The Meaning of home contest

The Meaning of home contest starts on Monday October 5th.

Please visit this website http://www.genworth.ca/contest/home.html to obtain all the information regarding this contest open to all students in grade 4, 5 and 6 across Canada to tell us what "home" means to them by entering the Meaning of Home Contest.

The web site contains information for students, parents, teachers and the media as well as how to enter the contest.

By entering, students have the chance to make a difference in their community. In addition to some great prizes, the top entry will be part of the ultimate gift - the building of a Habitat home sponsored by Genworth.

The first Place winner will:

• Take part in the ultimate gift - a new Habitat home for a deserving family. Genworth will donate $60,000 towards the building of a new Habitat home in a community of the winner's choice*.
• Receive a high-performance Dell laptop with 80 GB hard drive, 3 GB RAM and an extended warranty, loaded with Microsoft Office.
  

*The winner will select from a list of eligible locations.

Five Runner Ups will each:

• Help a family to get a home of their own. Genworth will donate $5,000 to a Habitat affiliate of the winner's choice - which will support the building of a new home in that community.
• Receive a $100 gift certificate to Chapters Indigo

Hurry up! The contest ends November 13th!

Visit http://www.genworth.ca/contest/winners_2008.html to get acquainted with the 2008 contest winners. 

Thursday, October 1st is LatteBené day at Timothy’s World Coffee.

Support Habitat for Humanity Canada and buy a LatteBené at your local Timothy’s World Coffee store Thursday, October 1st, 2009

“Buy a House, Build a Home.” Campaign begins

From July 30 to August 30, customers of The Home Depot Canada stores across the country have the option to purchase a paper house for $2.00 at the check-out.  Proceeds from this campaign directly benefit The Home Depot’s charitable partners, including Habitat for Humanity Canada.  For more information about this campaign and The Home Depot Canada Foundation, please visit www.homedepot.ca/foundation.

http://www.homedepot.ca/foundation/html/en/shop-support.html

Ste-Clotilde Groundbreaking Ceremony June 18th, 2009

 
Pictured are Michelle Stoopler and her class as well as our sponsors breaking ground at 5096 Ste-Clotilde in St-Henri.

Excavation and foundation work for the future duplex has posed a challenge and we have had to delay the start of construction until the appropriate contractor is found.

To all our eager and dedicated volunteers we ask for your patience and understanding. We will keep you posted and look forward to seeing you on site in the near future.

However, volunteers are needed during August to renovate the new ReStore. Please contact us at construction@habitatmontreal.qc.ca.

New ReStore in St-Henri

 
The new ReStore will be located at 4399 Notre Dame St. West. Renovation work is well under way and the grand opening is scheduled for September 1st, 2009.

PRESS RELEASE

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY MONTREAL
GROUNDBREAKING EVENT FOR THE START OF THE 2009 BUILD IN SAINT-HENRI

Montreal, June 16th, 2009 – The construction of this year’s project, a duplex in Saint-Henri, will officially be launched this Thursday. Habitat for Humanity will be holding a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the occasion.

Also during this special event, Habitat will honour the winner of the 2008 “Meaning of Home” contest, a fifth-grader from the United Talmud Torahs: Michelle Stoopler. Michelle’s essay (one 1,900 entries from across Canada) won her $5,000 from Genworth Financial Canada to give to this build. She and her entire class will be on site to see first hand how her prize money will be put to good use. There will also be a Q&A period with Habitat for Humanity’s president, Stephen Rotman.

Her essay is presented on the “Meaning of Home” website at this address: www.meaningofhome.ca

The ceremony will take place:

Thursday, June 18th 2009 at 10:00 am
at 5096 Sainte-Clotilde St., Montreal

Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit, charitable organization whose mission is to help families break the circle of poverty by providing them access to affordable homeownership. To accomplish this, they rely on volunteers and many financial partners. For the 2009 build, Habitat wants to thank their major sponsors: Manuvie, State Street Financial, Genworth Financial and MCAP. Manuvie will donate $110 000 to sponsor one of the houses in this year’s duplex.

Volunteer of the Year 2008

March 19, 2009

Rick Jeary

Habitat changes lives.... but maybe not those you might think.

Habitat for Humanity Montreal’s Volunteer of the Year for 2008 has a unique story to tell.

“I wanted to give back to the community,” explains Rick Jeary, “but it appears Habitat has given me far more than I gave them.”

Jeary, a laid-off Domtar employee, clocked some 400 hours in 2008 on Habitat’s Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve site, where a duplex will soon house two new homeowner families. “I had heard of the great work Habitat was doing in places like Haiti and Louisiana. Wanting to keep busy, I went on the Internet to sign on and started working in June on weekends. Come August, I was working four days a week at the site,” he says.

All the while, Jeary managed to lick an addiction problem and to check out if construction was for him. “I’ve always been a handyman. I wanted to see if I liked it enough to make a living of it,” he adds. This spring, after a stint doing volunteer work in Africa, he is planning to sign up for some carpentry and safety courses.

As part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB), students from 21 elementary and high schools raised $17,727.86 for Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village program and its projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Egypt.

The schools are: at the elementary level, Coronation, Sinclair Laird, Dunrae Gardens, Holy Cross, Nesbitt, Carlyle, St. Dorothy, East Hill, John Caboto, Our Lady of Pompei, Dalkeith, Cedarcrest, Bancroft, Gardenview, and Parkdale;  at high school level, LaurenHill, John Paul I, Rosemount,  Westmount,   John F. Kennedy and  Vincent Massey.

In the case of Pakistan, where Habitat for Humanity is doing earthquake reconstruction, donations are being matched three to one by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

  
Habitat for Humanity Montreal President Stephen Rotman accepting donations from students from Bancroft, Holy Cross, and Dunrae Gardens elementary schools and from LaurenHill Academy.

Fruits & Passion Helping to Make the Holidays brighter for Habitat Families

24 November 2008

For the sixth consecutive year, Fruits & Passion will continue to fundraise on Habitat’s behalf by offering their consumers a wonderful product that will support the Habitat program in Canada. The limited edition Grapefruit-Guava Foaming bath product will be available at Fruits & Passion Boutiques across Canada in the months of November and December at the special reduced price of $8.50 – with every purchase of $10.00 in-store. A portion of the proceeds from each sale of this product will support home building across Canada and will be directed to the communities in which Fruits & Passion operate.

Thursday, September 25th is LatteBené day at Timothy’s World Coffee.

16 September 2008

Support Habitat for Humanity Canada and buy a LatteBené at your local Timothy’s World Coffee store Thursday September 25th, 2008

Habitat for Humanity Montreal launches a new home construction project to benefit two families in need. Join us in celebration and meet one of the new homeowner families!

18 June 2008

Please join us for this important event on Wednesday June 18th, as Habitat for Humanity Montreal launches the construction of two new homes for families in need in the borough of Mercier/Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and introduces one of the future homeowner families.

Habitat for Humanity Montreal is a community-based, non-profit, faith-based organization working for a world where everyone has a safe and decent place to live. Our mission is to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting homeownership as a means to breaking the cycle of poverty. The organization was founded in 1998, is a member of Habitat for Humanity Canada, and part of a worldwide network that spans 93 countries, has built over 225,000 homes, and is now building a new home every 21 minutes.

We are grateful for the support of our long time Habitat for Humanity sponsors. Without their continued support and leadership, we would not be able to provide a hand up to Montreal families in need.

Founding Partners and Home Donor:

The Home Depot Canada, Genworth Financial Canada and MCAP have committed $360,000 over a three year period to help our affiliate buy land, build homes, and more. Part of their contribution this year will fund one of the new homes. Each of the Founding Sponsor organizations are focused on the importance of ‘home’ and are committed to serving the Quebec market through their core business and through their involvement with Habitat for Humanity.

Home Donor:

Habitat for Humanity Montreal is also grateful for the continued support of the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating (CIPH) which is sponsoring the development of the second unit on the property. For the past 14 years, CIPH and its members have been important contributors to Habitat for Humanity in Canada. To-date, they have contributed $5.1 million in cash and products. CIPH has chosen to sponsor a home in Montreal this year to mark the 75th Anniversary of the association and its beginnings in Montreal.

Thank you again for your support and we are looking forward to seeing you on June 18.

It's about families moving into their first decent, affordable home.

"One house and one family at a time."

Habitat for Humanity Montreal gives two low-income families the key to their new home. (press release).

Crew Leaders Wanted 

Are you a skilled construction worker? We need experienced trades people to act as volunteer crew leaders for this year’s Build. You will be leading and assisting small groups of eager Habitat volunteers to carry out assigned building tasks, under the direction of the site supervisor. You can make a valuable contribution to the efficient operation of our construction schedule.  The site will be open Wednesday to Sunday, from mid-June until the end of October, so any days you can be available would be most welcome. Please contact Christine at crewleader@habitatmontreal.qc.ca.

Official opening of the 50th ReStore

On Tuesday October 17th, Habitat for Humanity opened the first Quebec ReStore, the 50th of its kind in Canada .

The store is located at 7177 Newman Boulevard , close to Carrefour Angrignon, in LaSalle.

For more information ... see press release and photos