Manatee Habitat is partnering with the Home Depot Foundation in a Veteran Repair project that will  provide a critical home repair for a local Bradenton veteran.  Lonnie Dixon, an army veteran who served in the National Guard from 1964-1985, is receiving assistance from the program with the help of Habitat and Hope Depot volunteers.   Renovations to the Dixon home will include an upgrade to their one bathroom to accommodate Mrs. Dixon’s wheelchair.   Volunteers are working mornings on site at the Dixon home .  The project is expected to be completed by end of June.

Manatee Habitat is one of 84 Habitat affiliates selected to participate in Habitat for Humanity International’s Repair Corps, a project funded by The Home Depot Foundation and designed to support U.S. veterans in need of home repair.   The foundation is funding the project with a $2.7 million cash and in-kind gift card donation. Home repair grants will be allocated in amounts up to $15,000 for each Repair Corps project.  The program grant covers the cost of a variety of repairs that could include roofing and weather stripping to the installation of wheelchair ramps and renovated bathrooms and doorways to accommodate disabled veterans.  Habitat for Humanity’s Repair Corps is part of a three-year, $30 million investment The Home Depot Foundation is making to multiple organizations to help ease the burdens of military veterans by repairing and renovating homes and public facilities for military veterans.

For more information contact Didi Hager at 748-9100 ext 102.

Please join us Saturday, June 8th at 12pm at Hope Landing in Ellenton, for the Habitat home dedication ceremony for our newest homeowner Ana Reyes and her family.  This home marks the completion of the Manatee Habitat Women Build!  Home dedications bring together volunteers who have worked on the home, donors who have helped support us financially, the future homeowner and Habitat community friends to celebrate and honor all those who have made this home a reality. Join us June 8th for this special community gathering. 

Homeowner Ana Reyes standing outside her Habitat home with Volunteer Coordinator Ogden Clark and Construction Manager Bruce Winter

For more information or directions to Hope Landing contact Mariah, at 941-748-9100 ext 107 or mgroome@manateehabitat.org.

Our Team began work to repair Vera Taylor’s roof recently as part of our “A Brush With Kindness Program”. The homeowner pays us a percentage of the cost of the repairs, and our outstanding volunteer team donates their labor to help make the project affodable for the homeowner. Find out how you can be a part of projects like this by contacting Ogden Clark, our Volunteer Coordiantor at 941-748-9100 ext. 104

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Manatee County Habitat for Humanity will host a luncheon on Friday March 8^th highlighting the current Women Build project and celebrating International Women’s Day.   The luncheon, sponsored by Brighthouse Networks, will be held at the Palmetto Art Center, 907 5^th Street W. in Palmetto from 11:45 to 1:00pm.   Featured guest speakers are Mary Dailey, co-chair of the “Through Women’s Eyes” film festival held in conjunction with the Sarasota Film Festival and Ana Reyes, future Habitat Homeowner.  Tickets are $25.00 and all proceeds benefit Manatee Habitat Women Build.

The Manatee Habitat Women Build project brings women from all walks of life together to actively address the issue of poverty housing.  The Women Build team is completing the last phase of construction on a 4-bedroom Habitat home at Hope Landing in Ellenton. Women volunteers are leading all aspects of the project including construction, fundraising and marketing.   For more information on the Manatee Habitat Women Build call 748-9100 ext 107.

To purchase tickets visit www.tinyurl.com/WomenBuildingHope

St Joseph’s Catholic Church  held its third annual Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday,  January 26^th, 2013 raising  $1600 for Manatee Habitat for Humanity.  More than 200 parishioners and friends of Habitat enjoyed a meal prepared by John Muller-Thym and his team.  St Josephs church has partnered with Manatee Habitat since 2007 providing volunteers in construction and at the ReStore thrift shops. Thank you to everyone who made this possible!

Join us this Saturday, February 9th at 2 PM for our next educational workshop covering Exterior Painting and Caulking. The workshop will be held at the Lowe’s on 70 (7395 52nd Pl. East, Bradenton, FL 34203) from 2:00pm until 3:30pm. Click here to sign up! 

We will be having a ‘Painting Blitz’ the following Saturday, Feb. 16th from 7:30am-12:00 noon on the job site at Hope Landing (1647 38th Ave E, Ellenton Fl 34222 and hope to get most of Ana’s home painted that day. If you can’t make the Lowe’s class but would like to participate in the Painting Blitz please come out! To signup to Volunteer on the Jobsite click here!

If you have any questions please feel free to call or email.

Mariah Groome
Manatee County Habitat for Humanity
mgroome@manateehabitat.org
941-748-9100 ext 107

There is no cost to enroll, and supplies are provided by Lowe’s. No experience is necessary for volunteers who want to participate in the building of the Women Build home as well as the other 4 homes current under construction at Hope Landing   Volunteer opportunities are available at the worksite on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 7:30am-12pm.  To signup to Volunteer on the Jobsite click here

Women Build, underwritten by Lowe’s, is a program of Habitat for Humanity International that empowers women to address the crisis of children in poverty by building homes with families in need.  The Manatee Habitat Women Build project brings women from all walks of life together to actively address the issue of poverty housing.  Women volunteers are leading all aspects of the project including construction, fundraising and marketing. 

 Spaghetti and Meatball Dinner to benefit Manatee Habitat for Humanity 

Saturday February 2nd, 2013 

 On  Saturday, February 2nd,  from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the St Joseph Parish Center, there will be a spaghetti and meatball dinner held to benefit the Habitat for Humanity Ministry here at St Joseph. Tickets are $8.00 per person and will be available at the conclusion of all masses the weekend of January 26^th and at the entrance door the afternoon of the event, Saturday February 2nd 2013. Please come and join us for a great meal to benefit a great cause. Any questions should be directed to Jim Frame at jimframe@earthlink.net. The address for St Joseph church is;  3100 26th Street West, Bradenton, FL 34205.

God bless you all and thanks for your continued support of the Habitat for Humanity Ministry. 

Bradenton, FL (January 3, 2012, 2012) Manatee County Habitat for Humanity is calling for women volunteers to participate in a local Women Build project. Women Build, underwritten by Lowe’s, is a program of Habitat for Humanity International that empowers women to address the crisis of children in poverty by building homes with families in need.  Volunteers of all skill levels are encouraged to get involved.

To help volunteers get a jump-start on their building skills, Lowe’s is hosting How-To clinics. Clinics are open to members of the public who are interested in volunteering for our local Women Build. The next clinic “ Installing Siding” will be January 12^th,  2:00pm- 3:30pm at Lowes, located at 7395 52nd Pl. E., Bradenton, FL.   

There is no cost to enroll, and supplies are provided by Lowe’s. Volunteers will have an opportunity to utilize their skills on the jobsite Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 7:30am-12pm at Hope Landing.

The Manatee Habitat Women Build project brings women from all walks of life together to actively address the issue of poverty housing.  Women volunteers are leading all aspects of the project including construction, fundraising and marketing. 

To sign up or for more information visit www.tinyurl.com/WBLowesClass

Last weekend Habitat Families came together to celebrate the Holidays!

Thank you to our Volunteers, Donors, Board Members, and Staff for making this such special day for our Habitat families!  Santa even stoped by! We are so fortunate to be surrounded by such a loving, caring, devoted group.

Bradenton Times Article

Manatee Spotlight December 9, 2012