Monthly Archives: October 2011

Thrivent Builds Breakfast Fundraiser with Applebee’s

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Looking for some good breakfast plans tomorrow morning?  Join Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans tomorrow at the Applebee’s in North Fargo for an all you can eat pancake breakfast!   

Cost is $5 per person for all you can eat pancakes, sausage, juice, and coffee. Tickets can be purchased at the door, through your local East Cass or Clay County Thrivent Chapter Leader, or by contacting Lisa Trudeau at 701-478-7151 for large group orders. The breakfast fundraiser will take place at the North Fargo Applebee’s location only.

Proceeds will support the Thrivent Builds Habitat home being built this year in Fargo.  Thrivent Builds is a financial, volunteer and advocacy partnership between Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Habitat for Humanity International.  This home marks the 12th Thrivent Build home in our community.

The house is nearing the end of construction and the Bichler Family is eagerly waiting to move in and make it a home of their own. Join us and help us raise the remaining dollars to make this possible!

Join us at the 2011 Thrivent Build Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser:

When: Saturday, October 22nd from 8 am- 10 am

Where: Applebee’s North Fargo (2001 16th St N)

For more information on Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity visit: www.lakeagassizhabitat.org

For more information on Thrivent Builds visit: www.thriventbuilds.com

Calling All Artists for Home is Where the Art Is Art Show and Silent Auction.

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The saying goes: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”

Here at the Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity ReStore, we take that to heart.  The Habitat ReStore opened in 2006 with a three-fold mission: generate funds to build more Habitat for Humanity homes in Cass and Clay counties, sell new and used home improvement materials and appliances at affordable prices, and to keep usable home improvement materials out of the local landfill.

To celebrate Habitat ReStore’s sustainable practices and connection with the community, we are preparing for the second annual Home is Where the Art Is Art Show and Silent Auction, a unique event where artists from our community are encouraged to share their take on this old adage.  Artists are invited to use materials from the ReStore’s collection of donated home improvement materials to create a work of art.

Participating artists are given a $50 voucher for materials from the ReStore to create an art piece.  With the unique nature of the materials we sell at the ReStore, the possibilities for creativity are endless.  Last year, a variety of materials were used including doors, windows, glass, tiles, power cords, furniture and much more.  In viewing the flickr album of the pieces created last year, it is amazing to see how artists can repurpose products donated to the ReStore and create a new treasure out of something that could have been sent to the landfill.

Are you an artist? Do you know an artist?  We are looking for artists that love a challenge and want to make a positive impact on their community.  The art will be displayed at the Spirit Room Gallery in downtown Fargo for three weeks and will  then auctioned off at the Home Is Where the Art Is event on February 4th, 2012.  All of the funds raised from the artwork sold will support Lake Agassiz Habitat’s mission of building simple, decent, and affordable homes for families in our community.   That is truly making treasure out of trash.

If you are interested in creating a work of art for this event, please visit our website  or contact Shelby Cochran at 218-284-5253 ext. 2 or Shelby@lakeagassizhabitat.org.

Observing World Habitat Day: Monday, October 3rd

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World Habitat Day is Oct 3rdMany people in the Fargo-Moorhead area know that Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity works to eliminate substandard housing within our community.  In fact, by the end of the current build season, we’ll have built 45 homes in the area.  But did you know that we also contribute on a much larger scale?

Each year, our local affiliate tithes to Habitat for Humanity International.  And thanks to those efforts, we’ve helped build roughly 28 homes in other parts of the world.  So as World Habitat Day approaches on October 3rd, we’d like to take the time to remember and honor the mission of our international organization.

Today, 1.6 billion people live in inadequate shelter around the world.  Habitat for Humanity has a tried and tested partnership approach that makes families in need of shelter a key part of their own housing solution.  We work hard with volunteers and donors who invest time and money into the partnership- so that families in need of housing can help build, then buy, their own home on terms they can afford.

500,000th house

Habitat for Humanity’s 500,000th house built, rehabilitated or repaired worldwide will be dedicated in Maai Mahiu, Kenya, on World Habitat Day, Oct. 3rd.

World Habitat Day is designated each year by the United Nations as a time to reflect on the dire need for adequate shelter around the globe.  This year’s date is extra special, as Habitat for Humanity will be dedicating its 500,000th house in Maai Mahiu, Kenya, and raising the walls on its 500,001st house in Paterson, New Jersey.  A significant milestone in the work Habitat for Humanity has done to alleviate poverty housing in this community and around the world.

The theme of World Habitat Day 2011 is “Housing cities after a disaster,” a serious and growing problem around the world.  From Haiti and Japan to New Orleans and Memphis, urban areas face different and great challenges when responding to disasters.  These dangers and challenges require effective and creative policies from governments and humanitarian groups around the world.

Construction Volunteers 2011

Volunteer hard at work on one of the 5 homes Habitat for Humanity is building in Cass and Clay counties in 2011.

Since our local Habitat affiliate doesn’t have a build day scheduled for the 3rd, we’ll be observing World Habitat Day on Wednesday, October 5th, at the Thrivent Build site in Fargo.  As our volunteers work on trim and cabinet installations, we’ll be reflecting on the mission and goals of Habitat for Humanity International.

We invite you to join us for this humbling, yet very rewarding experience.  There is still time this season to join us on a build site.  Visit our website for a complete list of available volunteer dates.  For more information on Habitat for Humanity’s work around the globe, visit www.habitat.org.

With your help, we can change the reality for future generations in our community and around the globe.