Celebrate Faith in Action with Habitat for Humanity St. Tammany West

• Wall Raising scheduled for November 1, All Saints Day
• Construction on the Desmond's future home is located at
207 Highway 1077, Madisonville, LA 70447
• Sign up to volunteer with Building on Faith

Building On Faith is a program designed specifically to give the Faith Community opportunities to become involved with Habitat for Humanity St. Tammany West’s mission to give families in need shelter, self-respect and the hope of a better life. Our ministry puts faith into action through empowerment and hard work. Likewise, this program supports HFHSTW's covenant with the international housing ministry of Habitat for Humanity by tithing to our sister affiliate HFH Uganda. Read more about our tithe.

This year, Building On Faith partners will help build a new home with the Desmond family . Darlene and Martin Desmond, married for 50 years, had fallen on some hard times over the last 10 years. Ultimately, they applied to buy a Habitat home because they need a home which can accommodate Martin’s wheelchair. They were forced to move out of their house due to hurricane damage; they now live with their son in his trailer. The Desmonds are overjoyed to have the faith community partner with them in their journey to build an affordable, ADA-wheelchair accessible, Habitat home.

Congregations can get involved in a number of ways:

• Prayer
  
• Serve on Building On Faith Committee
  
• Volunteering at a build site—no experience necessary
  
• Donating gently used furniture, cabinets, clothing, appliances, etc. to our ReStore in Mandeville, off Hwy. 59 just north of I-12.
  
• Providing a financial donation :
  
  • $25 for Porch Lights
    
  • $60 to provide an Interior Door
    
  • $125 to provide an Insulated Window
    
  • $150 for a Kitchen Sink and Faucet
    
  • $300 to provide a Bathtub
    
  • $600 for 2 Energy Efficient Exterior Doors
    
  • $1,000 to provide Energy-Star Appliances
    
  • $2,500 for Insulated Ceilings, Walls and Floors
    
  • $5,000 for Heating and Air Conditioning
  
  Based on estimated construction costs of $80,000:
  
  • $10,000 for 12.5% of construction costs
    
  • $15,000 for nearly 20% of construction costs
    
  • $20,000 for 25% of construction costs
    
  • $30,000 for nearly 40% of construction costs
    
  • $40,000 for 50% of construction costs
    
  • $50,000 for nearly 65% of construction costs
  
  
• Providing in-kind donations (i.e. 24"x24" AC filters, good quality blue painters tape, yellow lower gauge very thick three-prong extension cords, floor cleaning products, brooms, old t-shirts to make rags, cleaning supplies) house warming gifts for first time homeowners, school supplies for children living in Habitat homes, etc.)
  
• Letting us speak to members of congregations who may be eligible for a Habitat home
  
• Utilizing Habitat-themed children’s projects for Vacation Bible School or other children’s groups

For more information, please contact Jennifer Moskowitz, Director of Development at 893-3172, ext. 232.

2010 Building on Faith celebrated a wall-raising with the Dawson and Swanson partner families on Saturday, May 15, 2010.

The Dawson and Swanson families celebrated a Home Dedication on Sept. 18, 2010.

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