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Thank you to the Honda In this issue:
Canada Foundation! • Honda Canada Foundation
• Introduction to new families
• Launch of Kitchens to Homes
This year, through the Honda Canada Foundation, Habitat for Humanity Huronia was selected
to receive a 2018 CR-V Touring model, built at Honda of Canada Mfg. in Alliston, Ontario. • A message from our C.E.O.
Habitat Huronia has served the Barrie, Angus and South Simcoe regions since 1996, bringing • Centre Street completion
communities together to provide local families in need of a hand-up with safe, decent and • Adopt-A-Day Sponsors
affordable housing. In Alliston alone, Habitat Huronia has helped to build three homes for local • Volunteer Spotlight
families and has plans to begin a new project in the region for 2020. • UpCycle Cup
This vehicle donation from Honda of Canada has significantly increased Habitat Huronia’s
• Events
capacity to serve more families. We have been able to provide support to our two ReStore • Upcoming Events
operations and help transport volunteers to-and-from homebuilding projects and fundraising
events.
Volunteer • Build • Donate • Shop
Bill Easdale, Senior Vice President of Honda of
Canada Mfg. and Vice Chair of the Honda
Canada Foundation, said, “We are proud to
make this important donation to our community
in recognition of our suppliers, who play such
a critical role in our success. The opportunity
to assist Habitat Huronia as they build new
homes and new beginnings for families in our
community helping them to live their best lives
captures the ideals of our Foundation.”
From all of us at Habitat Huronia
—Thank you!
Ken Kirk, CEO, Habitat for Humanity Huronia, and Scott Crosby, Habitat for Humanity
Board Member, join Bill Easdale, Vice Chair, Honda Canada Foundation and Senior Vice
President of Honda of Canada Mfg. for a ‘key’ presentation of a different kind.
The CR-V Touring model was presented to Habitat for Humanity Huronia in recognition
or their outstanding service the organization provides to the community.
Two New Habitat Families!
Meet the Graham’s oldest is starting high school this year. In four years she will be
moving on and I don’t want her to have to worry about money
I have spent the last when going to college/university. All I wanted to do was save
eight years of my life money to buy our own home but when the housing market rose,
trying to rebuild. I I knew I would never own my own home.
lost everything due to
an ex-husband who I was speaking with a co-worker that attended a Simcoe County
accumulated debt, and Home Builders Association meeting and spoke to someone from
once we signed the Habitat for Humanity. As I made decent money, I thought I
separation agreement would never qualify for a Habitat house, but he told me to apply
he filed bankruptcy, anyway. I did and when I was accepted and moved onto the
leaving me with all the second step, I was so excited to tell my kids that we all cried! I
debt built up during cannot express in words what making it this far means to me!
our marriage. My I see Habitat as that program that will help me give my kids a
savings, investments, sense of pride and ownership in having their own home again.
our home. Everything.
Gone. I thought that When I explained the details of the Habitat house to my kids and
was it! that I would have to put in ‘sweat equity’ hours, they asked how
My children and I have many hours they can put in. They want to help! They want to feel
been bounced around from rental house to rental house during, like this new home is truly theirs. All of us will benefit from a
and due to a string of bad luck we have lived in six houses in Habitat house. It would be a way for all of us to put down roots
eight years. I have spent so much of my life trying to provide a and not only have a house but for the first time in eight years…a
stable, warm home for my two children but when we were forced home.
to move due to disrepair, pests and untreated mould issues it was
very upsetting. Add to that the cost of renting, I felt like I was
never going to get ahead.
Thank you!
I want to be able to continue to contribute to our RESP as my Tara Graham & Family
Meet the Campbell’s
As a kid I did a lot of things with my family but we also moved around a lot. I chose to get
into trouble. I moved to British Columbia for 20 years and that’s where life fell apart;
becoming an addict and having no cares took its toll on life, bad credit, no trust from
family and hatred towards myself. I moved back to Ontario in 2011, given one last chance
from my family to change and that is what I did.
I met my wife Christine in 2012. We have created a strong family unit that helps one-
another as often as possible. Christine has recently applied to Georgian College and I truly
believe she will excel! Christine has two children that have such big hearts, empathy for
others and strive to please. We hope to teach our children important life skills as well as
learning what comes with owning a home and all the responsibilities that go with it. We
also look forward to supporting the ReStore so others can have a chance.
We are looking forward to putting in our ‘sweat equity’ hours for ourselves and for others.
This is something that will be educational and forever knowledge we can share with our
friends, family and community.
Thank you!
Chris, Christina & Family
Kitchens to Homes has Officially Launched! The ability to serve families in our community is our top priority. We are always looking for ways to the number of homes available. With that in mind, we were proud to launch our Kitchens to Homes program in July where a team of skilled volunteers will remove your kitchen, which will be sold in one of our ReStores, and leave your space contractor ready. Our team of volunteers have learned from the very best kitchen salvage crews at Habitat for Humanity stores in Niagara and Mississauga. They have been provided with all the equipment and tools they need to do the job. Have granite counters? We have the equipment to soften the epoxy joints and safely remove it from your home. How can you donate your kitchen you ask? That’s simple too – just visit our website at HabitatHuronia.com for more information or get in touch with our scheduling team. Don’t forget to tell your friend and help us in our mission; “Always thinking families first”. A Message from Our C.E.O, The budget for the 5 unit townhouse is appealing to all of Barrie to help us achieve Ken Kirk $1,500,000. Just over half ($765,000) our goal to provide 5 new partner families The first half of 2018 has been spectacular will be funded through the Habitat the stability of a safe and affordable place and has all of us pumped about our Huronia (Fund for Humanity), generous to live in 2019. Donate Now! ambitious plans for this fall and 2019. We Gift-In-Kind from local and national celebrated the addition of our two newest suppliers, and the great commitment of families that moved into Centre St. earlier our volunteers and trades. The balance of this year. 440 Yonge is now completely $735,000 will be raised through generous renovated and is awaiting our newest cash donations from the greater Barrie family to move in this fall. These are the community. We know that our loyal first few builds completed in our ambitious supporters will donate as they always strategic plan to have 25 new homes in have, but this is by far the most ambitious 5 years. Our next exciting project is 541 project we have ever taken on. Our success Essa Rd that will begin in early 2019 as will depend on a significant number of soon as we have enough funds to proceed. new personal and corporate donors. I am
Centre Street Build Complete
Centre St. is now complete and it is truly a marvel of what a
community, when engaged, can create. This incredible semi-
detached will now be home to two deserving families.
Our community dedication and strong engagement is what
makes our mission possible. From the very beginning we
received numerous donations; Tacoma Engineering donating
the drawings for permits, Skelton Brumwell designing the Plot
Plan, Eisses Bros. donating the excavating, Northern Plumbing Bayfield Ford Build Day Nando’s Lunch Sponsor
donating the rough and finished plumbing, Tilemaster
donating the tiles, Ferndale Trim and Doors donating the trim
and doors, James Hardie donating the exterior siding, Brayford
Sod donating the grass….you get the idea.
What I have left out is the countless discounts we’ve been
given from all of our trade partners, and the seemingly endless
amount of volunteer hours put in by our amazing volunteers.
The project dealt with silly weather, delivery and scheduling
issues, but everyone involved came together to make this
dream a reality for two families. This is a project that brought Hooligans Lunch Sponsor RBC Build Day
a lot of people together and couldn’t have been accomplished
without everyone’s participation. That is the true definition of
COMMUNITY!
Thank you all for another successful and beautiful Habitat
build!
Rob Cikoja
Director of Construction
The Beer Store Build Day Farmhouse Lunch Sponsor
Barnstormer’s Lunch Sponsor Lowes Build Day Cascades Build Day
Ferndale Banquet Lunch Sponsor Enbridge Build Day The Faris Team Build Day
Ferndale Trim and Doors Build Day Sunlife Financial Build Day The Faris Team Build Day
Smokes Poutinerie Lunch Sponsor Bayfield Ford Build Day Home Dedication
2019 Build at Essa and Mapleton
Our largest build is less than a six months away.
This perfect location is just an 8 min walk to the
Holly Community Centre, a short walk to access 3
bus routes, with a complete shopping centre across
the street and it is close to schools.
The design will provide the optimal living space
on 3 floors with individual carports, storage and a
grassed common area. This will be an
incredible boost to help address Barrie’s
affordable housing crisis but it will require more
community support than ever.
In addition to our volunteer army, contributions
from the ReStore, our Fund for Humanity and
generous suppliers that donate materials we will
need to raise $735,000. We need your support.
Please contact June Harrow, Manager of Events and
Donors, june@habitathuronia.com or Ken Kirk,
C.E.O., ken@habitathuronia.com to learn how you
can help us build these homes for our five new
Partner Families.
Volunteer Spotlight
If you follow us on Facebook and Instagram then this volunteer is
no stranger to you! Meet James – the star of our Wednesday posts
from the Barrie ReStore!
James has been with us for nearly two years after relocating to
Barrie with his family. Two days a week you’ll find James doing
various jobs around the ReStore and having a great time.
Next time you’re in the store stop and say hello – you’ll be greeted
with the best smile ever!!
There are volunteers and then there is Ellen!
You may have seen Ellen at the Alliston
Home and Lifestyle Show in the spring using
her talents to upcycle a small table and
inspire you to do the same.
Ellen has recently turned her talents to
upcycling items in the Alliston ReStore,
creating beautiful items for your home.
Look at this beautiful small hutch (that
sold in just days), she even painted the
accessories on it. Thanks Ellen!
First Annual
Upcycle Cup
Challenge
This spring at our Barrie and Alliston
Home Shows, we had some fabulous
furniture upcycled by local businesses.
Each team from Catherine Staples
Interiors, Ferndale Trim & Doors, The
Chilton Team and Upscaled Utopia
selected a piece from the ReStore and
then took them drab to fab with the goal
to raise funds for our Centre Street build.
They started as distressed but solid
pieces of furniture that needed vision to
see what they could become! Visitors
to both home shows were amazed at
the transformations – some anxious to
try their hand at upcycling their own
furniture; others were anxious to buy
these stunning pieces.
Want to be part of the next challenge?
Contact lisa@habitathuronia.com.
Stay tuned for the 2019 Upcycle Cup
Challenge appearing at the Spring Home
Shows in Barrie & Alliston.
Events
Habitat has been very busy this spring
and summer! We were at:
• Bradford Clean-Up Day
• Cookstown Wing-Ding
• Sandy Cove
• Briar Hill
• Boots & Hearts
• Potato Festival
• Carrot Fest
We had a great time speaking with other
organizations, and talking to the public
about what Habitat does and how they
can get involved.
We can’t wait to see you again next year!
Volunteer Appreciation
As appreciation for all of the hard work
our volunteers do, we rented a coach bus
and toured down to the Toronto Blue Jays
game on Father’s Day at the Rogers centre.
With the dome open, and the stadium full
of fans, the Blue Jays won! It was nice to
have a relaxing day with the volunteers
who work so hard to help Habitat Huronia
meet its mission.
New in August, we also hosted a Thank
You BBQ to thank our volunteers, and
donors. Judging by some of the smiles, I’d
say our volunteers, and their families, had
a blast. Thank you for all you give!
Rock the House Bonspiel Golf Fore Humanity Ladies Golf Tournament
2018 started off with Alliston’s Rock the Our annual Golf FORE Humanity event In August, the ladies of the Barrie Country
House Bonspiel, as participants enjoyed was a huge success this year! The weather Club supported Habitat Huronia with
the day curling, winning prizes and was beautiful and golfers tried their their annual golf tournament. Our
making new friends. hardest to win one of the hole-in-one mission to provide affordable home
prizes. Our event raised $27,500 to help ownership would not be possible without
With sponsors, donors, and curlers; a total build five townhomes in Barrie in 2019. generosity such as yours!
of $4,000 was raised! Thank you!
Upcoming Events
BEER STORE NATIONAL BOTTLE DRIVE – SEPTEMBER 8TH – Come see us
at one of the 10 Beer Store locations and donate your bottles to help build
homes in our local community.
CASA - SIP, SAVOUR, SING – SEPTEMBER 13TH – The best lip-syncing battle
of all time. Join us to sing your favourite songs or enjoy a variety of local
drinks and food. Tickets are $50 and available at http://secure.qgive.com/
event/2018casa
PUB NIGHT AT THE GIBSON CENTRE - SEPTEMBER 22ND – Join us for a
great night of music and drinks with friends! Don’t forget the loaded pub
potatoes as a late night snack! Tickets are $20 and are available by phone at
705-435-2828.
MEANING OF HOME CONTEST - OCTOBER – The Meaning of Home
contest invites Grade 4, 5 and 6 students from across Canada to submit a
Contact us:
written essay about what home means to them. Genworth Canada donates
$10 per entry and the winner gets to direct a $50,000 grant from Genworth
Canada to a Habitat build of their choice.
EUCHRE NIGHT - OCTOBER 19TH LADIES CLUB AT THE GIBSON CENTRE –
We are the charity of choice!
Habitat Huronia Office:
(Beside Barrie ReStore Location)
705-727-0802
Presents info@habitathuronia.com
Mon. – Fri.: 8am-4pm
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HURONIA’S
SIPSAVOURSING
Barrie ReStore:
128 Brock Street,
Barrie Ontario L4N 2M2
SIP drinks, SAVOUR local cuisines, and support our SINGers 1-877-835-2001
during the epic Lip-Sync battle! donations@habitathuronia.com
Mon. – Fri.: 9am-5:00pm
SUPPORT A GREAT CAUSE! Sat.: 9am-4pm
September 13, 2018 Alliston Restore:
239 Church Street South, Unit 4 & 5
6:30 to 9:00 pm Alliston Ontario L9R 2B7
1-877-835-2001
TANGLE CREEK GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB donations@habitathuronia.com
4730 Sideroad #25, Thornton, Ontario L0L 2N0 Mon. – Fri.: 9am-5pm
Sat.: 9am-4pm
TICKETS: $50
* Donation door closes ½ hour
before closing.
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