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The Times Advocate, 2005-03-09, Page 11Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Exeter Times—Advocate 11 Habitat for Humanity dream coming true HENSALL — Habitat for Humanity Huron County held another steering committee meeting recently at the Hensall United Church. The purpose of the meeting was to put the final touches on the long and difficult application process to Habitat Canada for full affiliation status. The group has been meeting every few weeks lately in order to become fully established by April and ready to operate. "Once we are approved as a full fledged affiliate," explained committee chairperson Paul Dyck, "our steering committee members will become our inaugur- al board of directors and we will be able to officially start operations, even though we've been functioning at an organizational level for more than a year now." The group has established its committee structure to carry out the complex task of not only building houses, but also to complete tasks such as site selection, family selection, fundraising, faith relations, business con- tacts, build and design selection and numerous other functions needed to ensure long term viability for long term sustainability. Central Huron donates lot The Municipality of Central Huron has donated a building lot in Clinton for Habitat for Humanity Huron County on which the first build is planned. "Our goal is to provide affordable housing for every family that qualifies for it in Huron County, " Dyck states. "Eventually we want Habitat houses in every village and town in Huron County where there is need. We need the support of the entire county to help us work towards this goal." Habitat for Humanity Huron County has selected Clinton for its first build because of its central location in the county. There are groups and individuals who are supporting this project from the north as well as the south of the county. Habitat Huron County eventu- ally will be able to build houses all over the county in the years to come, but needs to raise funds now to do so. Funds needed Habitat for Humanity Huron County is in need of donations in order to get rolling. The response has been excellent so far, but more is needed. The group has received donations from service clubs, schools, churches and individuals, but more is needed before the actual construction can begin. Businesses and indi- viduals have also been generous in donating time and expertise to the project, and some businesses have even pledged donations of construction goods and ser- vices that will be required. Individuals can help by sending cheques to Habitat for Humanity Huron County, P.O. Box 68, Hensall, Ont., NOM 1X0. Tax deductible Dyck explained, "Habitat for Humanity can give you a tax receipt if you make the cheque payable to `Habitat for Humanity' and note on the memo line of your cheque that the funds are earmarked for `Huron County.' We can't issue tax receipts until we get chari- table status, but we can forward these cheques on to the Habitat for Humanity national office in Waterloo, who will issue tax receipts and hold the funds in trust for us. This way, we have seed money waiting for us, and donors receive tax credits." When the group receives its affiliation and charitable status approval, it will be able to issue its own receipts. All cheques should be forwarded to the Hensall address. Ongoing work Each committee, nine in total, of Habitat for Humanity Huron County is operating and holding meetings on a regular basis. More volunteers are needed now, and more will be needed in the future. Volunteers can get more information by contacting the Habitat office and leaving a message at 262-5222, or by dropping a line to Habitat for Humanity Huron County, P.O. Box 68, Hensall, Ont., NOM 1X0. An appli- cation can also be printed off from the group's Web site at www.habitathuroncounty.ca/. Currently, appli- cations must be printed off and mailed in, but a new Web site is under construction and will be unveiled soon which will be more interactive Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit, independent housing program made up of local affiliates that are locally managed. Habitat provides a "hand up, not a hand out" by selling homes to qualified families through "sweat equity" and non interest mortgages. Each local chapter must meet the strict guidelines of Habitat for Humanity Canada. Started in 1976 in the United States, Habitat for Humanity now enjoys suc- cess in 87 countries around the globe. 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