St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Newcastle, Maine

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY announces two important upcoming dates.  On Wednesday, June 23 there will be a Volunteer Kickoff Meeting in the Undercroft from 5:30-6:30 pm.  This will be a time to learn about opportunities to work on the Bristol house and about other ways to support the Habitat mission.  Then on Saturday, June 26 a Ceremonial Groundbreaking will be held at 9:30am at the building site on Caledonia Lane (off Bristol Road about 1 mile north of the school).  Come meet the Younker family, see the site and enjoy some delicious refreshments.  FMI, Carol Hartman 563-3980.

Volunteering for Habitat isn’t all about building or baking pies.  Other volunteer opportunities are available for those of you with other talents.  Since the affiliate will be starting several new homes this summer and fall, 2 in Brunswick and 1 on Coggins Road, Bristol there is an immediate need for more members to serve on the Family Selection Committee and on the Family Advocate Committee. Both these committees work directly with applicant families and the partnership families.  Volunteers are also needed in several areas to help with the fall fundraising event which will feature an auction of creatively constructed and decorated birdhouses.  This is a great opportunity for folks with organizational skills or those who are at all artistic. And, of course, more volunteers are always welcome to work in the ReStore located next to the Habitat office in Bath.  For more information or to volunteer for any of these activities, you may contact Michele at the Habitat office, 386-5081.

The Caledonia Lane home is now underway, finally. The Steve and Amy Younker family has been selected for the home and they are now busily working on their “sweat equity” hours.  Come to our next pie sale, July 3, and meet Amy.  I will be organizing a work day at the house site for a Saturday in September.  Anyone interested can let me know or see the sign up sheet which will be posted in the Atrium when the date is determined.  Those who wish to work at the site as a single volunteer should call the Habitat office and speak to Michele.

The Spring Walk, held in Bath on May 2, raised nearly $25,000.  Walkers from St. Andrew’s, who raised just over $500, included Ann and Kelley Kash, Marie Arnold, Linda Archambault, John and Carol Hartman.  Not a bad showing, but I know that we can do better next year!

Look for the new Habitat banner coming soon in the Atrium.  Since we are a Covenant Church and encouraged to have a banner on display, one is now being constructed by our own quilter extraordinaire, Sarah Houghton.

For more information on local Habitat activities, please contact Carol Hartman, 563-3980.