 508-362-3559