Habitat
The Council of Churches is proudly joining with Habitat for Humanity in building a home for a local family. Members of local churches will work together on this service project; sawing; hammering; painting and building as they bond together in
doing God’s work.
This “faith build” home will be located at 198 Clinton Street in Cortland. Jesus calls us to work together and to share our resources so that everyone has what they need to live abundently. This opportunity to assist someone is a “hand-up” that will benefit all who work together toward the goal.
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We need a family to live in this house.
If you are interested in this opportunity or if you know of someone who may be intererested in owning their own home please call 607.898.4148 or visit www.tchabitat.com for more information. You can qualify as a Habitat for Humanity partner family if you…
• Have a need for adequate shelter: If your current housing is over-crowded, run down, un-affordable or otherwise inadequate.
• Have the ability to pay for a home: Habitat offer very low interest mortgages to families wo may have difficulty qualifying for a traditional mortgage with a bank.
• Are willing to partner with us: Habitat families must truly want to be homeowners and contribute “sweat equity” (hands on involvement) on Habitat homes.
• Currently live in Tompkins or Cortland County and have lived in either county for at least one year.
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September 10th & 11th—Commemorative Blitz Build Weekend
In conjunction with an commemorative 9/11 service to be held on Sunday (9/11) we are gathering volunteers for a ‘blitz build’ event at the Habitat house! We’ll hold two shifts at the project site on Saturday, September 10t; one from 8:30am – 12:30pm and another 12:30pm – 4:30pm.
Then join us on Sunday, when we’ll have a special service at the United Presbyterian Church beginning at 2pm. We’ll hear from County Legislature Sandy Price as well as representatives of area faith communities: Joan Goldwyn for our Jewish brothers and sisters, Dr. Kassim Kone for our Muslim brothers and sisters and the Rev. Dr. L Paul Pitkin for out Christian brothers and sisters. Following the service, people will be invited to ‘raise the walls’ of the Habitat house on Clinton Ave (3:30pm – 7:30pm). A final service will be help on the SUNY campus (steps of Cory Union) beginning at 9pm.
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May 1—The dig has begun!
The excavation of the site happened July 20th—check out some of the pictures below.
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Ground breaking for the Cortland build was held on May 1st, 2011. Members of The Council of Churches, representatives from Habitat for Humanity and members of local churches gathered to say blessings, turn over a few shovelfuls of soil, join in song and celebrate an new partnership.
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September 28th—Updated Progress
We’ve been making some incredible headway, thanks largely to our volunteers and friends; and our efforts have definitely been rewarded. We are happy to share with you all, a blog post straight from the White House about our Habitat House and the 9/11 Commemorative Weekend Blitz build. Click here to read our exciting national recognition and please share!
Below are recent pictures of the Blitz build event and the an image of the house as of September 28th.
