ôth Annual Habitat Dragon oat Festival Sat. August

Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity

3644 Rainbow Drive

Rainbow City, AL 35906

8th Annual Habitat Dragon Boat Festival

Sat. August 17, 2019

Spring 2019

256-543-1898

Dragon Boat Registration OPEN.....

Don't miss the fun!

Registration at:

? Phone: 256-543-1898 ? Email: info@ ? Deadline Friday, Aug. 2, 2019

Paddles UP!

? $2,100 per team ($1,100 due with registration form)

Your Team Receives:

? Equipment - use of 46' long dragon boat, paddles, life jackets, and steersman

? 60-minute practice with coach during week Aug. 14-16 ? Tent space in Athletes Village (20' x 20') ? Team Name and Sponsor recognition Race Day:

1st, 2nd, 3rd place awards in Competitive & Recreational Divisions -Gold, Silver, and Bronze paddles plus individual neck medals for winning teams

? Award for Best Drummer Costume ? Award for Best Team Spirit ? Award for Best Decorated Tent ? Award for Best Team T-Shirts

Are YOU ready!?

New Board Members--2019

Habitat Board of Directors

Debbie Wood and John Czervionke were welcomed to the January 2019 meeting as they begin

a 2-year term on the Board. They join Steve Scharfenberg, Pres., April Breland, VP, Mike Grieco, Treas. and Stacey Garmon, Sec. and board members: John Ashley, Jessica Burns, Mark Casey, Eugenia Cunningham, Becky Henson and Stan Wagar. Thank you for giving of your time and talents to the Habitat for Humanity ministry in Etowah County.

Habitat Dragon Boat Major Sponsors

Exchange Bank of Alabama ALFA Insurance

Riverview Regional Medical Center Vulcan Value Partners The Gadsden Times City of Gadsden WQSB/MIX 102.9

Members of the "Noccalu-Oars" team--Gadsden Parks & Rec. `18

Festival Partner

Hampton Inn/Gadsden

Festival Friends

Peoples Bank of Alabama Life Insurance Co. of Alabama

Cadence Bank (Sponsors as of April 5, 2019)

#53--Ashley Lemons Family

#56--Titavis Jackson

#54--Jada & Bubba Satterfield Family #55--Quenyana White Family

VOLUNTEER TODAY!

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers play a vital role in the Habitat mission to make homeownership available to families with limited incomes. From fund raising to wall-raising, deed to dedication, volunteers are involved in every aspect of the Habitat ministry. Your help is needed and welcome! Get volunteer form on the website:

Construction - Building a house together is a terrific way to see the Habitat mission in action and witness the fruits of our labor. We welcome volunteers who are skilled or unskilled. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Volunteers 16-18 must have a signed waiver from their parents to volunteer. Work days are Wed. and Sat. from 8:00 ?12:00 noon.

Groundbreaking for House #53 took

place Friday, March 1, 2019 at 1501 Talmadge St., E. Gadsden for Ashley Lemons and her children: Aliyah, Jayleen, Avery, and Samija.

Sponsors of the house include funds from the 2018 Habitat Dragon Boat Festival and William & Elizabeth Simpson, grants from the Publix Super Market Charities, Honda Mfg. of AL, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Caring Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, and Walmart Foundation. The property was donated by Family Savings Credit Union.

Brother Mike Holland from Bellevue United Methodist Church gave the prayer and blessing.

GSCC Carpentry Class 2019

Helping to get House #53 underway is Heath McDaniel's Carpentry class from GSCC and Brad Kirby, Freedom Construction, who brought equipment and dug the footings.

Habitat House #54 is a refurbished

Habitat home in Adams Park

and is the future home of Jada & Bubba Satterfield. Habitat House #55 will be located at 1411 Springfield Ave., Gadsden.

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L-R: Stan Wagar, Traci Pondick, Barbara Lemons, Ashley and 4 children, Bro. Mike Holland, and Larry Dooley.

Ashley Lemons and children

Thanks to our Donors and Supporters!

Donations given Oct. 11, 2018-- April 5, 2019

Let me be the hands...

We invite you and your church to partner with Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity as we work together to eliminate substandard and poverty housing in Etowah County. Come....be the hands of Christ here on earth. Building has started. Four local families will be working toward homeownership in the coming months! Here's how your congregation, small group, or Sunday school class can partner with Habitat :

Pray for Habitat and its partners. Psalms 127:1 ? "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain."

Invite us to share our housing ministry with your church, class, or small group.

Include Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity in your 2019-20 Home Missions budget and plans!

Volunteer! We typically work on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. There are also many other opportunities to volunteer on committees, such as Family Support, Family Selection, Special Events and more. Why not use your volunteer hours as service or outreach for low income families living in your own community?

Participate in a Habitat program such as a Circle of Faith build, the Square Foot Program or become a Covenant Church. We welcome the opportunity to visit your church and explore programs that would be a good partnership with your church.

For more information call 256-543-1898

Winn-Dixie Community Bag Program

During the month of April, Winn Dixie is contributing $1 to Habitat for Humanity for every colorful, reusable shopping bag purchased on the Community Bag rack in the store at 3331 Rainbow Dr., Rainbow City. Thank you to everyone who visited the store and purchased a Community Bag. Thanks to store manager, Joel

White, for selecting Habitat to benefit from this program.

Look for the blue heart and Giving Tag. Help support Habitat locally!

Individuals Robert Ager * Jessica & Zachery Burns Roberts Cauvel Lynne & John Czervionke Theresa & Craig Gilley Mike Grieco Charles W. Nichols Frances Patterson * Jane Petty * Joanna Mercado-Peters * Monroe & Hollie Porter Evelyn & Ed Schreier * Estate of Elizabeth Simpson Pamela Slaton *

Memorials

Jim Brookes by Suzanne and Steve Scharfenberg

Jim Brookes by Sarah & Larry Dooley

Jim Brookes by Jane Reynolds

Jim Brookes by Lynda & Ralph Godfrey

Jim Brookes by Houston Rozelle

Jim Brookes by Julian & Bob Crittenden

Jim Brookes by Judy Brookes

Ralph Rader, Diane Grima, Jeanne Mascari by Ida Rader *

Donna Szanny by Gary Szanny

Betty McElroy by Suzanne and Steve Scharfenberg

Carmer Robinson by Sam and Leone Norris

Honorariums Lawrence Dooley by Theresa & Craig Gilley James Keeling by Peggy & Johnny Wetzel Jessica McArthur by Cendee Pierre Jessica McArthur by Rob McArthur

In-Kind Gifts Simmons Signs & Graphics Carol Smith Steve Parrish Ron Moske Carolyn & Wayne Smith Capeside Fish Company Michelle & Shannon Ross

Grants Publix Super Market Charities BBVA Compass Wells Fargo Foundation District #28

Businesses PepsiCo Foundation * Dallas Plumbing Inc. Network for Good

Jerry McElroy by Frances Patterson

* Given more than once this period

Future homeowners at work on sweat-equity: (L-R) Quenyana White (#55) and Jada Satterfield (#54)

Mission Statement

Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing in our community and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

Our mission is to work in partnership with God and people everywhere to provide decent shelter in which people can live and grow into all that God intended.

Volunteers at Work

House #54--Adams Park

Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity

3644 Rainbow Drive Rainbow City, AL 35906

256-543-1898

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Serving Etowah County since 1996 Building Houses and Changing Lives

Spring 2019

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PAID Permit #124 Gadsden, AL

Volunteer....Donate....Help a Family....Change a life.....Build a dream....Make a difference....Habitat for Humanity

Gift from the Heart

____$20 = 7 wall studs ____$30 = one gallon paint ____$60 = 2 sheets of plywood subfloor ____$100 = one insulated window ____$400 = tub/shower unit ____$500 = house wrap ____$700 = landscaping materials ____$1,000 = driveway Enclosed is my gift: $__________________ In Honor of: ________________________________ In Memory of: ______________________________ Please send acknowledgement to: Name: ____________________________________ Address: __________________________________ City, State, Zip _____________________________

Send your contribution to: G-E HFH

3644 Rainbow Dr. Rainbow City, AL 35906

MEMORIAL

Sometimes in your life

there's a one-of-a-kind

influence that shines

brightly and warms your

heart with gladness. We

recently lost such a bright

star in the Habitat minis-

try--Betty R. McElroy

died Feb. 8, 2019 at 93.

Betty--Feb. 2011

She was a beloved volun-

teer for nearly 25 years and drew much pleasure from serving

others. She had a generous heart and many talents. Using her

woodworking skills, she made a special

key for each family, made brightly colored

name plaques for each child, and would

attend every groundbreaking and house

dedication ceremony. Betty was known for

her quirky t-shirts, love of animals, and her

riding

lawnmow-

er. She was

a woman of

Betty--2016 faith who inspired so

many others through her loving

example and generous deeds to

many non-profits in our commu-

nity. We'll miss you, dear Betty.

Betty & Alicia Veal ?2016

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