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VOLUNTEERS MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Volunteers build af ordable housing and provide af ordable home repair and maintenance services in
partnership with local faith communities and organizations.
DONORS MAKE IT POSSIBLE!
Gift s of land, houses, cars, stocks and money purchase building lots,
construction materials and contractor services.
www.l orencehabitat.org
Affordable Housing is Desperately Needed in Florence.
Donors Make it Possible....Volunteers Make it Happen!
The Volunteers and Donors Supporting Habitat for Humanity NEED YOU!
residents to convert their electrical energy
systems from park power to the Central
Lincoln PUD service.
h is is a real, tangible investment in the
Florence community, which is made possible
by i nancial supporters and volunteers who
provide their labor and expertise to the
demands of construction. Volunteers help us
operate a successful charitable corporation in
Oregon. We applaud and thank these far-
seeing citizens. h ey know that there is no
Seventeen years and still going! h e
future without attention to and support for
partnership of the City of Florence, Florence
the elderly, who built this community, and for
residents, businesses, churches and service
the young families whose labor provides the
clubs and Habitat for Humanity has made a
services we need.
signii cant contribution to the quality of life in
Too oft en our local businesses cannot
Florence and this is worth celebrating!
retain the employees they need because
Twenty-seven families have been given
decent, safe, af ordable housing is impossible
the opportunity to build and buy a new home.
to i nd within reasonable commuting
Eighteen homeowners have accepted the of er
distance. Too many young families and
of assistance to repair or modify their houses
elderly homeowners cannot af ord to pay what
so that they could continue to live in them
it costs to live in the Florence area. Habitat
despite disability, ill health or limited i nancial
for Humanity provides a chance for workers,
resources. h rough Habitat, the Coast Village
their employers, and their
neighborhood has been able to assist its
customers to come together for
the benei t of all.
Please come by, talk to staf
and volunteers and consider
becoming a supporter. It is
so important! If Habitat is to
continue in Florence it must
have your support. Habitat
needs funding. It needs
volunteers. And especially
it needs land, houses for
rehabilitation and materials
for construction. h e City of Florence
has announced plans for enhancement
of our urban area attractions, and we all
acknowledge that without adequate housing
there will not be the workers or customers
to support the economic growth City planners
envision. Your support is critical!
