Thank you today and every day to our Veterans. Habitat is working on a project for 2021, if you are a vet, we'd love it if you sent in a photo of yourself in uniform. Email photos to Tara@habitatcapecod.org

Habitat Cape Cod news & updates

November 2020

We are beyond grateful for the donors and sponsors who contributed over $46,000 to our Virtual Build campaign during the month of October.   We launched this virtual campaign to raise critical funds for our upcoming builds in Mashpee, Orleans, Harwich, and Falmouth. COVID-19 has made it difficult for us to incorporate all the amazing volunteers who are normally on our build sites, so we thought we could get volunteers and donors to help us virtually build a house.  ​ Special thanks to Hutker, SV Design, Mid-Cape, Shepley and Andersen Windows for your sponsorship of this event! NEW! Deck Your Halls Fundraiser Purchase your $10 Deck Your Hall's raffle ticket before Saturday, December 19th for a chance to win all of the donated products and services shown on and under the tree. Winning ticket will be drawn on the 19th. Trees and prizes are on display at our ReStores in Yarmouth and Falmouth; you can purchase your tickets online or at the stores. Prizes include; Round trip boat tickets to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Consultation with Garden Designer Wheel alignment and oil change for your car Authentic signed Tom Brady jersey 3 free months of rubbish removal Gift cards to many local restaurants and stores, a gas grill, a portable generator, flooring gift certificate, live lobsters and more! Email events@habitatcapecod.org with questions.

Thank You!

Lewis Brothers Homemade Ice Cream in Provincetown donated all proceeds from their last day of the season to Habitat Cape Cod! This generous gesture was in memory of their friend Joe Buteau and raised over $2,000. Joe's widow Shari, is a long-time Habitat friend and volunteer, and was so moved, she matched the donation! Bringing everyone together to help build affordable homes on Cape Cod is what Habitat is all about...community! Thank you Lewis Brother’s Ice Cream Owner David, Manager Beverly and Shari for being such sweet supporters!

Congratulations to the winner of our 2020 Kayak Raffle, Janez Hicks of Mashpee! We are very thankful to all who participated in this fundraiser for Habitat Cape Cod. We owe a very special thanks to Pat Taylor and Bill Witmer for once again creating and promoting such a special and much anticipated event to support our mission to build homes, hope, lives and community on Cape Cod. This is the last kayak Pat and Bill will build for Habitat Cape Cod; they have passed the torch on to a new Habitat volunteer, John Amirault. John is busy working on our 2021 kayak, which is sure to be a thing of beauty!

John Amirault (new kayak builder), Janez Hicks, Pat and Bill

Quick Links Homeownership Applications for the upcoming build in Harwich are open -deadline is December 1st. We are Hiring! We have 2 Restore Locations in Falmouth and Yarmouth where we sell new and used home goods. You can follow them on Facebook and Instagram. Business is booming and now is the time to pick up some great unique items for your home! If you need your items picked up asap, they have a new program to expediate the process. Due to Covid-19 safety concerns, ALL volunteer opportunities are limited to invited volunteers only. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Shopping local is best, we want to support our local community! But if you plan to shop on amazon smile this holiday season, please make us your designated charity! Calling all gardeners! Habitat Cape Cod would like to participate in next summer’s Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival. If interested, please contact events@habitatcapecod.org.

It's probably going to be a long winter, we are thinking about starting a Habitat socially distant book club. If you are interested email Tara@habitatcapecod.org.

Winkler Construction & Crane

Thank you to Mike Winkler and Winkler Construction & Crane Company. They've always been a big supporter of Habitat but most recently have helped us get all the trusses up on our recent builds while maintaining a social distance! Mike offers many different services including Trucking & Rigging, Pile driving (Wood & Steel), Shoring (Permanent or Temporary), Seawalls, Bulkheads, House Lifting & Moving, Dock & Marine Construction. They are located in North Truro Massachusetts and able to travel all over the Eastern seaboard.

Horsley Witten Group

Thank you to the Horsley Witten Group of Sandwich. They have announced a carbon offset donation in support of our energy efficiency program for our upcoming build on Quanset Road in Orleans!

Town News

Orleans. Quanset Road.  We continue to make progress on our two-bedroom home at 15 Quanset Road. The walls are going up any day now, and we are very excited to work with our selected home buyer building her home.       Sandwich. Cotuit Road and Nauset Street.  We continue to wait for a Land Court approved subdivision plan for Cotuit Road. We had good news at our Sandwich Selectboard appearance on Thursday, October 22nd where the board unanimously affirmed the conditional transfer of nitrogen credits from Evsun Road to Nauset Street.  We will soon finalize our Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) application and submit to the Town of Sandwich.   Chatham. George Ryder Road South. Our “no appeal” period has expired, and we will record the decision and soon close on the land.  We plan to begin infrastructure work on this project beginning in the late fall 2021 with a wall raising in 2022.   Brewster. 26 Red Top Road. On August 27th the Brewster Housing Partnership unanimously supported our Red Top Road project.  We are planning two homes on this site. One of the homes will have a veteran preference, meaning priority will be given to a veteran and/or veteran’s family (pending Department of Housing and Community Development approval).  We will submit our LIP (Local Initiative Project) application to Brewster’s Board of Selectmen at their December 21st meeting. Following our LIP application approval, the next step will be to take this 40B project to Brewster ZBA.    Harwich. Murray Lane.  The 6 foundations are underway!  If all goes as planned, we will raise walls at Murray Lane in May or June 2021. Applications for the homes were opened on October 1, 2020, with an application deadline of December 1st.   Falmouth. Willett Way.  We are still waiting for Building permits for this 10-home project.  When the permits are issued, we will begin putting in the foundations. We will raise walls at Willett Way in June 2021 (6 homes) and May 2022 (4 homes).  We continue our assessment of a number of sites in towns across the Cape. We are always on the lookout for suitable sites for Habitat homes. If you would like to consider the donation of a parcel of property, or know of a town owned site that might be suitable, please contact Beth Wade, Director of Land Acquisition & Project Development, at land@habitatcapecod.org or leave a message at 508-362-3559 x24.  Thank you!

Construction News

We raised walls on two homes on Mendes Way, Mashpee in September, framing continues. On Paul Hush Way, Brewster - (7 homes) we blessed 3 homes last week and will bless the remaining 4 in the next few weeks. We expect to hold a virtual dedication in December. We expect to raise walls this week on the Quanset Road, Orleans build (1 home).

Monthly Giving

Sometimes it is much easier to give $25 a month instead of a lump sum of $300. Habitat can charge your card each month until you want to stop, get a new card, or need to change the amount at any time. Enroll today online or call Ginny Irving, Director of Resource Development at 508-362-3550 x28 or email ginny@habitatcapecod.org.

Cars for Homes

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