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Board of Directors' meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the
first Tuesday of each month at The Lake City Medical Center (Class
Room), 340 NW Commerce Drive Lake City, FL. All individuals interested
in helping Habitat for Humanity are invited to attend.
Habitat for Humanity
Lake City/Columbia County, Inc.
P.O. Box 487
Lake City, Florida 32056
386-755-0014
info@hfhlakecity.org
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HFH Newsletter - February 2011
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We would like to thank the
following businesses and
individuals who donated
funding, services and
materials for our fourth
house recently completed
at
971 NW Dyson Terrace, Lake
City for the Scippio
family!
A-1 Electric
Al's Painting - Al Ringer
American Society of Civil Engineers
Anderson Columbia
ASC Geosciences, Inc.
Carole B. Brown
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Lake City
Columbia Concrete Ready Mix
D. W. Turner
Darrell W. Hunt
Evacheck's Tree Service
First Federal Bank - Keith Leibfred
First Presbyterian Church
Florida Pest Control
Freeman Design Group
Ft. White Middle School Student Counci
Gary & Christine Noland
Gateway Safety
George & Sheila Burnham
Home Depot
Sally Huggins
Imperial Countertops & Design
James & Mary Ellen Bolton
James Montgomery
Jimmy Johnston/Hometown Homes
John & Mary Melum
John Bispham
Kurt Ruppert Tree Service
Paul LeClair
Lake City Board of Realtors
Lake City Christian Center
Lake City Industries Building Service |
Lake City Management Group
Lake City Medical Center
Lake City Reporter
Lake City/Columbia County
Larry & Janet Lee
Lowes
Marcotek Xerox Digital Office Solutions
Mini Storage of Lake City
Moe's Southwest Grill
Morrells
Natash Day - Cintas
Newman Media 96.5 - Bill Madden/John Newman
Abe Pallas
Parkview Baptist Church
Pelioni's Plumbing
Pure Plumbing Servicel
Debra Robarts
Scott Lamb
Severn Trent Services
Sherwin Williams Paint
Smart Liquidations
Southland Waste Services
Square D Electric
Steve Thomas Electric
Target Distribution Center
Way Word Ministries
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Whirlpool Corp
Yale Residential Security Products, Inc
Young Emerging Professionals (YEP)
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In
Memory
John Melum
We
lost a dear friend on
January 21, 2011.
John Melum was born
December 17, 1933 in Red
Lodge, Montana and was
raised in Spokane,
Washington. In
April, 1953, John joined
the United States Air
Force and for the next
twenty years, until
1973, he served his
country abroad, in Korea
and Japan, and later on
native soil on Air Force
bases in the states of
Washington and Alaska
where he enjoyed working
on aircraft.
John married Mary
Burdette on May 6, 1957
after meeting her on an
Air Force base.
They were married
for 53 years and have a
son, John
David. After leaving the
service of his country,
John moved his family to
Rome, New York, and
secured a position as
property manager and
served the company of
CRM Rental Management,
Inc. for the next 26 ½
years.
John and Mary
later moved their family
to Lake City.
Though retired a
second time, he still
could not retire from
service.
John
and Mary actively served
Habitat for Humanity
of Lake City/Columbia
County by helping to
select families for homes,
and supporting those
families through the
process of becoming
homeowners as
co-chairs of the Family
Nurturing Committee.
As board members, they
continued to be in contact
and support families who
became Habitat homeowners
by spending several hours
every month mentoring,
sharing and helping young
families as well as
talking with many
prospects.
John
loved fishing, gardening,
golf and bowling. In
fact, he had a
perfect bowling game (300)
once in Rome, New York.
He was a member of
American Legion Post 57,
VFW Post 2206, and was
affiliated with the Way
Word Ministries where he
was tireless in helping to
maintain their facilities.
John will truly be
missed!
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First
Federal donated 4 residential
lots to Habitat on Lomond
Street
Pictured
(L-R) - Gloria Markham of
First Federal, Keith
Leibfried - President
of First Federal, Sally
Huggins of First
Federal and Treasurer of
Habitat,
George
Burnham - Chairman of
Habitat, Robert Jordan -
Board Member and Site
Selection Chairman of
Habitat, and Gwynn Virosek
of First Federal
Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Layfield
Winner
of microwave given away at
Habitat
for Humanity Columbia County
fair booth
Donated
by Smart Liquidators of Lake
City
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Message from your Chairman
I,
too, would like to
thank all the businesses and
individuals who donated
funding, services and
materials for our fourth
home recently completed as
well as all the volunteers
who spent many hours working
to get the the Scippio
family into their new home
by Christmas!
With
our fourth house completed,
it is time to think about
the fifth house. For
it to become a reality,
before we can start
the house, we have to have:
1) at least two
qualified partner families,
2) 80 percent of
construction funding in
place and 3) a construction
chairman. Please pray
for these needs. I
would also like to have more
groups ready to volunteer
for workdays/projects before
starting.
Sheila
and I have registered for
the 2011 National Habitat
for Humanity Affiliate
Conference scheduled for
March 23 - 25. If you
are interested in joining
us, Visit
the national conference
registration site and
register today or see one of
us.
A
special thanks to Judy
Conklin for helping
Sheila and I at First
Presbyterian's Mission Fair
this past Sunday. They
are such a genous
congregation and have been a
tremendous help to our
affiliate.
A
special thanks to First
Federal Bank and Keith
Leibfried for their
generous donation of four
residential lots on 383
Lomond Street so we can help
build more homes for those
in need!
First
Federal has
extended the "Community
Rewards Program" with
Habitat through June.
Sign up to use a First
Federal Visa Debit Card as a
signature based transaction
and First Federal will
donate $.50 for each
transaction to HFH to reach
a goal of $3,000.
(click
here for "Community
Rewards Program"
enrollment)
Please
sign up for this program (which
will only last for until
June 30) to help us raise
some much needed funds for
our 5th house.
After
reading this disclosure,
please complete the
enrollment form and submit. Where
it asks for an account
number, please enter your
checking account number that
is held with First
Federal Bank of Florida.
Upon receipt we will
activate your enrollment. If
you know or hear of anyone
that is interested in being
part of this community
program, or have any
questions about this
program, please contact Sally
Huggins at 755-0600, ext
3602 or hugginss2@ffsb.com.
Thanks
for all you're doing. Please
consider sharing this
newsletter with a friend or
neighbor and ask them to get
involved in this worthwhile
organization
Habitat
for Humanity doesn't just
build affordable housing for
those in need; we build
homes,...home where dreams
are realized and seeds of
optimism are planted.
Our local community is
striving to do our part for
our partner families.
George
L. Burnham, Jr.
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Board
Meeting - Tuesday, February
1, 7:00
p.m.
Board
of Directors' meetings
are held at 7:00 PM
on the first Tuesday of
each month at The Lake
City Medical Center
(Class Room), 340 NW
Commerce Drive Lake
City, FL. All
individuals interesting
in helping Habitat for
Humanity are invited to
attend.
Agenda
Approval of Minutes
and Treasurer's
Report
Operating Committee
Reports (5 min
limits)
Building
Committee (Paul
LeClair)
Family Nurture
Committee (Mary
Melum)
Family Selection
Committee (Abraham
Pallas)
Fundraising
Committee (Derriel
Cribbs)
Public Relations
Committee (Still
looking for chair)
Site Selection
Committee (Robert
Jordan)
Volunteer Committee (Janina
Terry)
Other Reports:
First
Presbyterian
Church Mission
Fair
Website Makeover
New Business:
First
Federal Bank Lots on
Lomond St Work Day
HFHI
National Affiliate Conference
- March 22 - 25,
2011
Comments from
Other Volunteers
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Funding
Needed for Next Habitat
House
We are
currently looking for
individuals, groups and
businesses that might be
interested in making
donations of money,
building materials,
land, or labor to our
local affiliate to help
fund Habitat homes in
the Lake City/Columbia
County area.
The State
of Florida, in 1980,
initiated the Community
Contribution Tax Credit
Program (CCTCP). This
program provides Florida
businesses, which make
contributions to an
approved project, an
opportunity to apply for
a tax credit or sales
tax refund equal to 50%
of the value of their
contribution against
their Florida Corporate
income Tax, Florida
insurance Premium Tax or
Sales and Use Tax.
As an approved sponsor
for this program, we
are seeking partner
businesses that are
interested in making
donations to our local
affiliate to help build
our next Habitat home.
If you
know of any businesses,
individuals, or groups
that might be interested
in making a donation,
please contact George
Burnham, Chairman of the
Fundraising Committee,
at musicladylo@windstream.net or
386-590-0800 with their
contact information
(phone #, email, etc.).
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Cars
for Homes
Here's
your chance to do
"Ultimate Spring
Cleaning" and benefit
Lake City/Columbia County
Habitat for Humanity at
the same time. Forget the
house - look in your
garage and yard (and your
neighbors' yards) for the
treasures.
Habitat
for Humanity's Cars for
HomesTM
is
a national program that
recycles used cars,
trucks, boats, RVs,
motorcycles, construction
equipment or other
vehicles to raise funds
for HFH home construction.
Running or not, your old
treasures can be put to
good use through this
program.
Donors
simply call the Cars for
HomesTM
number
(877)277-HFHI (4344) or
visit www.carsforhomes.org
to donate vehicles.
Accepted vehicles are sold
through wholesale
auctions, salvage yards,
and automotive recyclers.
Donors are sent an
acknowledgement from HFHI
and all the forms required
by the IRS regulations.
Net proceeds and donor
contact information
generated by the donations
are disbursed to HFH
affiliates, based on the
zip code of the donor.
These are unrestricted
funds to help build homes
in partnership with local
families in need of decent
affordable shelter.
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Do
You Know Anyone Interested
in Owning a Habitat Home?
We are looking for families
who are interested in
becoming owners of Habitat
homes in the Lake
City/Columbia County area.
Successful candidates for
Habitat homes need to be
residents of Columbia County
and satisfy three criteria:
1) a need for Habitat
housing, 2) an ability
to repay a no-interest
mortgage, and 3) a
willingness to partner with
Habitat.
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