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Professional Homebuilders Hold Kick-Off Event To Celebrate Building 15 Habitat for Humanity Homes in Seven Days
Local home builders, the Denver Bronco cheerleaders and Aurora Mayor Tauer join Habitat to celebrate the Home Builders Blitz
WHAT:Fifteen Colorado home builders are joining forces to give back to the community in a very big way - building 15 Habitat for Humanity houses in only seven days.To celebrate this amazing event, the builders and future Habitat homeowners, along with representatives from the Denver Bronco cheerleaders and Aurora's Mayor Tauer, will participate in a special kick-off ceremony on March 2nd.A hard hat toss and presentation of hammers from the future Habitat owners to each builder will occur during the ceremony. The Denver Bronco cheerleaders will also be signing autographs.
The 2006 Habitat Home Builders Blitz is part of a simultaneous nationwide event to take place the week of June 3, 2006.Home builders and Habitat affiliates across the country will set a new milestone in the history of affordable housing production - building 700 houses in one week and later building an additional 300 for Hurricane Katrina victims.
Locally, the Home Builder's Blitz partners are dedicating tremendous energy and resources to this worthy goal.The builders are responsible for the entire project - from funding, to planning, to building the homes.Working with suppliers and contractors, the builders are soliciting monetary donations, as well as donations of materials and labor to deliver the home at no cost to Habitat.The homes will then be sold to the families with a no-interest loan.
The generous home builders sponsoring the Blitz are:AmberHomes, Austin Signature Homes, K & D Holdings in partnership with All Trades Services, Dimensions, Inc., KZ Smith and Company, McStain Neighborhoods (two homes), Monterra Homes, New Town Builders, Palace Construction, Pulte Homes, Renaissance Homes of Colorado, Sattler Homes, Summit Chalet Properties and Wonderland Homes.
The Home Builder's Blitz will take place at Tollgate Crossing located in Aurora near E-470 and Quincy.For the first time in metro Denver, Habitat for Humanity will be building homes in a new, market-rate subdivision.A total of 54 lots were donated by an anonymous donor.Fifteen of these will be used for the Builder's Blitz.The homes will be part of a 300 home subdivision being built by New Town Builders, supplying the metro area with affordable housing along with market-rate housing.Tollgate Crossing is located in the CherryCreekSchool District giving the children of the Habitat families living in Tollgate access to excellent educational opportunities.
WHEN: Kick- Off Ceremony will be held Thursday, March 2 from 9:00 am to 9:45 a.m.
WHO:
Mayor Tauer, City of Aurora
Representatives from the Bronco cheerleaders
Tom Sattler, Home Builders Blitz Build Co-Chair, Sattler Homes
Gene Myers, Home Builders, Blitz Build Co-Chair, New Town Builders
Lori Vaclavik, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver
Becky Madison, future habitat homeowner
PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES:
Hammer exchange between families and the builders
Hard hat toss with entire crowd
Heavy construction equipment will also be used for photo opportunities
WHERE:The Tollgate Crossing Community is located at E. Belleview and S. Gunclub Rd.in Aurora.
http://www.habitatmetrodenver.org/pdf/Kick-off%20flyer2_1_06.pdf
ABOUT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver is a non-profit, Christian homeownership organization that builds and sells homes to qualified, low-income families. Habitat provides a "hand up" as families in need build their homes and transform their lives. Homeowner families invest 250-500 hours of "sweat equity" labor into building their homes and purchase the homes with zero interest mortgages. All mortgage payments are reinvested to fund construction of future homes. Other funding is raised locally through individuals, faith groups, corporations, and the Habitat Home Improvement Outlets, two retail stores selling new and used home improvement items to the public. In 2005, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver was selected as the National Habitat Affiliate of the Year honoring our excellence in all areas of affiliate operations. Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver will build 43 homes in 2006 and have built 259 since our inception in 1979. Worldwide, Habitat has built 200,000 homes in more than 100 countries.
www.habitatmetrodenver.org
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