Hi Habitaters!
Today UGA Habitat's aluminum can recycling program hosted a recycling toss booth in the "Captain Planet Carnival" Earth Day celebration. The event was organized by the Go Green Alliance and consisted of booths run by several of the environmental groups on campus. For the recycle toss, we decorated one of our cardboard recycling bins and challenged participants to try to toss a crushed can into one of the holes. Many people succeeded and won great prizes, including t-shirts, carabiners, bumper stickers, magnets, and water bottles. We also set up bins around Tate Plaza and Myers Quad to collect aluminum cans to raise money for Habitat. The event was a lot of fun, and we assembled a long list of prospective volunteers for next semester! Many thanks go out to all those who volunteered at the Habitat booth or just dropped by to have some fun!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
New Beginnings
Hi Habitaters!
Our semester is off to a great start! But we can't forget all the great events of last semester that have helped to bring us to our current achievements.
First off, UGA Habitat received an anonymous donation of $10,000 last fall semester!! This donation was a huge surprise and has helped us achieve so much through our events and fundraisers, providing even more support toward gaining the $62,000 needed to build our 10th home in the Athens Community!
Moreover, our annual Giftwrapping Across Georgia fundraiser was successful again this year. Working in Barnes & Noble, Border, and Best Buy stores around the state, UGA Habitat earned $17,000 from the hard work and dedication of UGA Habitat board members, general members, and volunteers. Thank you to everyone who made this year's fundraiser a huge success!
Our events for this spring semester started off with the 1st Annual Faculty Talent Show! This event was also the last event for the 2007 UGA Habitat Executive Board. All of the acts provided great entertainment for the audience, and it provided an opportunity for UGA Habitat to connect with the Athens community.
The 2008 UGA Habitat Executive Board will be taking over this magnificent organization effective Feb. 4, 2008. The new executive board is:
Ashley Doliber and Farrah Keong, Co-Presidents
Jessica Bolfik, VP of Advocacy and Education
Sheena Zhang, VP of Community Outreach
Camille Evans, VP of Public Relations
Stephen Dorner, VP of Campus Outreach
Wei Wang, VP of Projects
Melanie Phelps, Administrative Sec.
Trisstar Oliver, Financial Secretary
Calley Mersmann and Sarah Thomas, Recycling Co-Chairs
Ashley Bolfik, Special Projects Chair
Rachel Spencer, Development Officer
Brian Gardner, Webmaster
Tracy Yang, Historian
We would like to thank the 2007 UGA Habitat for Humanity Executive Board for a wonderful year! And, as always, UGA Habitat would like to give a huge thank you to all of the members, volunters, patrons and donors! We look forward to a very fruitful spring semester!
Our semester is off to a great start! But we can't forget all the great events of last semester that have helped to bring us to our current achievements.
First off, UGA Habitat received an anonymous donation of $10,000 last fall semester!! This donation was a huge surprise and has helped us achieve so much through our events and fundraisers, providing even more support toward gaining the $62,000 needed to build our 10th home in the Athens Community!
Moreover, our annual Giftwrapping Across Georgia fundraiser was successful again this year. Working in Barnes & Noble, Border, and Best Buy stores around the state, UGA Habitat earned $17,000 from the hard work and dedication of UGA Habitat board members, general members, and volunteers. Thank you to everyone who made this year's fundraiser a huge success!
Our events for this spring semester started off with the 1st Annual Faculty Talent Show! This event was also the last event for the 2007 UGA Habitat Executive Board. All of the acts provided great entertainment for the audience, and it provided an opportunity for UGA Habitat to connect with the Athens community.
The 2008 UGA Habitat Executive Board will be taking over this magnificent organization effective Feb. 4, 2008. The new executive board is:
Ashley Doliber and Farrah Keong, Co-Presidents
Jessica Bolfik, VP of Advocacy and Education
Sheena Zhang, VP of Community Outreach
Camille Evans, VP of Public Relations
Stephen Dorner, VP of Campus Outreach
Wei Wang, VP of Projects
Melanie Phelps, Administrative Sec.
Trisstar Oliver, Financial Secretary
Calley Mersmann and Sarah Thomas, Recycling Co-Chairs
Ashley Bolfik, Special Projects Chair
Rachel Spencer, Development Officer
Brian Gardner, Webmaster
Tracy Yang, Historian
We would like to thank the 2007 UGA Habitat for Humanity Executive Board for a wonderful year! And, as always, UGA Habitat would like to give a huge thank you to all of the members, volunters, patrons and donors! We look forward to a very fruitful spring semester!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Fall Activities
Hi Habitaters!
Thanks to your dedication to our organization, we've had a great semester so far!
Two weeks ago, UGA Habitat for Humanity's 9th home in the Athens area was dedicated! We are now well on our way toward obtaining the $32,000 needed for the half-sponsorship of our 10th house in the Athens community!
This past weekend, we: earned $210 from donations in Tate Plaza prior to the Auburn game kickoff; sold $213 worth of pancakes at November's Pancake Dinner; recycled cans around campus collected from the Auburn game; and brought in 200 runners and $1,500 in sponsorships for the 8th Annual Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk! In addition to these events, we have successfully completed our second mailout and hope to receive donations from students, alumni, parents, and patrons of UGA Habitat!
After completing an intense selection process administered by the Youth Programs Department at Habitat International, UGA Habitat for Humanity has been selected as one of the 2007-2008 State Farm $10,000 Matching Grant recipients. We are thrilled to have been chosen as a grant recipient and cannot give enough thanks to State Farm for their generous donation in helping us meet our goal in continuing to provide decent and affordable shelter in the Athens community!
We have also planned many events this semester, including Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week @ UGA! Twelve organizations around campus (AIDS Walk/Run Athens, Campus Christian Fellowship, Dawgs for Israel, MANRRS, Myers Community Council, Presbyterian Student Center, Roosevelt@UGA, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc, Students for Environmental Awareness, Tate Society, UGA Habitat for Humanity, and the UGA Progressives) have joined together to advocate against hunger and homelessness in Athens and worldwide. For more information about Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, visit http://www.nationalhomeless.org/aboutnch. For more information about poverty in Athens, visit OneAthens at www.prosperousathens.org. For more information about the events throughout the week, look for a complete list on our homepage!
The semester hasn't finished yet, though! We still have our largest fundraiser of the year - Giftwrapping Across Georgia - from Dec. 15 - 24 at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Best Buy stores around the state! Hundreds of volunteers are needed at stores for this to be a successful fundraiser, in addition to our donors to come to Borders, Barnes & Noble, and/or Best Buy (Alpharetta only) stores across the state and have their gifts wrapped! We hope to raise $12,000 through this fundraiser - the amount of money needed to meet our goal of building our 10th home in the Athens area. Please email Farrah Keong, Special Projects Chair, at fmk13@uga.edu if you are interested in volunteering, would like more information about this fundraiser, or would like to find a store that we're working at near you!
Thank you for your continued support of UGA Habitat for Humanity! Because of the support and work of our members and patrons, we are able to continue to be one of the strongest student organizations at UGA and one of the strongest Habitat campus chapters in the world! As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please email uga.habitat.pres@gmail.com.
Thanks to your dedication to our organization, we've had a great semester so far!
Two weeks ago, UGA Habitat for Humanity's 9th home in the Athens area was dedicated! We are now well on our way toward obtaining the $32,000 needed for the half-sponsorship of our 10th house in the Athens community!
This past weekend, we: earned $210 from donations in Tate Plaza prior to the Auburn game kickoff; sold $213 worth of pancakes at November's Pancake Dinner; recycled cans around campus collected from the Auburn game; and brought in 200 runners and $1,500 in sponsorships for the 8th Annual Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk! In addition to these events, we have successfully completed our second mailout and hope to receive donations from students, alumni, parents, and patrons of UGA Habitat!
After completing an intense selection process administered by the Youth Programs Department at Habitat International, UGA Habitat for Humanity has been selected as one of the 2007-2008 State Farm $10,000 Matching Grant recipients. We are thrilled to have been chosen as a grant recipient and cannot give enough thanks to State Farm for their generous donation in helping us meet our goal in continuing to provide decent and affordable shelter in the Athens community!
We have also planned many events this semester, including Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week @ UGA! Twelve organizations around campus (AIDS Walk/Run Athens, Campus Christian Fellowship, Dawgs for Israel, MANRRS, Myers Community Council, Presbyterian Student Center, Roosevelt@UGA, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc, Students for Environmental Awareness, Tate Society, UGA Habitat for Humanity, and the UGA Progressives) have joined together to advocate against hunger and homelessness in Athens and worldwide. For more information about Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, visit http://www.nationalhomeless.org/aboutnch. For more information about poverty in Athens, visit OneAthens at www.prosperousathens.org. For more information about the events throughout the week, look for a complete list on our homepage!
The semester hasn't finished yet, though! We still have our largest fundraiser of the year - Giftwrapping Across Georgia - from Dec. 15 - 24 at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Best Buy stores around the state! Hundreds of volunteers are needed at stores for this to be a successful fundraiser, in addition to our donors to come to Borders, Barnes & Noble, and/or Best Buy (Alpharetta only) stores across the state and have their gifts wrapped! We hope to raise $12,000 through this fundraiser - the amount of money needed to meet our goal of building our 10th home in the Athens area. Please email Farrah Keong, Special Projects Chair, at fmk13@uga.edu if you are interested in volunteering, would like more information about this fundraiser, or would like to find a store that we're working at near you!
Thank you for your continued support of UGA Habitat for Humanity! Because of the support and work of our members and patrons, we are able to continue to be one of the strongest student organizations at UGA and one of the strongest Habitat campus chapters in the world! As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please email uga.habitat.pres@gmail.com.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Second Meeting Update
Hey Habitaters! We had an amazing turnout at our meeting. Beau, the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity Construction manager, honored us with his presence. He talked about his experiences building houses for Habitat and answered questions from our members. Then, Lee Ellen asked some trivia questions and those who gave correct answers received a Habitat shirt. We had a lot to discuss in terms of events we have this semester and it's great to see that we will have a lot of help with all the fundraisers. I'll just include a few of our upcoming events, come to our meetings to learn more of what is going on in Habi-world. Our first fundraiser is at the end of the month- Trivia Night at the Tavern (downtown). Email Shannon Chen (see our officer's link) if you are interested in participating. It's a great opportunity to hang out with friends and support Habitat at the same time. Also if you are a freshman or sophomore, you are encouraged to apply for our Habitat Ambassador Program. Contact Adam Thomas if you are interested- interviews are this coming week! Our ambassadors go to other clubs and inform them about Habitat for Humanity's goals and objectives. It's a great way to advocate and educate the rest of UGA. Lastly, we need all hands on deck to recruit sponsors for our 8th annual Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk. If you are interested in talking to Athens Area businesses, please contact Christina Faust. As always, it is great to be working with people like you- keep up the good work everyone!
Sunday, August 26, 2007
First Meeting
Hey Guys and Gals,
Thanks so much to all of you that came out to our first meeting of the year. It was great to see so many enthusiastic habitaters! We have a lot of activities planned this semester and need all the help that we can get. Some events are listed here, but we are always open to suggestions:
Trivia Nights at the Tavern, Pancake Dinners, Homecoming, World Habitat Day, Turkey Trot 5K Race, Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Gift Wrapping Across Georgia.
Anyways, as always we (the officers) are always here to answer questions. Feel free to contact us with any questions. We hope to see you at our next meeting on September 5th. Beau, the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity construction manager, will be there to lead a demonstration and answer questions about home repair. Thanks!
Thanks so much to all of you that came out to our first meeting of the year. It was great to see so many enthusiastic habitaters! We have a lot of activities planned this semester and need all the help that we can get. Some events are listed here, but we are always open to suggestions:
Trivia Nights at the Tavern, Pancake Dinners, Homecoming, World Habitat Day, Turkey Trot 5K Race, Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Gift Wrapping Across Georgia.
Anyways, as always we (the officers) are always here to answer questions. Feel free to contact us with any questions. We hope to see you at our next meeting on September 5th. Beau, the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity construction manager, will be there to lead a demonstration and answer questions about home repair. Thanks!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Welcome
Hi! Welcome to our first post on our new blog! We are excited that you've taken some time to look at our website!
UGA Habitat had an amazing spring semester, where we continued to excel as one of UGA's largest student organizations on campus. We hosted two new events - Classic Game Tournament: Karting for Casas and Trivia Night at the Tavern - which brought us even closer to our goal of $30,000 for UGA Habitat's 10th home in the Athens area! We also continued to excel in Act! Speak! Build! Week, a student-run week of advocating for affordable housing. During this week, we held a pancake dinner in Creswell Hall, a second annual discussion panel on how UGA impacts poverty in Athens, our legendary annual poverty banquet and sleep-out on Tate Plaza, a successful letter writing campaign on Tate Plaza, and reached out to the community by visiting local elementary school art classes. Overall, UGA Habitat's largest advocacy and education campaign won Habitat for Humanity International's Outstanding Overall Campaign Award in the collegiate category!
Before we left campus for the summer, the walls and roof were up on UGA Habitat's 9th home, built in sponsorship with Athens Area Habitat for Humanity! UGA Habitat volunteers and Athens Area volunteers are continuing to build on our 9th home throughout the summer.
If you will be attending UGA in the fall, we invite you to join our chapter! Meeting dates will be updated on the website at the beginning of August. We also welcome you to join our listserv so that you can remain up-to-date with UGA Habitat's activities! We look forward to your involvement with the 8th Annual Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk, the second annual letter-writing campaign, Giftwrapping Across Georgia, and the new UGA Faculty Talent Show - to name a few events!
Through our events, we continue to exemplify the four pillars of Habitat for Humanity: Building, Advocacy, Fundraising, and Education. We hope that you will join and/or support us to continue in our goals of eliminating poverty housing in Athens, Georgia!
UGA Habitat had an amazing spring semester, where we continued to excel as one of UGA's largest student organizations on campus. We hosted two new events - Classic Game Tournament: Karting for Casas and Trivia Night at the Tavern - which brought us even closer to our goal of $30,000 for UGA Habitat's 10th home in the Athens area! We also continued to excel in Act! Speak! Build! Week, a student-run week of advocating for affordable housing. During this week, we held a pancake dinner in Creswell Hall, a second annual discussion panel on how UGA impacts poverty in Athens, our legendary annual poverty banquet and sleep-out on Tate Plaza, a successful letter writing campaign on Tate Plaza, and reached out to the community by visiting local elementary school art classes. Overall, UGA Habitat's largest advocacy and education campaign won Habitat for Humanity International's Outstanding Overall Campaign Award in the collegiate category!
Before we left campus for the summer, the walls and roof were up on UGA Habitat's 9th home, built in sponsorship with Athens Area Habitat for Humanity! UGA Habitat volunteers and Athens Area volunteers are continuing to build on our 9th home throughout the summer.
If you will be attending UGA in the fall, we invite you to join our chapter! Meeting dates will be updated on the website at the beginning of August. We also welcome you to join our listserv so that you can remain up-to-date with UGA Habitat's activities! We look forward to your involvement with the 8th Annual Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk, the second annual letter-writing campaign, Giftwrapping Across Georgia, and the new UGA Faculty Talent Show - to name a few events!
Through our events, we continue to exemplify the four pillars of Habitat for Humanity: Building, Advocacy, Fundraising, and Education. We hope that you will join and/or support us to continue in our goals of eliminating poverty housing in Athens, Georgia!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
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