Summertime is for Builders! While 2009 saw LowCountry Habitat for Humanity place two more partner families in affordable housing situations, 2010 is shaping up to be our busiest and most exciting year yet!

This coming summer we begin building in Penn Village on Ernest Drive in St. Helena. Infrastructure work has already started and construction on our first house will begin in June. This house is being sponsored by the Dataw Island Community. It is scheduled for completion in the fall.

The second house is being sponsored by the Spring Island Community. It

will also be completed sometime in the fall of 2010.

A third and fourth house will also be built at this site. The multi-home site model is based on the recently completed five-house project at Prince and Hamar.

In addition to building four new houses on St. Helena, LowCountry Habitat for Humanity is also participating in the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. This federal grant program allows us to renovate and rebuild foreclosed houses and put our partner families in them.

This summer we will be working on four homes in Beaufort—two in the Mossy Oaks neighborhood, one in the Northwest Quadrant, and one in Shell Point that were abandoned or foreclosed.

This gives us the potential to place eight of our partner families in eight safe, affordable homes in the coming two years. While that output is a goal of our program, it will not come easily.

Infrastructure costs on the Penn Center houses alone—providing a road, a septic system, water lines, etc.—are estimated to cost $100,000. The fortunate part of this is that a federal grant—the Self-Help Homeownership Program–pays for half the cost. We are currently in the process of raising the remaining funds.

In the middle section of this newsletter, you will see a list of contributors to our organization in 2009. These donors are essential to the success of our organization.

For Penn Village to be successful, we need to continue to increase the number of names on that list. Please consider adding your name for 2010—and helping us continue to provide affordable housing to residents in Northern Beaufort County.

Spring 2010 Vol. 7, No. 2

Our Mission

In response to God’s love, LowCountry Habitat for

Humanity creates long-term partnerships to build and

renovate affordable housing with volunteers and responsible families in

need.

Our ReStore

LowCountry Habitat ReStore was created to help fund LowCountry

Habitat for Humanity’s House Construction Program; to provide a

source for donated new and used items at reasonable prices; and to reduce the amount of construction material waste

in local landfills.

Local Marines make the most of a Saturday completing roofing work at the Palm Drive house.

Gravel road (soon-to-be Paulick Place) leading to Penn Village

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We are once again at that point in our year where some board members terms have ended. The good thing about an ending is that somewhere else there is a beginning, and in the case of our board and its leadership, that is certainly the case.

We welcome a familiar face as our new Board Chairman – Steve Keeler. Steve has been a member of our board since 2003 and is an excellent leader of people. His vision and dedication to service to his fellow man will in turn serve us well.

We also welcome Bob Albon to our Vice-Chairman slot. Bob has been a member of our board since 2009 and was a driving force behind the funding of the Dataw House.

Jim Laughnane continues as our secretary and Russ Dimke continues as our treasurer.

We also welcome Edward Smalls to our board. Edward is a Beaufort native who brings exceptional insight to our board.

Of course, with new faces and new leadership, it means that we are also saying goodbye to some board members.

Aaron Miller has served on our board since 2007 and was helpful in serving on our Family Support Committee and with development of our construction safety policies.

We also bid farewell to Susan Ferguson, a board member since 2006 and our Board Chairman since 2008. Susan put her considerable energy and intensity to work with both the ReStore and the Birdhouse Auction, among many other things.

During Susan’s leadership our affiliate completed five houses at Prince and Hamar, started the project at Mint Farm, purchased land from Penn Center, served 32 families in the Northwest Quadrant through the Block by Block program and expanded the ReStore—to name but a few accomplishments.

We still have a full plate of projects in the foreseeable future. With our experienced leadership and the fresh insights of a new member, we’re looking forward to an exciting year ahead.

Brenda Dooley

Executive Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bob Albon

Steve Andrews

Ted Becker

Lawrance “Buddy” Coleman

Russ Dimke

Jim Gibson

Benjamin Gillens

Nancy Gilley

Susie Gombocz

Pastor Steve Keeler

Jim Laughnane

Pastor Leon Meadows

Edward Smalls

OFFICE 616 Parris Island Gateway

Beaufort, SC 29906 522-3500

RESTORE

612 Parris Island Gateway 525-0055

The ReStore is open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday

from 10:00am until 5:00pm. Donations may be dropped off on

Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Pick-up of large items can be arranged by calling the

ReStore.

Visit our website: www.lowcountryhabitat.org

A Note from the Executive Director...

B L U E P R I N T S

Habitat Myth and Truth

Myth: Habitat houses lower neighborhood property values.

Truth: Many studies of low-cost housing show that affordable housing has no adverse effect on other neighborhood property values. In fact, Habitat for Humanity believes its approach to affordable housing can improve neighborhoods and commu-

nities by strengthening community spirit; increasing the tax base; and building better citizens through the cooperative efforts involved in Habitat construction.

Myth: Habitat is a Southern Poverty Program

Truth: While founded and based in Georgia, we have affiliates in every state and 83 countries worldwide.

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members of a campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. They choose a Habitat International affiliate to spend spring break with working on houses.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH...

Jerry Marlowe, a regular volunteer at the construction site, is especially busy this time of year. In addition to

being a regular crew member, Jerry has graciously donated his time and labor towards the building of our bird-houses for our Birdhouse Auction.

This year, as in years past, Jerry built

well over 40 birdhouses for artists to mold into a work of art. Without Jerry’s elaborate and intricate bird-houses, our artists would have a blank canvas. Congratulations on a job well done and thank you, Jerry!

SEASONAL HELP NEEDED AT THE RESTORE!

This summer, as in most summers, our ReStore loses one of its most valuable assets to more tolerable climates—our volunteers. Specifi-cally we lose volunteers who help us pick up donated items in our truck.

This summer promises to be busy as we will soon have items donated from the City of Beaufort and the Beaufort Housing Authority. If you have the interest and ability to help out on the truck—picking up items for re-sale in the store—please con-tact Jenny Drake at 525-0055.

COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE!

This spring we were once again pleased to welcome a Collegiate Challenge group to help us in our building projects. The group that came in March was from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. They spent a week finishing work on our Mint Farm site.

In May we will also host two groups, one from Penn State Uni-versity and one from Wekiva Presbyterian Church in Long-wood, Florida. All collegiate challenge groups are made up of

Yes! I want to help keep building homes and communities here in Beaufort!

Name:

Address:

City,State/Zip:

:Email: Phone:

$500 $100 $50 $25

Enclosed is my check for $

payable to: LowCountry Habitat for Humanity

616 Parris Island Gateway, Beaufort, SC 29906

Please charge my gift of $

Visa / MasterCard Account #

Exp. / /

Students from Wake Forest build a shed in Mint Farms

Birdhouse Builder Jerry Marlowe

B L U E P R I N T S

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FOUNDATION BUILDERS ($250 to $499)

COMMUNITY BUILDERS (over $2,500)

CARPENTERS ($1,000 to $2,499)

Steve & Barbara Andrews

Beaufort Fund of Coastal

Community Foundation

Dan & Merrie Boone

Carteret Street United Methodist Women

The Crook Family

Jeffrey Curry

Heritage Classic Foundation

James Laughlin

LowCountry Council of Governments

Kathy Paulik

Ernie & Myradean Ransome

Sea Island Presbyterian Church

South Carolina Housing Trust Fund

United Way of the Lowcountry

Carol Baxter

Mary & Theodore Becker

R. Lancy & Emily Burn

Robert & Mary Lou Dalziel

Sandra & Russ Dimke

Susan & Daryl Ferguson

Larry & Nancy Fuller

George Gans

Nancy & D.C. Gilley

Herbert W. Jarvis

Barbara & Stephen Krakehl

Alan & Joanne Moses

Peter & Jane Post

Alan Rayfield

Henry Reynolds

J. Wood Rutter

St. Helena's Episcopal Church

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Shanna & Bill Sullivan

The Baptist Church of Beaufort

Barbara Thomas & Tom Gasparini

Bill & Dudley Tye

GOOD NEIGHBORS ($500 to $999)

Adrian Dominican Sisters

Penny & Bill Agnew

Bob & Barbara Albon

Ann Baruch

Beaufort County Association of Realtors

Susan & Peter Beekman

Ellen & Charles Chasar

Grace E. Clark

Susan & Ron Converse

Ann Cook

Waneta & James Crawford

Pete & Mary Dickerson

Bruce Doneff

Loann Donley

Cassandra & Benjamin Gillens

Susan & Bill Gombocz

Sonya Googins

Curt & Kathryn Henry

Allen & Susan Horn

Janice & David House

Stan & Ellen Hudson

Betty & John Huntley

Robert & Frances Hydon

J. William Johnston

David Laufer & Ellen Gleberman

Virginia & Robert Lurcott

Dale Martin & Robert Wishart

Jim & Janis Mathis

Gardner & Norma Miller

Peggy & Boulton Mohr

Wes & Catherine Moseley

Jennifer Olney

Anna & Peter Pearks

Riverview Baptist Church

South Carolina Bank & Trust

St. Mark's Chapel

Charles & Martha Lynn Webb

Jean & Cyril Wolff

THANKS TO OUR DONORS!

LowCountry Habitat for Humanity is grateful for everyone who generously donated funds toward our goal of ending substandard housing in northern Beaufort County. We are deeply appreciative of all the in-kind donations and ReStore donations as well.

Juanita & David Allton

Doug & Sukie Azar

Beaufort Charities

Beaufort Water Festival

Martha Bishop & Elizabeth Patterson

William & Nancy Bonneville

Brick Baptist Church

R. G. Brown

Carol F. Clark

Lois Cochrane

Cathy & John Cooney

Carol & Randall Coy

Joseph & Susan Credle

Bob Cummins, Jr.

Dataw Garden Club

Dataw Island Women's Golf Association

Dataw Men's Golf Club

Barbara & John Dittmer

Mike & Anice Ervin

John Fahey

Charles & Marguerite Ford

Fred Gaskin

Alice & Dean Hewitt

Peggy & Chipper Hoff

Guy & Jean Hollister

Anne & James Kistler

James & Rita Laughnane

Gina & Michael Logan

William & Rhetta Lowndes

Carol Madeja

John T. Mahoney

Susan & Paul Mannheim

John McCandless

Kathleen & Donald McVay

Arthur Morrow

Wendy & Gabriel Nagy

Anne & Willilam Newcomb

Beth & Neville Patterson

Rotary Club of Beaufort

Ashleigh & Bob Sawdon

James Scully

Edie Smith & Gene Rugala

Sharon & Dick Stewart

Unitarian Universal Fellowship of Beaufort

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FRIENDS & FRAMERS ($100 to $249)

TOOL PARTNERS (over $25 to $99)

Mike & Betty Adams

Skip & Judy Adams

Ameris Bank

Brock & Margy Anderson

Chuck & Sue Asselin

June & Dave Austin

Janet Baker

Janet R.Baker

Gayle & Paul Bartley

John & Trudie Bazemore

Patricia Bell

Vivian Bikulege

Thomas Blair

James & Gretchen Blickle

Eileen Blovad

Laura & Ralph Bricker

Eleanore & James Brough

Douglas Brown

Deborah & Jack Burke

Jay Burner

Joseph & Jane Burt

Anne & Mac Butcher

Carol & Richard Butler

Calvin & Paula Campbell

William R. Carroll

Dr. John & Josephine Cashen

Lora & Dick Childs

Lawrence & Priscilla Merrick Coleman

Carolyn & Colin Collins

Gary & Lynne Conlin

Ryan Copeland

Jeanette & John Copley

Ellen Corbett

Gene Cox

Dave & Ann Craigmile

Jack & Joan Crawford

Cathy Crocker

Robert & Mary Lou Cullen

C. Dean Cullison

John & Rosemary Curcio

Pat & Barry deSatnick

James & Susan Dickson

Brenda Dooley

Robert & Sheila Drouin

Patricia & John Fakunding

Scribner & Ann Fauver

Estella & Clarence Folks

Roberta Foote

Victoria & Stewart Fraser

Lawrence & Wilhemina Gaenzle

Jim & Louise Gibson

Ruth & Thomas Gioiosa

Robert Googins

Elizabeth & David Grady

Habersham Land Company

Sterling Hall & Rosa Lee Vitez

Charles Hammel

Ted & Sally Haskell

Joan Hedley

Mary & Walker Henry

Helen Hewitt

Kenneth & Sherry Hirsch

Jo & Ray Hoge

Robert & Ardith Holzmacher

Nat & Lois Hughs

Charlene Hunt

J. Weidner Landscaping

Robert Jackson & Jo Anne Walters

J. Gwyn & Joan T. Jordan

Paul & Susan Jorgensen

Steve & Kay Keeler

Pat Keown

Elizabeth Key

Paul Keyserling

Warren & Barbara Kinsman

Lou & Linda Laiken

Don & Terry LaMont

Larry & Anita S. Lance

Michael Landes

Kenneth & Peggy Lantelme

M. Larkin

Larry & Diane Laughlin

Milton Lawrence

Sue Lawrence Daniels & Allen Daniels

Richard & Louise Ledwith

Ed & Ellen Like

Catey & Mike Long

Art & Carol Looney

Calvin & Ann Low

LowCountry Italian American Club

Terry & Beth Lurtz

Marilyn & Rick Manzari

Nathan Massengill

MCAS Beaufort Federal Credit Union

Audrey McBratney

Hal & Becky McCann

James & Elizabeth McCornock

Mike McFee

Jackie & Bill McMahon

Meekness Of The Spirit

Gerry & Joseph Mistretta

Pat & Dave Morris

Carol & James Morrissey

David & Christine Murphy

Nancy Myers

Roger Niemiec

Jack & Chris Nietert

John & Bonnita Payne

Nelle Pender & Hugh Gouldthorpe

Susan Pepper

Robert & Matilda Pogachnick

Robert & Janell Proctor

Chris & Sheppard Raskind

Alvesta Robertson

Don & Carol Rosenberg

Bob & Nan Sadler

Emma Sanders

Bill & Dot Schaphorst

Hermon Schmit

Lynn Scoville

Stuart & Sherry Shandalove

Marilyn & Troy Shaver

Gerald Smith

Mark & Susan Solow

Southern Tree Services

Jane Sullivan

Keith & Linda Tarr-Whelan

Tate Enterprise

Dennis & Mae Tavernetti

Clare Taylor & Bernie Moscovitz

Marlene & Walter Terpin

The Croquet Club of Dataw Island

Chuck Van Anden

Larry & Beverly Van Dillen

Gretchen & Bruce Wager

Maryann Waldrop

Bobby & Bill Weber

Kathy & Richard White

Lewis & Beverly White

Emilie & Stanley Wilson

Mary Wilson

David & Beverly Yoder

Amy & Lester York

Joyce & David Zanone

Michael & Susan Zara

Winifred T. Zara

Dorothy & Fred Zinser

John & Rose Mary Zucker

Robert Baker & Dr. Eva-Marie

Wustefeld

Beverly Barrett

Ursula Barrett

David Baum

Deborah Beck

Charlotte & Chris Beebe

Larry & Veronica Beidelman

Susan & Glenn Blackburn

Dean Bleckrie & Lesta Voght

Tracye Blue

John & Vivian Boyle

Merry & Charles Brace

Courtney Broadus

Hattie Brown

Tony Bush

BJ & RS Cameron

Bill & Carol Carpenter

Dick & Gail Clarke

Mary Clayberg

Joan & Roy Clelland

Coldwell Banker Keyserling Real

Estate

Margaret Collins

Nancy & Sandy Conde

Curt & Judy Copeland

Beverly Cox

Bernadine Creegan

Kenneth & Donna Cummings

Nils & Joan Dahl

Laurance Davis

Trish Dean

Joan & Earl Dietz

Jean Digan

Roz Dixon

Dr. David & Holly Dolan

Martha Dooley

Louise M. Doyle

Peter Driscoll

Diana Eisenhart

Emily Fader

Bob & Gay Farmer

Donald Farris

Bud & Nancy Fischer

Joseph Flanagan

Joe & Mary Ann Foutch

William Fox

Vonnie & Jack Fritze

Dale & Diane Goodrich

Mary Gorgas

Jan & Mern Gouza

Jackson Gregory

Connie Grover

Roberta & Robert Gunderson

James Inlow & Gloria Jones

Frank & Linda Hager

Grace Harrigan

Connie Haskell

Maxwell Holder

Hilda Holstein

Patricia & Robert Hopkins

Catherine & James Hutchins

Maureen & Michael Hynes

Henry & Peggy Jackson

Joy & Paul Jacobs

Gail Elaine & Holly Gail Jones

Deborah Kelsey & Kevin Kelley

Donald & Sue Kemper

Karl Kendall

Mrs. J. H. King

Janet & Paul Kinsey

Jim & Marilynn Koerber

David & Hannelore Konnersman

Lady's Island Garden Club

Audrey Laluk

Anna Lee

Jan LeFevre

Wilna & George Lovett

Lowcountry Insurance Services

Tim & Lynn Maher

Jim Mallett

Sally & James Marks

Lee Martin

George & Connie Mason

Barbara & Frank McCoy

Loyce McDaniel

William & Ann McDuff

Dudley McKenney

Aaron & Karen Miller

Catherine Miller

Kate & Pete Miller

Sally Mitchell

Roy & Margaret Moore

Gayle Morris

Larry & Dolores Moss

Eugene & Barbara Mowry

David & Linda Muehl

Cheryl & John Neison

Ken Nicely & Portia Lyons

Oaks True Holiness Church

Donald & Gloria O'Laughlin

Barbara & Larry Olney

Amanda & Jason Onks

Kay & George Owen

Bill & Josephine Paddock

Carol & David Painter

Shirlely Parsons

Jim & Clara Partridge

Dragana Pavic-Zappia

Barbara & Peter Payne

Lynn & William Peterson

Janet & Norman Phelps

Debbie Pucci

Bethany Reynders

Sara Reynolds

Geoff & Ann Riefe

Norman Robertson

Joseph & Diane Roney

Laura Lee Rose

Charles & Collette Russell

Marsha Scarborough

Jacob Schroeber

Albert & Sheila Sears

Susan Shaffer

Lisa Simmons

Susan & Kelson Slayman

Sylvia Stano

John & Mary Stefan

Cindy & Bob Stoothoff

The Gallery

Corinne & ML Thompson

W.B. & Sally Timms

Barbara Titus

M.L. Toal

Barry Trevor

Esther & Al Truesdale

Christi Trumps

Mrs. George Tucker

Cindy Turnbull

Judy Upjohn

Mary Walmsley

Cindy Walters

George Ward

Inez Washington

Michele & John F. Weaber

Joanne Weber

Robin Weeman

Sue & Larry Weidner

Pam & Arthur Weigand

Ellie White

Tom Wilson & Cynthia Hermes

Charles Williams

James & Anne Williams

Al & Terry Wood

Artwork by Battery Creek HS Visual Art Students

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616 Parris Island Gateway Beaufort, SC 29906

Partnership Matters.

7th Annual Birdhouse Auction

Friday, May 14th at 6pm ARTWorks Ribaut Plaza (on Boundary Street)

Live Music Hors d’ouevres

Tickets $30 in advance $40 on May 14th

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