Greater Worcester Habitat for Humanity: News and Events
What's New
Posted: 2010-07-13 14:14:17
Read about our upcoming home build in Boylston! More...
HFH-MW/GW announces the selection of our newest Habitat family for the MacArthur Drive home. Read more...
Women Build 2010 raised over $7500 for our newest home in Millbury! Read more...
Go Green with ReStore: Celebrate the spirit of Earth Day 2010 at ReStore. Shop new and gently used materials a low prices and donate your items to keep them out of the waste cycle! Read more...
Celebrating 25 years: This year marks our 25th Anniversary as a Habitat affiliate! Thank you all for 25 years of volunteering and financial support. Read more...
HFH-MW/GW is excited to announce that two new Habitat homes will be built in Boylston, MA! On June 27, 2008, Habitat for Humanity-MetroWest/Greater Worcester executed a Purchase and Sale Agreement with the owners of land designated 1 Mill Road Circle, with the agreement that the land would be developed as affordable housing. Currently, permits are being obtained for the project, and groundbreaking is expected for this fall!
The design of the project is as a duplex consisting of two three-bedroom units, approximately 1150 square feet each. Each unit will be two stories, with bedrooms on the second floor. The structure will be designed, detailed and landscaped in a manner compatible with neighboring homes, as determined by the Town of Boylston.
Members of the Local Project Committee in Boylston have been working closely with HFH-MW/GW to fundraise for the project, raise awareness throughout the community, and plan the building of these two units. Please join us! Contact Sue Olsen at olsensue@aol.com or Howard Drobner at howard.drobner@excite.com to participate in the Local Project Committee or sponsor this build. Also, check back here for updates on fundraisers for this project and groundbreaking!
It has been 7 months since our wonderful 2009 CEMENT MIXER Gala and we wanted to share with our sponsors, supporters and friends how we have put the proceeds to work in your communities!
Raising $36,000, HFH-MW/GW has used these proceeds to help fund a single family home in Millbury (to be completed summer 2010), plan for our next build- a duplex in Boylston-and open our ReStore.
A special THANK YOU to our 2009 CEMENT MIXER Gala Sponsors: Seagate, Niche Hospitality Group, National Grid, and the Worcester Business Journal, as well as to our loyal friends and supporters for contributing to such a successful evening!
This year we have even more to celebrate: 2010 is our 25th Silver Anniversary! This fall we will break ground for the duplex Boylston and host our 2010 CEMENT MIXER Gala on Saturday, October 30 at the Courtyard Marriott in Marlborough. The evening program will feature a live and silent auction and entertainment by the Redline a cappella singing sensation.
Save the date! We welcome our friends and supporters to celebrate with us and support our mission of providing safe, decent and affordable housing in the MetroWest and Greater Worcester communities!
Habitat for Humanity-MetroWest/Greater Worcester announces the selection of the family who will own the Habitat home at 41 MacArthur Drive in Millbury. Jennifer Lavalley of Millbury was selected as the newest homeowner on Thursday, May 6th in a public lottery at the Millbury Town Hall.
Upon learning of her selection, Lavelley was overwhelmed with emotion; "I can't even believe it," she said. Lavalley is eager to work on the site during the final stages of building and put in her sweat equity hours. Her two oldest children, Javier, 14 and Jazmine, 12 can also help earn sweat equity hours by receiving good attendance and grades in school, while her younger children, Adriana, 2 and Jacklyn, 1, will add to these hours through hired child care.
The family will work with local and affiliate Family Partnership Committees and attend monthly meetings to prepare for home ownership. A single adult family is required to contribute 400 sweat equity hours. Lavalley will have the opportunity to complete sweat equity hours on her home in Millbury, a future project in Boylston, as well as in the HFH-MW/GW office and ReStore. Completion of the Millbury Habitat Project is anticipated for Summer 2010.
Thank you to our sponsors at Curves of Millbury, Elizabeth Grady Millbury, Lisa Shaw of Remax Executives, Whole Foods of Framingham, and Calabria Ristorante and the 65 women who volunteered 156 hours at our newest home in Millbury and raised over $7500 for the project at this weekend's Women Build event!
With clear skys and warm weather, volunteers were able to work outdoors on the home's landscaping, walkways and exterior painting as well as indoors on painting and tiling! Each day two shifts of volunteers worked to complete these projects. Volunteers learned new skills from Project Manager Bob Turbidy and from each other and took on new challenges to help complete this home for a deserving family who will be chosen this Thursday, May 6th.
Thank you to everyone who helped make our second annual Women Build a great success!
Check out the latest photos from our home build in Millbury! The home is quickly coming together, with finishing projects continuing throughout May.
The Millbury home has become our most sustainable and environmentally friendly home complete with recycled insulation, solar panels donated by Alteris Renewables, and incoming Energy Star rated appliances.
The Habitat for Humanity-MetroWest/Greater Worcester ReStore is a retail outlet that sells construction and home improvement materials as well as home furnishings for a fraction of regular retail prices! Items are donated by local retailers, contractors, and individuals within the community.
ReStore provides an environmentally and socially responsible way to keep good, reusable materials out of the waste stream while providing much needed funding for the work of Habitat for Humanity-MetroWest/Greater Worcester.
Our ReStore facility is currently located at 7 Gold Street (off Green Street) in Worcester, MA. Run by a wonderful group of dedicated volunteers, ReStore is open for sales every Friday and Saturday from 10am-12pm.
We accept donations of new and gently used items. We are looking for: cabinets and vanities, bathroom and plumbing fixtures, lighting fixtures, siding, windows, doors, flooring, hardware, tools, lumber, molding, trim, furniture in good condition, and other materials! Contact Lucy Parker at our Habitat office at 508-799-9259 or email restoredonations@gwhfh.org.
For general questions and inquiries, please contact restore@gwhfh.org or 508-439-7655.
This year marks the 25th Anniversary of our Habitat for Humanity affiliate! This year-long celebration provides us an opportunity to recognize the countless hours of volunteer service and financial support from individuals, corporations and community organizations in support of our mission - building homes, building hope, building community. With the help of community members like you, Habitat for Humanity-MetroWest/Greater Worcester has successfully made an impact in our community, creating 29 homes for families in need. Habitat's work is fulfilling for volunteers and life changing for our partner families, offering a hand up, not a handout for affordable homeownership.
Throughout the year we will be celebrating our Silver Anniversary with you, our supporters! Please join us at one or more of the following events:
25th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Meeting ~ April 13 Women Build ~ May 1 & 2 Take-a-Hike ~ May 22 (Mt. Monadnock), June 5 (Blue Hills Reserve) Wine Social at Bocado Tapas Wine Bar ~ June 16 Cement Mixer Gala ~ October 30 (Courtyard Marriott, Marlborough)
