:: Two families approved for Habitat partnership
:: Habitat registering for ‘Women Build’ program
:: HFH, Sango UMC prepare for 2011 Scamper Road Race
:: Recreate Fall Festival with Habitat ReStore
:: Pathfinders Give Time, Provide Muscle for a Good Cause
:: We ‘heart’ ReStore

Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County, TN accepted a donation from the Sango United Methodist Church (UMC), proceeds from the 2010 Scamper Road Race. Habitat for Humanity has been the beneficiary of the Sango UMC event for approximately 20 years.

“We confidently say that Sango UMC has helped lay the foundation for every home we’ve built since 1992 and we’ll be there supporting the 21st annual Sango United Methodist Church Sango Scamper Road Race,” states Jennifer Kready, Executive Director. Theresa Ellis and Joy Roberts, Sango UMC Scamper co-chairs of this event explain, “We strive to have more participants every year and we feel that having a certified course, a long event history and wonderful benefiting cause, makes the Scamper a great race to be a part of. Plus our event shirts have become very collectable.”

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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Pathfinders of F Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, volunteered their time to help refurbish the Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore downtown here Sept. 10.

The Twenty-one Pathfinders, due to the nature of their job, were able to complete the task in half the time it was expected to take.

Working with Habitat for Humanity was a great opportunity, said 1st Lt. Curtis G. Cullen, F Co., 5th Bat., 101st CAB General Support Platoon leader. The Pathfinders role in the deconstruction work was also something that they were able to excel at.

“As far as a community effort, it matches our company’s personality pretty well,” he said. “It’s a great organization, and the work they asked us to do is in line with what we’re good at.”

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“We wanted a unique way celebrate our 20th anniversary in 2012 while engaging different communities and groups on the build site. We felt theme builds would allow participants to develop ownership throughout the event, while learning about the Habitat mission and ministry as well as making new friends and connections. We hope that these builds become a regular part of our Habitat outreach and something everyone can look forward to each year,” states Jennifer Kready, Executive Director.

“We’re recruiting committee members who want to take the lead on home construction activities and develop a plan that includes resource development to raise funds, materials, services and recruit volunteers for the build site. It takes a committed group of volunteers willing to fundraise, connect their contacts to a greater good, and be passionate about the Habitat mission throughout the 6-12 month process,” explained Kready. “Obviously the swinging hammers part is what most people look forward to, but what they don’t expect is when the experience takes hold deep in their heart. They realize that they’re building a future of stability, wealth, and happiness for a family who might not have had the opportunity without partnering with Habitat.”

Women Build encourages women of all skill levels and industries to partner on the build site with one mission: empower women to take action against poverty housing conditions. Women Build has constructed over 1,900 since its inception.

Registration to attend a Committee member interest meeting is available on the Affiliate website www.habitatmctn.org. Registration will close Friday October 21st with meetings scheduled thereafter.

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Habitat for Humanity on Thursday dedicated its 75th home in Montgomery County to El Nathon and Dyamond Williams.

The house, built in partnership with First Baptist Church of Clarksville, is on Cross Lane off of Greenwood Road.

“We’re very excited to welcome the Williams family as homeowners to Clarksville as well as dedicating our 75th home,” Executive Director Jennifer Kready said in a news release.

“First Baptist Church sponsored the home build, providing financial and labor support through subcontractors and their church membership. The Williams family invested 500 hours of sweat equity to build their home, with the final hours spent working side by side with their First Baptist Church family.”

After the celebration, Habitat accepted a donation from Sango United Methodist Church from proceeds raised during its 2010 Sango Scamper Race. Preparations are being made for the 2011 race to be held on Nov. 5, during which Habitat will host a table with information about Habitat homeownership, the release said.
Habitat for Humanity will build three more homes in 2011 with sponsorships from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Clarksville-Montgomery County School System through its 12 Days of Christmas Fund and Don Duncan Construction.

[Clarksville, TN] (September 29, 2011)— In recognition of World Habitat Day 2011, Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County, TN is planning to participate in the Habitat ReStore ‘ReCreate’ fall festival to address the need for decent housing around the world, including in Clarksville and Montgomery County.

The theme of World Habitat Day 2011 is “Housing cities after a disaster,” a serious and growing problem around the world. From Haiti and Japan to New Orleans and Memphis, urban areas face different and great challenges when responding to disasters. These dangers and challenges require effective and creative policies from governments and humanitarian groups around the world. “Considering we have endured significant natural disasters such as tornadoes and flooding in our own community within the past ten years, Clarksville-Montgomery County residents are very aware of the need for post-disaster housing as well as long-term affordable low-income housing,” explained Jennifer Kready, Executive Director. “The Affiliate will highlight Habitat’s positive impact in the community through simple, decent, and affordable new home construction, how to apply for the Habitat homeownership program, and how organizations and businesses can sponsor Habitat activities that benefits everyone.”

World Habitat Day is designated each year by the United Nations as a time to reflect on the dire need for adequate shelter around the globe. Habitat will dedicate its 500,000th house in Maai Mahiu, Kenya, and raise the walls on its 500,001st house in Paterson, New Jersey. Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County, TN is among the more than 2,300 Habitat affiliates worldwide that have made this milestone possible, having built 75 homes locally since 1992 with projections to complete four homes in 2011 and four to six homes 2012. We thank the community for the contributions made to help Habitat reach this milestone achievement, and we thank you for your continued support in helping us reach our first million homes!

The ReCreate mission is “Members of our community committed to creating a more beautiful and endurable Clarksville through creative reuse show how they are choosing to make their neighborhoods more environmentally and economically sustainable.” ReStore Manager, Kathryn Norbeck-Dayley explained, “I took the idea for ReCreate from a project that New Orleans started called the ReUse District. We hope to see ReCreate grow into something similar. Downtown Clarksville has a growing art community and we would love to see an event bring artists together to focus on reducing landfill use while making something beautiful. We want downtown businesses, like the ReStore, that focus reusing, recycling, and repurposing materials support these initiatives.”

In addition to the local artists, the ReStore will be serving up free hot dogs, chips, and drinks to the public during the event. ReStore Assistant Manager, Lashanya Rogers stated, “Our customers are the best and we thought ReCreate was a great opportunity to show our customer appreciation. I hope everyone will come out, enjoy the local art and have a bite to eat – on the ReStore – while browsing.”
ReCreate coincides with Habitat for Humanity World Habitat Day 2011 and the theme of housing cities after disaster. The Habitat affiliate will provide information about simple, decent and affordable housing while highlighting its 76th home build sponsored by the ReStore and Duncan Construction.

ReCreate will be in the ReStore parking lot from 8am to 2pm on Saturday, October 8th 2011.

Members of First Baptist Church, Clarksville, participated in a community service event called FirstServe on the Aug. 25-27 weekend. The purpose of this weekend was to meet immediate physical needs in our downtown, military and college communities.

Motivated by the call of God to His people to “seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you” (Jeremiah 29:7), church members gave of their time, resources and energy to share the love of Jesus with their neighbors.

Projects during the FirstServe weekend included assisting new freshmen as they moved into their dorms at APSU, putting together care packages for redeployed military families and completing beautification projects downtown.

The downtown projects had church members raising walls at a Habitat for Humanity home site, painting, cleaning and providing gift cards to teachers at Norman Smith Elementary School and completing various home repair and improvement projects for residents on Daniel Street and in other areas throughout the city.

— Submitted by Adam Susong

Clarksville, TN – The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) announced today that Hands On Nashville’s Hands On Clarksville program has been awarded a $25,000 September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance 10th Anniversary Challenge grant. With these funds, Hands On Clarksville’s 9/11 program, called Serve to Remember, will be supported through 2014.

Hands On Clarksville’s service effort was selected because it connected 890 volunteers with diverse community-enhancing projects between September 1st and 11th, 2011. That’s 48 percent more volunteers than organizers initially anticipated.

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Habitat ReStore contributed the volunteer hours by Sabalauski Air Assault School Soldiers from Fort Campbell who prepared the ReStore for painting the following week.