Habitat for Humanity
Champaign and Piatt Counties
Lutheran Home Build
404 West Maple Street, Champaign
Check Presentation 5:30PM Tuesday June 22nd
Groundbreaking 4:00PM Sunday June 27th

We are writing to you today to tell you about an exciting project in our community for 2004 for all Lutheran Churches in Champaign County and to solicit your help in this project.

In March, Habitat for Humanity was awarded a $10,000 grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans to construct another Habitat for Humanity home in Champaign. This grant requires Habitat to work with a broad-based Lutheran coalition of volunteers to make this home a reality.

As you likely know, Habitat for Humanity has been building homes in the region since 1991. During the last 12 years, Habitat has constructed 34 homes for low-income families and helped to house 157 people in our community, including over 100 children. Housing needs for those of low-incomes in our community is no secret, and the Thrivent grant is going to help us put a roof over the heads of Antonette Gant and her young son.

We will be working with volunteers from about 20 area Lutheran churches to construct this home, and hope to include your church among those helping to find and coordinate volunteers for the worksite. We anticipate the construction season for Antonette's home to run until about Friday, November 12, 2004, with her family ready to move into their new home in mid-November.

It costs about $66,000 to build one Habitat home. Usually, we get about $10,000 in materials and labor donated, and adding in the Thrivent grant, we are left to raise about $46,000 to complete Antonette's home.

We are very excited by the news of this very competitive Thrivent grant, and look forward to working with Lutheran Churches and others in the community to make Antonette Gant's home a reality in 2004. If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either one of us.

Sincerely,

Bruce Dani Lutheran Build Project Coordinator 217-355-9995

Laura Huth Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Champaign & Piatt Counties 217-355-6460

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More information on the local affiliate, Habitat for Humanity of Champaign and Piatt Counties can be found here.