The link for the donation site is https://lafayettehabitat.myetap.org/catholic2012/

Here is a brief summary of the position:

Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette Director of Family Services.  This is a full-time position that requires the flexibility to be available evenings and Saturdays.  Habitat is willing to consider job-sharing if qualified candidates are interested in part-time work and coordinating schedules. 

Send resumes and cover letters to:

Alan Welch, Director of Operations
420 S 1st St
Lafayette, IN 47905
alan@lafayettehabitat.org
(765) 423 4590

Interested in helping us raise funds? Go to our special fundraising page. You can register for our fundraiser, start or join a team, set a goal, and begin raising money in support of our cause! You can also donate to our fundraisers or search for other participants and donate toward their goals.

For more information about riding or donating go to the Cover Indiana web site here.

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.

http://magazine.habitat.org/stories/forging-new-future-haiti

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 of Habitat for Humanity. The Purdue University Campus Chapter partners with Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette and has fully funded more than 5 houses since the fall of 1988.

“The Purdue Habitat for Humanity chapter is an essential part of our annual building schedule in Lafayette,” said Alan Welch, Director of Operations at Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette. “Not only do they fund and build a house every year on their own, the students are a major source of volunteer assistance on many other projects.”

The Purdue University Campus Chapter is one of 27 campus chapters to be awarded a matching grant from State Farm, the underwriter of Habitat for Humanity’s youth programs and a national partner since 2007. To qualify for the State Farm grant, The Purdue University Campus Chapter must raise a matching amount. The grant will be used to build houses in the community.

Purdue Habitat for Humanity has other numerous fundraisers planned for the rest of the semester. All are welcome to attend these events.

• There will be the Cover Indiana Bike Ride from May 6th-12th. Riders partake in a letter writing campaign in order to raise money for the house and participate in a week long, 350 mile bike ride across Indiana.
• Also, throughout the school year, Purdue Habitat for Humanity organizes a program called Hammering with Hope in order to raise money and get other student organizations involved with Habitat for Humanity.
• On April 4th, Hot Box Pizza is sponsoring a Skip-a-Meal for Purdue Habitat where 20% of their profits for that day go towards the fundraising of Purdue Habitat’s house. In addition, Purdue Habitat for Humanity is planning many other activities in order raise awareness and will host two recognition events to recognize State Farm.
• April 2nd-6th is Act! Speak! Build! Week, a week dedicated to spreading awareness about Habitat for Humanity. Purdue Habitat will be hosting several activities.
• On Wednesday, April 4th, Purdue Habitat will be building a shed on Memorial Mall on Purdue’s Campus. Several activities will be going on throughout the day to engage students.
• On Thursday, April 5th, starting at 7:00pm in Purdue’s Physics Building in Room 114, Purdue Habitat is hosting a speaker from Habitat International along with entertainment.
• In addition, Sunday, April 15th will be the house blessing for Purdue Habitat’s 2011-2012 fully student built and funded house. This will be held at the homeowner’s house at 137 Park Ave in Lafayette at 4:00pm. The house blessing is a time to hand over the keys to the future home owner in the presence of family, friends, and members of the local community.

Contact:
Emily Loehrlein
Purdue University Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter
eloehrle@purdue.edu
(812) 550-3226

About Purdue University Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter
The Purdue University Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter has been educating, advocating, building and fund raising since1988. Purdue University Habitat for Humanity is partnered with the local affiliate, Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette, to make a difference in the Lafayette and West Lafayette community. To learn more, visit www.purdue.edu/habitat.
About Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette
Founded in 1984, the mission of Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette is to give witness to the gospel by eliminating substandard housing and the corresponding challenges to families. Many families are living in unsafe and unhealthy conditions and Habitat helps by building safe, decent, affordable housing, nurturing families, and strengthening communities. Our vision is: Lives and communities transformed by building more than houses! To learn more, visit http://www.lafayettehabitat.org/.

About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International is a global nonprofit Christian housing organization that seeks to put God’s love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. Since 1976, Habitat has served more than 500,000 families by welcoming people of all races, religions and nationalities to construct, rehabilitate or preserve homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. For more information, to donate or to volunteer, please visit www.habitat.org , or follow us at www.facebook.com/habitat or at www.twitter.com/habitat_org or join Habitat’s blog community at www.habitat.org/blog.

 About State Farm®: 

State Farm and its affiliates are the largest provider of car insurance in the U.S. and is a leading insurer in Canada. In addition to providing auto insurance quotes, their 17,800 agents and more than 66,000 employees serve 81 million policies and accounts – more than 79 million auto, home, life and health policies in the United States and Canada, and nearly 2 million bank accounts. Commercial auto insurance, along with coverage for renters, business owners, boats and motorcycles, is also available. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked No. 37 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please visit http://www.statefarm.com.

Haitian families left homeless by the 2010 earthquake move into their new homes at Habitat for Humanity’s community in Léogâne.

	New Habitat homeowner, Nathalie Saint Germanin, and her son, stand in front of their house. More than 150 families moved into their homes in Habitat for Humanity’s Santo community in Léogâne, Haiti. Photo by Nixon Cyprien

Habitat representatives, partner families, local donors, partners, officials and supporters celebrate a new beginning in Habitat’s Santo community.

LÉOGÂNE, Haiti (Feb. 14, 2012) – Today, 155 families left homeless by the 2010 earthquake took possession of their new permanent homes in Habitat for Humanity’s Santo community in Léogâne, 18 miles west of Port-au-Prince and considered to be the epicenter of the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake.

“This is an exciting day for the partner families, Habitat for Humanity, donors, partners, volunteers and supporters who have made this all possible,” said Mark Andrews, vice president of Haiti recovery for Habitat for Humanity International. “Together, we have built a new community that will bring lasting hope, health and well-being to these families for years and generations to come.”

The Léogâne development has the potential to house up to 500 families, or approximately 2,500 individuals. To date, 155 homes have been constructed thanks to Santo project donors, including the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank, donors and volunteers of Habitat’s 28th annual Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, and volunteers from Haven, an Irish nonprofit. Partner families contributed more than 150 hours of “sweat equity” to help build their homes.

Habitat plans to construct another 100 houses this year when the Carter Work Project returns to Haiti. More houses will be constructed pending additional funding.

In addition to a new home, each family has their own compost latrine and has access to clean water at one of the 14 water points constructed throughout the development. Solar-powered street lighting is also provided. As part of the multi-year project, the plan is to provide needed services, including a community and health center, a school, church and safe play areas.

Speaking at today’s celebration, Claude Jeudy, Habitat’s national director for Haiti, said, “We have looked forward to this day with great anticipation to recognize what faith, perseverance and true partnership can create. This community is a testament to the inspiring work of the many people who have come together to make a difference in Haiti.”

Since the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, Habitat for Humanity’s five-year disaster recovery program to provide 50,000 families with pathways to permanent housing has helped more than 40,000 families, or approximately 200,000 individuals, in Port-au-Prince, Léogâne and Cabaret. In addition to its permanent houses in Santo, Habitat has distributed more than 24,500 emergency shelter kits with partner organizations, constructed more than 5,000 transitional or upgradeable shelters, conducted 12,000 house damage assessments and repaired or rehabilitated more than 350 houses. Habitat’s primary focus over the next three years will be to partner with more Haitian families to build permanent housing.

The earthquake damaged nearly 190,000 houses in Haiti, of which 105,000 were completely destroyed. Of the more than 2 million affected survivors, 550,000 are still displaced, according to the International Organization for Migration.

Land tenure continues to remain the biggest roadblock to reconstruction. The process of identifying land ownership was vague before the earthquake, and now it is even more of a challenge.

To address this problem, Habitat has created and fostered the Haiti Property Law Working Group, a diverse coalition of Haitian government officials, lawyers, academics and business leaders, along with representatives of the World Bank, USAID, the Inter-American Development Bank, the government of France, the Organization of American States, Architecture for Humanity, the Clinton Global Initiative, foundations, development partners and other nongovernmental organizations engaged in reconstruction and development. The goal of the Haiti Property Law Working Group is to support the government of Haiti in the recovery effort through the appropriate development of property for job creation, housing and other purposes by defining each step of the current processes applicable to land transactions and recommending improvements to be incorporated in future policies.

About Habitat for Humanity Haiti
Habitat for Humanity has been at work in Haiti for 27 years and has provided housing solutions through a variety of initiatives including new home construction, progressive building, home repairs and improvements. Habitat also builds capacity in construction skills, disaster risk reduction and financial literacy, and works in coordination with community and government agencies. For more information, visit habitat.org/haiti.

About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International is a global nonprofit Christian housing organization that seeks to put God’s love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. Since 1976, Habitat has served more than 500,000 families by welcoming people of all races, religions and nationalities to construct, rehabilitate or preserve homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. For more information, to donate or to volunteer, please visit www.habitat.org, or follow us at www.facebook.com/habitat or atwww.twitter.com/habitat_org or join Habitat’s blog community at www.habitat.org/blog.

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 New Year’s Day.  Several staff members will be in on an irregular basis.  Feel free to leave a voice mail message at (765) 423-4590, or send an email message to info@lafayettehabitat.org

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!