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Wednesday, October 25, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon SHELTER: Donations are needed to support work Continued from page 3 to employment support and community services. Activities offered at the shel- ter include meals, movies, puzzles, cards, conversation, and community. Through the work of Dawn James-Cooper of the Sisters Family Access Network (FAN), a number of outcomes have helped shel- ter guests to improve their situation including: obtained birth certificate; applied for HABITAT: Volunteer labor, donations, keep homes affordable employment; began work; obtained Oregon State I.D.; received food benefits; received OHP medical insur- ance; applied for housing; obtained permanent hous- ing/shelter; and connected to legal services. There are many ways to help support the shelter. Organizations with a facil- ity can be a host site for a month. Individuals or groups can sign up to bring dinner or breakfast. Individuals can sign up to serve as a shel- ter monitor for the 5 p.m. to midnight shift (back- ground check required). The advisory committee can always use people willing to volunteer for a variety of duties besides monitoring or providing meals. Donations of supplies to be used by the shelter or guests can be dropped off at Westside Church start- ing on November 9 during church office hours, Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. The Habitat ReStore can take donations of equipment such as tents, tarps, and larger items. Please do not take donations to the FAN office. Needed items include: twin-size bedding; stor- age bins; Tracfone minute gift cards for shelter phone; movies, DVDs, puzzles and cards; disposable silverware, plates, coffee cups; toilet paper and paper towels; cof- fee, tea, hot chocolate and creamer; snacks to go such as granola/protein bars, yogurt, fruit, etc.; hand-warmers; toiletries; jackets, boots, wool socks, hats and gloves for cold weather; camp- ing equipment; and propane canisters. Monetary donations help pay for shelter expenses, which primarily include com- pensating the contracted night shift (midnight to 7 a.m.). It costs a little over $200 each night the shelter is open. To make a donation online visit www.shepherdshouse ministries.org/donate-scws or a check may be mailed to Shepherd’s House Ministries, PO Box 5484, Bend, OR 97708. Make sure to mark the donation for the Sisters Cold Weather Shelter. Shepherd’s House is working with the shelter again this year, act- ing as their fiscal agent and partner. The shelter has a page on Facebook – Sisters Cold Weather Shelter – and a SCWS page on Signup. com. For information about volunteering contact Ronni Duff at ronniduff@aol.com. For other information email loiskaping@bendbroadband. com. Best advertising deal of the year! Continued from page 1 volunteering with Habitat in 2002 and worked on 46 homes. He loved Habitat and the families, Larry Lennon, construction volunteer and close friend to Harris, said. Conner’s home will be the sixth house built in Habitat’s 17-lot neighborhood, Village Meadows. Many other com- panies will be donating mate- rials and labor to the building of the home. Roofing materi- als will be donated by GAF and installed by the employ- ees of Northwest Quality Roofing. Electrical supplies will be donated by Schneider Electric and will be installed through an apprenticeship program with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 280 (IBEW). In-kind donations along with proceeds from the Sisters Habitat Thrift and ReStore, personal donations and grants, in addition to volunteer labor helps keep costs affordable for future homebuyers. Sisters Habitat for Humanity is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and world- wide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserv- ing homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shel- ter conditions. Sisters Habitat was established in 1991 and since then has helped 61 fam- ilies build strength, stabil- ity and self-reliance through shelter. Local families who think they might qualify for a Habitat home can review the homeownership guide- lines at www.sistershabitat. org/housing-programs/ homeownership. SHOPLOCAL! 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