Join us for the dedication of Anne and her family’s home on Middle Road on Saturday, February 20th!
What is a home dedication?
A home dedication is where members of the community, homeowners, volunteers, supporters, staff, and friends gather to celebrate the Habitat home. This is an opportunity for the Habitat community to come together and see the home as it nears completion, celebrate and wish the new homeowner good luck in their new home.
Bring a chair if you would like guaranteed seating. Construction attire is appropriate so please wear closed toe shoes! For weather related event news, please call (301) 990-0014 x 54.
This will be our 49th home completed for our affiliate and the 6th of our Neighborhood Revitalization Program (marks the half way point!)
Location: 12324 Middle Road, Silver Spring, MD
Time: 3pm
Parking may be limited so please carpool if possible!
Tell the Obama Administration and Congress not to cut funding for “sweat equity” grants that help low-income families and neighborhoods. Tell Washington do not make budget cuts that put future Habitat homes and neighborhoods at risk!
Can you please click this link and show your support of Habitat affiliates?
http://secure.habitat.org/site/lookup.asp?c=fpIQK4OyFkG&b=5777645&msource=AdvocAffRef
We’ve all heard that we need to reduce energy consumption, we’ve also talked about a few tips on how to reduce the amount of water being used by your toilet, preparing your home for winter weather and a few ways to save on utilities.
Since every household is different, different amount of people, different type of fuel used for heating, different location in the county, I’d like to direct you to try out the calculator by the Environmental Protection Agency on determining your current carbon footprint and most importantly, learning ways to reduce it.
Directions form the EPA Website:
- To get the most accurate results, gather your recent electric, gas, and/or oil bills so you can use real numbers for your household’s energy consumption. Remember that your energy bills vary by season, so use an average of winter and summer values if you can.
- Allow yourself 10-15 minutes to enter the data.
- After entering data, use the TAB key to continue moving through each section of the calculator. When you get to the end of a section, click “Next Section” to move on.
- Visit the What You Can Do section of the climate change website to learn about other actions you can take to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions.
Go on now… try it for yourself!
Here’s another calculator from the Nature Conservancy.
We dedicated our 48th home on Saturday, January 23rd at the new home of Monica and her two sons. This was also the 5th home dedication of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, 7 more to go to complete our first 12 of the program!
Enjoy some photos from the celebration 
Thanks to everyone who supported HFH-MC at Potomac Pizza last evening! Don’t forget there will a Community Night Out at Potomac Pizza the last Monday of every month, next up with be the Potomac Location on February 22nd from 4-9pm.
We are also going to be hosting a Community Night at California Pizza Kitchen at the Gaithersburg (Washingtonian Center) and Bethesda (Montgomery Mall) Locations on the 2nd Monday of the month: February 8th, March 8th and April 12th.
In order for 20% of your purchase to benefit Habitat you must print out and bring in this flier.
We are also looking for volunteers to help out at the Lake Forest Mall on February 6-7th from 12-4pm to raise funds and awareness for Habitat’s efforts in Haiti. If you are interested in helping out please email us at habititus@habitat-mc.org. You can also connect with HFHI on Facebook to stay up to date on their efforts.
On February 9th join Habitat at the Giving Connection Monthly Networking Event at the Double Tree Hotel in Bethesda from 5:30-7:30pm.
Double Tree Hotel in Bethesda
Please click here for registration and event details.
Registration fees for non-members are $20 in advance, $30 at the door.
All proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County.
Are you interested in advocating for Habitat? This year Habitat on the Hill will be February 24th-26th. For more information please visit the website: www.habitatforhumanityonthehill.org
