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The vinyl is installed in the kitchen and two baths for Unit B in
Farmington, future home of the Jennifer Pare family.  Workers from Tri-City
Flooring of Somersworth came out in 100 degree weather Friday to get the job done and
keep us on schedule.  The vinyl was certainly pliable!  Tri-City flooring has worked with SENH Habitat for Humanity for years, donating labor, vinyl, and carpet padding.   Additionall,y they give us very
good pricing on carpet and laminate.  Roy the owner and all employees are a pleasure to work with.

Bob McCoy
Build Team Manager 

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On July 4th, SENH HFH Administrative Assistant Anne Phipps and volunteers Dale Delory and Jess Phillips participated in the annual Rotary Club of Durham-Great Bay July 4th celebration held at Cowell Stadium.  Anne, Dale and Jess provided several activities for the kids - decorating birdhouses, building bird feeders and building bulletin boards.  Other activities from other organizations included:

- Granite State Zoo’s educational wild and exotic animal exhibit.

- McGregor Ambulance Corps exhibit and tours of an ambulance.

- An inflatable bouncy house and 22′ slide.

- Face decals, fireworks painting on paper plates, hula hoops, and other games.

- Carnival food including pizza, fried dough, sno-cones, hot dogs, etc.

- Music

- Newmarket Militia

- And, of course, spectacular fireworks!

The fireworks were presented by Pyrotecnico, America’s most innovative and creative designer of fireworks displays.  A voluntary donation was requested at the gate to defray the cost. Proceeds assist in high school scholarships, food bank contributions, Christmas turkey distributions, support to high school and UNH Rotary Clubs, an international program to eradicate polio, providing boots and shoes to needy children in local schools, and supporting local charitable organizations including Womenade, Bobcat Bolt, and On-Belay.

The Rotary Club of Durham-Great Bay wants to thank all of its sponsors and in particular the Town of Durham for providing police, fire and public works support and UNH for providing police support and their spectacular venue.

Check out the latest progress photos from the deconstruction project going on in Kingston at the former Sanborn Regional High School, thanks to volunteer Danielle Provencal.

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Well, folks, the project many of you have been anticipating is just about
ready to start — *carefully **TEARING DOWN A HISTORIC BUILDING*!

Beginning next *Wednesday, May 25*, and continuing for the next three weeks or so,
we’ll be at the former Sanborn Regional High School campus to deconstruct *Colcord Hall*,
which served for many years as a girls’ dormitory and cafeteria.

It’s dirty work, and we know many of you can’t wait to start.  So that we
can stay on track with the new-builds in Farmington and Rochester, we’ll be
working in weekdays only.

What makes this such an interesting project is the building’s architecture,
framing, history, and uses over the past 98 years.

While Habitat for Humanity generally likes to focus on building and
renovating affordable housing, the Kingston DeCon provides an opportunity to
support many of the organization’s ongoing and future projects, since a lot
of the material we take out can be recycled for new building projects and
renovations.  *All salvageable material will be sold through Habitat’s
ReStore in Dover.  *

In addition, because of the all-volunteer efforts to dismantle the building,
Southeast NH Habitat for Humanity will be able to use the nominal fee it
receives for the deconstruction to continue to build simple, decent,
affordable houses for low- and moderate-income families in Strafford and
Rockingham counties.

So, please pass the word — to family members, friends, neighbors,
co-workers, and groups you belong to — *we need everyone’s help, energy,
muscle, and commitment to help make this happen.*

I’ve attached some of the history I was able to dig up online about Colcord
Hall, which is within the former Sanborn Seminary / Sanborn Regional High
School campus. Samuel Colcord was one of the founders of Kingston (1694),
according to an archive written for its 300th celebration.  Samuel was known
as “a  troublemaker,” and moved about the Seacoast a lot.  His descendant,
Elihu, made up for that by building Colcord Hall in 1913.

So if you want to be a part of history, and help Habitat for Humanity be
able to help more families become homeowners, please take a few moments to
sign up for the Kingston DeCon on *VolunteerUP!* [
http://www.senhhabitat.org/get-involved.html].

We look forward to seeing you there, and thank you for your support and
dedication.

Take care,

Jonathan Miller

Volunteer coordinator

On Saturday April 16th, the official ground breaking ceremony was held for the latest Southeast NH Habitat for Humanity house being built at 9 Silver Street in Rochester.  Read the full story and see photos here.

The Dover Chamber of Commerce has named the Dover Habitat ReStore its 2011 New Business of the Year!  On Thursday January 6th, store manager Doug Willey and SENH Habitat for Humanity board president Tom Boisvert  joined a news conference at the Dover Chamber office when the announcement was made.  Doug thanked all of the ReStore volunteers who make the store possible and the community of Dover for being so supportive.  Five awards were announced: Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year, New Business of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, and Nonprofit Business of the Year.  Chamber Executive Director Kirt Schuman thanked allof the recipients for their contributions to the community and stressed that the honorees are an essential part of the city.  The formal awards dinner honoring this year’s recipients will be held January 27th at the Hellenic Center in Dover.  The Foster’s Daily Democrat article can be found here Dover Chamber of Commerce 2011 Award Winners

Southeast NH Habitat for Humanity is currently searching for new homeowners for half of the duplex house in Farmington and half of the duplex house in Rochester.

We are currently in the process of building two houses, sharing a common wall, on six beautiful wooded acres on Reservoir Rd. in Farmington. Each sturdy two-story house will have four bedrooms, one and one-half baths and its own well and septic system. These houses need families to make them homes.

We ask three things:

(1) That you have a need. This means different things to different people, and each situation is assessed separately, but priority is given to those in a difficult housing situation.

(2) That you are able to pay. Despite popular belief, Habitat homes are not given away to the poor. They are built with the families’ help, and require repayment through an interest free mortgage. The families chosen must have enough income to pay their mortgage, insurance, taxes and the rest of their bills. For these homes, depending on the number of people in the family, appropriate income ranges from $38,000 – $45,000. As with any home mortgage application, Habitat checks credit reports, references and more. Meeting the income limits is not a guarantee of selection.

(3) Most importantly, your family must be willing to partner with us. This means everything from committing a minimum of 250 hours of work on building Habitat homes to attending educational classes and more.

If your family meets these minimum requirements, owning one of these homes may be within your reach. Partner homeowners are selected according to criteria that do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, or ethnic background.

To request an application, call 433-9555 and leave your name, address and telephone number, or go to www.senhhabitat.org where you can download an application under Family Selection. For further information, please email familyselection@senhhabitat.org

Our decon team knows the deal – it’s about community, helping each other out. Saunders helped us give a customer a GREAT deal by letting us take their pavers. The customer got a great deal, while reclaiming perfectly good product AND raising money to raise roofs on affordable homes. It truly is a win-win-win situation!!

At a BBQ for the Bike and Build team, hosted by Habitat Homeowners Sarah and Bill Forner and Liz Ledoux, Executive Director Cheryl Van Allen, Board Members Joan Gile and Tom Boisvert and newest Family Advocate, Barbara Leech, welcomed the Tufts Family into the Habitat fold. We can’t WAIT to help them start building their new home!! Thanks to Jenn Peters for all the amazing pix!

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When our Decon Team was looking for a new trailer to help haul our stuff, team leader Tom Boisvert turned to REP Enterprises.  As it turns out, it was a great move.

We want to give a HUGE shout out of thanks to REP for their support of Habitat for Humanity.  They gave us a deep discount on a brand new cargo trailer, which helps us spend less money on “stuff” and spend MORE money on building affordable homes!

This proves that giving comes in MANY forms.  In kind gifts are just as important to the affiliate as they help us put more of our hard-earned donations towards our home-building mission.  What can you do to help?

Help support the businesses that support Habitat.  Contact REP for all your trailer, plow and sander needs.  603-431-8445  or go to www.repusa.com