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Lafayette Catholic Churches Join to Build Home
Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette and the local Catholic Church parishes are once again joining together to build a home for a Habitat Partner family on Summerfield Drive in Lafayette. Sponsorship of the house is $50,000. When complete, the home will be sold to the family with a no-interest loan. Please consider supporting one of the parish teams to meet our fundraising goal! The link for the donation site is Read more »
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Director of Family Services opening posted
Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette is looking for a new Director of Family Services. The position description can be found here: Family Services-Office Manager Position. It is a critically important piece of the Habitat picture and we are hopeful that someone from the faith community will be available to join our team. We would like to begin interviewing potential candidates ... Read more »
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Habitat for Humanity’s Homeward Bound Walk Build
Homeward Bound raises funds across Indiana to address housing issues for low-income families. Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette hopes to raise enough money in 2012 to build a home to help another family achieve the dream of home ownership. Interested in helping us raise funds? Go to our special fundraising page. You can register for our fundraiser, ... Read more »
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Cover Indiana Bike Tour: May 6-12
Each spring, for the past 9 years, riders from all over the Midwest have hit the pavement of Indiana’s back roads on their bicycles to raise money and awareness for the mission of Habitat for Humanity in Indiana. From May 6 to May 12, cyclists will embark on a 360 mile journey through Central Indiana. The route will start in Lafayette, with overnights in Crawfordsville, Terre Haute, Linton, Bedford, Bloomington, ... Read more »
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New Media Postings about Habitat
Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette has been in the news a few times lately. At the annual United Way Volunteer Recognition program, Jerry Weedon was recognized with the Golden Gift of Time award. Weedon, a retired Eli Lilly engineering coordinator, has served 18 years with Habitat for Humanity. This story and others can be found on the Media page. Read more »
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Forging a New Future in Haiti
Doug Taylor, Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette, is currently on leave in Haiti working for Habitat for Humanity International in providing homes in the Santo project in Leogane. He will return to Lafayette after an 18-month stint in the earthquake-ravaged country. Here is a story from the HfH International magazine about the Santo project http://magazine.habitat.org/stories/forging-new-future-haiti Read more »
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Purdue Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter receives State Farm grant
West Lafayette, IN (March, 2012) – The Purdue University Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter has been selected to receive a $10,000 matching grant from State Farm® for its outstanding work in creating affordable housing in partnership with low-income families. A campus chapter is a student-led, student-initiated organization on a high school or college campus that partners with the local Habitat affiliate to build, fundraise, advocate and educate to support the work ... Read more »
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HFHL Assists 155 Haitian Families move into new homes
Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette's own Doug Taylor has been instrumental in helping these families in Haiti over the last 16 months. Staff members Jess Vandegraff, Cindy Taylor, and Debbie Belange have also participated with these families. Haitian families left homeless by the 2010 earthquake move into their new homes at Habitat for Humanity’s community in Léogâne. New Habitat homeowner, ... Read more »
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Cindy Taylor Appointed Director of Development
Cindy Taylor has been appointed by the Habitat Board of Directors to assume the Director of Development position. Read more »
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Christmas to the New Year at HFHL
The ReStore for Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette will be open 'Holiday Hours' for the next week. Saturday, December 24: Open 9:00 to noon Tuesday, December 27 to Friday, December 30: Open 10:00 am to 4:00 pm December 31: Closed The main office will be closed between Christmas and ... Read more »
