Happy Holidays!
This time of year inspires the spirit of giving, and we are so blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful and giving friends.

Recently, two Habitat Cape Cod volunteers traveled to Florida to help repair hurricane damaged homes.  A team of 12 volunteered to travel to build a home with a family in Mexico (heading down in March). AND we asked you all for help in the ReStores and with  on-site devotions and boy did you come through! Thank you! 

And... did everyone hear the great news out of Falmouth? 
We were awarded a $70,000 grant in memory of East Falmouth resident and local philanthropist Herbert Willett, to be put toward building 10 affordable homes in Falmouth on a site purchased with a CPC grant.  Read more.

Thank you to our friends Pat Taylor and Bill Witmer for dropping off this handmade and delicious gingerbread house at our office this week! 


Please read on to learn about other Habitat Cape Cod news. 

Watch for the January e-news announcement of 2019 home application opportunities in Brewster, Wellfleet and Mashpee!

VOLUNTEERS ON THE MOVE

We've got a great team of 12 volunteers traveling to Nayarit, Mexico to build a home with the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate this March. 

George Bell, Marcia Bissell, Ruth Ferris, Weston Halkyard, Donna Hartnett, Janet Kershaw, Laurie Leitner, Roz Levin, Rosemary Nicholls, Charles Orr, Greg Whiting and Team Leader Tricia Vos are leaving the comfort of the Cape and heading to Nayarit to be a part of creating a world where everyone has a decent place to live. 

Please check out their fundraising pages and consider helping them reach their goals!
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Welcome back Habitat Cape Cod volunteers Thom Barrett and Joe Remillard, who spent time this November and December helping repair hurricane damaged homes in Florida. Every hand makes a difference!





CONSTRUCTION NEWS

Dickinson Drive, Marstons Mills
(Four-3-Bedroom Homes)

The top coat of asphalt has been applied on the road and driveways, all four homes are tight to the weather.  All mechanical, insulation and frame inspections are complete. Wall boarding, plastering and painting of walls and ceilings are done. HVAC (heat) is up and running!





98 South Yarmouth Road, Dennis
 (One-3-Bedroom Home) 



The front wall clapboarding, interior framing, rough electric and rough plumbing is complete. 

(left to right) Home buyer Desiree with her Family Partners Marcia Bissell and Cathy Kautz and Desiree's son, shingling her home. 

Janall Drive, Dennis
 (One-1-Bedroom and One-2-Bedroom Homes)  

Both roofs are sheathed and facias and soffits are installed. 



                                   
The Rotary Clubs of Cape Cod Team Day in November

St. Joan of Arc Church Team Day


The Rotary Clubs of Cape Cod Team Day in December

  
                                     Paul Hush Way, Phase 2
(Six-3-Bedroom and Two-2-Bedroom Homes)

Foundation permits have been issued and all lots have been staked in preparation for excavation.

UpcomingTOWN NEWS 
Chatham 
Agreements, design, planning are all in progress for the town awarded parcel.
 
Mashpee
Site work will begin in early 2019 for one home on DeGrass, as we continue with permitting work for two homes on Great Neck Road North.
 
Willett Way, Falmouth 
We  closed on this lovely parcel for 10 homes on November 28th -  with gratitude for CPC funding from the town!
 

Sites in early development stages are: 
Durkee Lane, Wellfleet and Murray Lane, Harwich.
 
Land prospecting, permitting activity, and early site development continues across the Cape.

TITHE PARTNER HAITI UPDATE
 

A home being built as part of Hurricane Matthew recovery
 
As 2018 comes to an end, we are happy to share the important progress made in Haiti this year. 
 
  • The homes of 346 individuals in Nippes which sustained damage during Hurricane Matthew in October 2016, were repaired.
  • Through a partnership with the European Union, IOM, CESVI, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and as part of Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts, construction workers built 180 homes in Pestel, Corail, and Les Irois. Plans are underway to build additional homes!
  • 172 solar lamps and 948 street signs were installed in Canaan, an area of land north of Port-au-Prince. These neighborhood development projects are vital to the creation of safe, functional communities.
  • Important work around sanitation and hygiene continued with the distribution of 500 hygiene kits and the training of 9,946 individuals in hygiene practices. 
HABITAT RESTORES 


Are you following the ReStores on Facebook and Instagram?
They post photos of new products everyday. Be sure not to miss any great deals by following them today.  (click on the logos below) 



CAR DONATIONS 

Donate your car to Habitat for Humanity and help support our homeownership program on 
Cape Cod.

Cars for Homes turns your car donation into cash that supports Habitat Cape Cod's affordable homeownership programs. Start your donation online, or by calling our hotline. You can complete the donation process in 3 simple steps. Towing is free!

Call 877.277-4344 or  Learn More  
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DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) also fundraises on Cape Cod - with emails, facebook, ads in the Cape Cod Times and direct mailings? You can choose to contribute to HFHI or you can choose to contribute to Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod.  

To donate to our local home building program, be sure to send your donation to us, your local Habitat  at:  411 Main St., Suite 6, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 - or donate securely online .