Blueprints Newsletter - Greater Fredericksburg Habitat for Humanity

Blueprints Newsletter
Summer 2012
Serving the City of Fredericksburg, and King George, Spotsylvania, and Stafford Counties
Partnering with Community Changers
The Greater Fredericksburg Habitat
for Humanity believes in working
closely with other groups or
Churches in the area to impact the
community we all live in. Recently
we teamed up with Open Hand of
Fredericksburg, a 501(c3) with a
mission “to partner with underresourced youth and their families in
the Greater Fredericksburg area
(Planning District 16) to secure
sustainable employment through
education, leadership development
and long-term committed
relationships”. Through their
generous help we constructed 7
picnic tables which will bring in
$700.00 dollars to help build
affordable housing in the greater
Fredericksburg Area.
Open Hand came out with over
twenty volunteers, we were able to
teach some basic construction
techniques, including using drills to
sink screws. They were quick studies
and put short work to assembling the
tables. Open hand is a fantastic
group; they are really impacting the
lives of young people by helping
them acquire job skills. If you would
like to learn more about them visit
their website at
www.openhandoffredericksburg.org .
If you are part of a group or civic
association that would like to partner
with us email, [email protected]
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Visit our ReStore at
4755 Jeff Davis Highway
This 1960’s couch was picked up at our
Restore and redesigned by Willa.
Originally it had plaid fabric and six
cushions. The six cushions were
replaced with two larger bottom
cushions and six throw pillows for an
updated, contemporary look.
Interview with Willa Parsons from U Design for the Home
U Design for the Home is a premier home interior
design company located in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
U Design works closely with clients in the process of
planning, designing, and completing interior designs
to create the living space that is desired. Willa
Parsons, President of U Design for the Home, was
gracious enough to answer questions regarding her
experience and future services with Greater
Fredericksburg Habitat for Humanity.
need is outstanding. I would like to spark inspiration
with Habitat clients. Educating the public on
sensible recycling, designing on a budget, and
repurposing items is my main focus.”
Why choose Habitat for Humanity for interior
design needs?
http://udesignforthehome.com and
What can we expect from U Design and GFHFH
in the future?
U Design and GFHFH are looking to organize “How
to” classes and videos this fall. These classes will be
hosted by Willa once a month with an interactive
What past experiences have you had working
audience. Classes and videos would include taking a
with GFHFH?
donation from the Restore and repurposing it. “My
Willa designed the presentation tent for both the fall purpose with Habitat for Humanity clients is to start
and spring annual Fredericksburg Home and Garden them with an idea that they can take over. This can
Shows. Throughout the Home and Garden shows,
spark their creativity that will help them move
Willa educated the public on simple smart ways to
further with their purchases at a reasonable price for
create a usable product using donations from our
excellent quality.”
Restore. “Starting with the simplest thing can inspire For more information on U Design for the Home,
someone to do a whole room.”
please feel free to visit them at
“I wanted to be a part of an organization that
believes in a purpose. I enjoy what Habitat for
Humanity stands for and believe helping families in
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http://pinterest.com/nvaidesign
It takes a village . . .
Individuals make up the backbone of our volunteer
base, but we have been blessed to be able to partner
with many churches and civic groups in our region
and beyond. We want to thank the groups that we
have worked with this quarter, they include the
Broadneck Habitat High School club from Annapolis
Maryland, they spent the week of July 9th working in
both our Restore and at our build site. The painted
our Lake Arrowhead house and begun installing flooring. We want to thank Khols at Massponax who came
out and did some landscape work at our Bellefonte Rd
project they not only brought volunteers but gave us
some grant funds as well, so thank you to Khols. We
also want to thank Target of Massaponax they volunteered with our A Brush with Kindness program, and
made it possible for a senior citizen to be able to have
needed home repairs at no cost. Habitat has a very
close relationship with the Military, both on a national level and local, as such we have regular groups form
all branches of the Armed services help us on a regular basis, we want to thank the office of the AFOSI,
they have been at our Stafford build site two times
over the last six months. We also want to thank Opporation Hereo Connect a nonprofit Marine mentorship program for at risk youth, they have volunteered
two times the last six months. Last but not least we
want to thank Lifepoint church of Spotsylvania, they
have partnered with A Brush with Kindness and are
doing two projects with us, that will drastically improve the living conditions those living in the project
houses. We also want to thank Exit Reality of Spotsylvania for spending a day at our Stafford build site,
they are one hard working group of realtors. If you
are part of a group, that would like to spend a day volunteering please email or call our office. It is a great
way to give back to our local community and it serves
as a great team building exercise.
Have you ever wanted to volunteer at Habitat for Humanity? Here are directions to our
current build. We build every Saturday and Thursdays. Visit Fredhab.org to sign up.
http://goo.gl/maps/2qBp
Welcome new families!
GFHFH welcomed six new families into the program on
July 9. Far from receiving a free house, Habitat families
attend monthly meetings, provide 500 volunteer hours to
qualify for the Habitat loan. A warm welcome goes out to:
The Green/Bowie family
The Carter Family
The Habonimana Family
The Morse Family
The Shakur/Mohammad-Kabir Family
The White Family
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Volunteer of the Quarter
Ed Guest
The Greater Fredericksburg Habitat for Humanity
affiliate would like to thank all the volunteers that have
put in so much sweat and hard work the in during the
last quarter, without you we would not be able exist, so
thank you all very much. We want to recognize Ed Guest
as the volunteer of the quarter, Ed has been volunteering
with us about a year. Ed sits on our Build committee,
where he helps plan and oversee our building operation.
In addition to that he is out at the build site just about
every day we are working. Ed’s hard work has been a
tremendous help, he has a wealth of knowledge about the
building industry, and can fix just about anything
electrical or HVAC related. If you have been spent any
amount of time at our Lake Arrowhead build site you
more than likely have worked with Ed.
Ride VA Poker Run
GFHFH had another successful Poker Run in our 5th annual Ride VA 2012 event. The bottom line, we had a net
profit of $10,869, our largest yet. All these proceeds are
helping to complete our Habitat home in the Lake Arrowhead area in northern Stafford County. We had 170 participants in the event with 29 sponsors and 17 vendors.
The Ride started at Morton’s BMW Motorcycles in the
Four Mile Fork Shopping Center, with stops at our build
site in the Lake Arrowhead area where the riders signed 2
x 4s inside the Habitat house, Big Daddy Leather in Fredericksburg, Tim’s II Restaurant in King George, Hornes
Café in Spotsylvania and back to Morton’s.
We would like to thank the following sponsors for the
Ride VA 2012 event:
Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors (FAAR) –
for providing critical committee volunteers, Ride
Day volunteers, help with publicity and key support for the event
Site Sponsor – Morton’s BMW Motorcycles
Food Sponsor – Hard Times Café
Platinum Sponsors – Wells Fargo Bank and American
Air Services, Inc.
Gold Sponsors – Century 21 New Millennium, Jett
Homes, Kevin’s Roofing, Ni River Community
Church, Richmond American Homes, Spotsylvania Towne Centre, Sun Trust Mortgage and Virginia Paving.
Silver Sponsors – Allstate (Gordon Combs Agency &
Donna Stocking Agency), Anytime Limo, Belk,
Bowling Franklin & Co. LLP, Catt & Customs
Leather, ECS Mid-Atlantic LLC, Handy Girl
Home Improvements, JK Carpets, KA Graphix,
Long & Foster Realtors Fredericksburg, NSWC
FCU, Pawn King LLC, The Title Professionals and
Virginia Propane
Bronze Sponsors – Big Daddy Leather, Exit Realty
Expertise, MotoHaven, Staples and VB Energy
Design.
We also received prize donations from many companies
so we were able to give away many door prize drawings.
We also want to thank some of the companies/
organizations that donated large value gifts for the event:
Belk, who donated over $400 in gift items; Fawn Lake
Golf Course, who donated a certificate for rounds of golf
valued at $400; J. F. Fick, who donated a Budweiser cooler
and a banner listing the large sponsors of the event and
the Rappahannock YMCA who donated a certificate for a
6-month family membership at the YMCA.
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GFHFH would like to thank the following
individuals and corporations who have generously
donated funds or in-kind goods since January 2012
Donors make it Possible

Booz Allen Hamilton $275

NOVEC $500 for Lot 19 Lake Arrowhead
connection fees

Wal-Mart $1000 for Lot 19 Lake Arrowhead

Kohl’s $1500 for landscaping at Lot 4 Belfonte Rd.

Community Foundation of the Rappahannock
River Region (Wm. Lakeman Endowment)
$10,144
Putting a Face to the Name
Jason Tickle, Volunteer and ABWK coordinator
Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter, I
wanted introduce myself to all of the Habitat community.
My name is Jason Tickle; I am the new Volunteer and
ABWK Coordinator for our affiliate. I started in February
so I have gotten to meet many of you, but I am eager to
get a chance to speak with each and every one of you. I
can’t tell you how happy I am to be working with Habitat
for Humanity; the idea that really drew me to Habitat
was Millard Fuller’s comments about the “The theology
of the Hammer”, I see it as a great opportunity to put my
faith to action. I grew up in the Fredericksburg area so I
am very familiar with our region. I graduated from
Calvary Chapel Bible College with a degree in Theology,
and currently as a volunteer I
lead the youth ministry at
Calvary Chapel Fredericksburg.
If you have questions about how
to get engaged with Habitat for
humanity, feel free to contact
me at [email protected], or
by calling the office at 540-8915009. I also want to invite you
to be on the lookout for our
volunteer recognition cook outs,
we had a great time grilling and
getting to know many of you at
our last one held July 3rd at our
Restore location.
[email protected]
Selling New and Used
Building Materials,
Appliances, Furniture, and
Lighting Fixtures
Good S
tuff,
Monday-Saturday 9-5
Closed Sundays
Good P
rices,
GREAT
CAUSE
4755 Jeff Davis Highway
Four Mile Fork Business Center
Individuals and businesses can donate. Donations are accepted before 4pm Monday-Saturday. For more information, please call us
at (540) 891-5009 and speak with the store manager , or email [email protected].
Donate to GFHFH through
government campaigns:
If you are a federal, state or local government
employee, there is an easy way for you to donate
and support Greater Fredericksburg Habitat for
Humanity. We have been approved for the
various campaigns as an authorized charity for
employee donations. Our CFC# for the
Combined Federal Campaign is 68630 and we are
approved for the Potomac Region, National
Capital Area, Central Virginia Area, Thomas
Jefferson Area and the Chesapeake Bay Area
CFCs. Our CVC# for the Commonwealth
Virginia Campaign is 3584 and our LGC# for the
Local Government Campaigns is also 3584.
When the sign up period opens up this fall, look
for the Greater Fredericksburg Habitat name and
number and consider us for a donation through
your employer’s payroll deduction. Your
donations throughout the year are a big help for
Habitat to build homes for low income
workforce families in the Greater Fredericksburg
area.
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Belk Charity Sale
GFHFH participated in the Belk spring Charity
Sale on April 21 marking our 5th year working
with Belk on the event. Belk has the sale twice a
year in April and November and has markdowns
on most of its merchandise. All the charities
participating in the event sell Charity Sale tickets
for $5.00 each. The charity keeps the $5.00 and
the individual takes the ticket to the Charity Sale
and gets $5.00 off on their purchase. It’s an
opportunity to donate to GFHFH without any
cost to you. Watch for information on the Belk
Charity Sale coming up in the fall and purchase
your Charity Sale tickets from GFHFH.
4755 Jefferson Davis Highway, Fredericksburg, VA 22408
540.891.5009 ph 540.891.7009 fax www.fredhab.org