ReStore will come to your house on Tuesdays to pick-up your donation. The ReStore is also scheduling pick-ups for college move out on April 29th, 30th, and May 1st.

If you would like to volun-teer at the ReStore please call Tiffany Tomeo at (740) 592-0032 or email her at

tiffany@athenshabitat.org

Please keep in mind that we schedule volunteers a week in advance.

ReStore moved from The Plains to 309 W. Union Street in Ath-ens in March. When looking for a new location for the Re-Store it was important that it facilitate growth in both dona-tions and revenue, the new store is 7,800 sq. ft. and locat-ed close to central Athens. More people are visiting the new location; 300 people came through the doors open-ing weekend, totaling $5,400.00 in sales.

The success of the move and expansion could not have been possible without tremendous local support. Athens County Habitat received an $110,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grant through the Ohio Development Services Agency in partnership with the Athens County Com-missioners, Century National Bank and Hocking, Athens , Perry Community Action. Habi-tat would also like to thank Don Linder and Larry Conrath Realty for their help in finding a new home for the ReStore.

Moving and expanding are hard work! Russell Chamber-lain was kind enough to let Habitat use his moving van to speed up the moving process. The ReStore staff had a lot of help from the two collegiate challenge groups that visited

from Providence College and the University of Virginia. “They were so happy to help, full of energy; a great group of young people,” Molly Blair re-flected on the two weeks that the students were in Athens. Our faithful crew of ReStore volunteers also helped get the new store ready for the grand re-opening, thank you to: Sam, Dave, Wanda, Janey, Carol, Ruth Ann, Charlene, Katherine, Carolyn and Helen.

When asked what is her favor-ite thing at the new ReStore? Molly responded, “Access, this location makes affordable building materials more ac-cessible to the residents of Athens.”

If you are interested in do-nating gently used building materials or furniture please call the ReStore at their new number (740) 589-5865. The

ReStore Moves to Union Street

Special points of interest:

Taste of Athens

Collegiate Challenge

Ed Folk, Construction

Volunteer

Janie Copeland, Re-

Store Volunteer

Inside this Issue

Taste of Athens 2

Under Construction 2

Collegiate Challenge 3

WRTR Flower Sale & Golf Outing

3

Spotlight on Volun- 2

Faith Build Rummage Sale & Scrap Metal

3

Getting to Know New Habitat Staff

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The third annual Taste of Athens took place at Hocking College’s Student Center on March 23, 2013. The event netted Habitat over $15,000.00. Thank you to all that attended, donated, spon-sored and volunteered. There were nine restau-rants competing for the bragging rights of top taste.

The nine competitors were: Casa Nueva, Fluff Bakery presenting Rick-shaw Thai, Kiser’s Barbe-que, Cutler’s Restaurant, Lui Lui’s, Sol, The Inn at Cedar Falls, Rocky Boot Grill, and the Athens Country Club.

All brought their top game and wowed the

crowd with amazing dishes from a duck breast flatbread to tofu albondigas. It was a foodies paradise.

As the tasting came to an end people voted for their favorite dishes. The winners were as follows:

First place with black-ened tilapia crostini served with a home-made black bean and corn salsa topped with a cilantro lime mayon-naise was Kiser’s Barbe-que,

Second place with herb dusted pork tenderloin with braised Brussels sprouts and carrot broth was Cutler’s Restaurant

Third place with Tam Som, a spicy green papaya salad with lime, hot chili, fish sauce, palm sugar; and Tom Kha Gai, a chicken, coconut milk soup with kaffir lime leaves, galangal, and lemon grass was Fluff’s Bakery introducing Rickshaw Thai.

Taste of Athens 2013

Thank you Taste of

Athens Sponsors Vision Source, Sunpower, The

Farmacy, American Family

Insurance, Bulk Food Depot,

Shagbark Seed & Mill, Shawna

Stump State Farm Insurance,

Century National Bank, Athens

Realty, Dan Inman Electric,

Carpet One Floor & More,

Blackburn Home Furnishing,

Athens Dental Arts, M.S.

Accounting, Channing

McAllister Edward Jones, Busy

Day Market, Snider, Fuller &

Associates, The Laurels of

Athens, Carpenter &

Associates, and Career

Connections

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The house at 2 Alexander Street is almost complete. Thank

you to WRTR, and all of our female volunteers! Also thanks

to Pat Merriell our project coordinator for this build! Soon

Jennifer and her son will be moving into their new home!

Update on our 29th House……...

Spotlight on Volunteers

Ed Folk pictured here with

his daughter Jennifer has

worked tirelessly for her

dream of homeownership.

He has volunteered over

200 hours. He has also been

a teacher to many on the

build site. Thank you Ed for

all of your hard work!

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Collegiate Challenge Comes to Athens Page 3

Athens County Habitat for Humanity had two different Collegiate Challenge groups

come to Athens this March. One was from Providence College and the other from the

University of Virginia. Both groups helped move and organize the ReStore to its new

location. They also helped with the current build taking place at 2 Alexander Street in

Athens. Making these trips successful took a lot of help from our Faith Build Coalition

volunteers. Thank you to First Christian Church for housing the Habitat volunteers.

Thank you to the Athens Community Center for letting the students shower at their

facility. Thank you to Danny Moates for organizing breakfast and dinner for the college

students. Thank you to the following churches for providing wonderful dinners our

Habitat volunteers: Athens Catholic Parish, First Lutheran Church, First Presbyterian

Church and Grace Christian Center.

WRTR Flower Sale & Golf Outing The Women Raise the

Roof flower sale has

commenced. This is a

great fundraiser because

you get great deals on

flowers and Habitat gets

a percentage of the

profits.

You can pick up order

forms at the Habitat

Office and the ReStore

located on Union Street.

Orders need to be re-

ceived by Anita James by

April 27, 2013. All flower

orders should be picked

up on Sunday, May 5 be-

tween 11am and 3pm at

the Junior Fair Building at

the Athens County Fair-

grounds. Women Raise

the Roof has a goal of 125

orders this spring, please

order today!

The Women Raise the

Roof Habitat for Humanity

Collation will be hosting

the tenth annual golf

scramble on June 1, 2013.

The event will begin with a

9am shotgun start at the

Ohio University golf course.

There will be food, bever-

ages, prizes and a silent

auction.

The cost is $240.00 per a

team or $60.00 per an indi-

vidual, please register be-

fore May 17th, 2013. You

can send fees and names of

golfers to Peggy Pruitt at

6933 Gura Road, Athens,

Ohio 45701.

Spotlight on Volunteers

Janey Copeland is a regular

volunteer at the ReStore. She

loves to volunteer with Habitat

because she gets to talk to

people about their home

projects and their home repair

needs. She likes it when

customers come back and

share what they have created

with the staff and volunteers at

the ReStore. Thank you Janey

for all of you hard work!

project. This winter the Faith Build coa-lition hit another house sponsorship and is looking to get a head start on the next Habitat House. Cash donations will be welcomed at both of these events. Clean out your garage or closet and help raise money for Habitat for Humanity.

The Faith Build coalition will be hosting a Scrap Metal Drive on Saturday, June 1st from 9am to 1pm at the Athens County Fairgrounds. The fairgrounds are located on West Union Street in Athens. All scrap metal will be wel-comed along with car batteries. This event along with the Rummage Sale, and 2x4 signings help the Faith Build Coalition fund their next building

Faith Build’s Scrap Metal Drive

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continue to be on the build site work-

ing with homeowners and volunteers

to build safe, affordable homes. He

will also be in the office order con-

struction supplies and organizing

build day task lists.

At the new ReStore we have two new

employees, Michael Vaughn and Kiara

Otlowski. Both are part-time ReStore

associates. Michael along with Dave

Stafford, a volunteer, works on Tues-

days doing donations pick-ups. Kiara

works behind the counter ringing out

customers and pricing new inventory.

Athens County Habitat for Humanity has

several new faces working in the office,

build site and Re-

Store. In the office

the affiliate has

hired Tiffany

Tomeo, our new

Volunteer and

Youth Engagement Director. She is in

charge of volunteer recruitment, engage-

ment, and retention. She has been vital

this last month during as the Habitat affili-

ate merges and expands our service area.

Though not a new face Steven Peters has

a new title, the

former site super-

visor is now Ath-

ens County Habitat

for Humanity Part-

time Construction

Supervisor. He will

Meet the new Habitat Staff

Interested in Volunteering?

Please contact:

Tiffany Tomeo

tiffany@athenshabitat.org

Phone: (740) 592-0032

Don’t forget to

stop by and

browse the merchandise at our

ReStore located at our new lo-

cation on 309 Union Street in

Athens, Ohio. The new ReStore

number is (740) 589-5865.

525 West Union Street

Athens, Ohio 45701

Phone: (740) 592-0032

Fax: (740) 592-0033

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