Friday's Fabulous Blitz

What a difference a few days can make. What a difference volunteers can make!! When we arrived on site Tuesday there was a concrete slab now thanks to many hard working people the exterior and interior walls of the house are up and the trusses are being set.

Day 1 Successful Launch!

On Day 1 of wall building for our Faith for Fifty house Parkview, New Life and First United Methodist Churches participated in pre building the walls on site.

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Building Plans and Volunteer calendar now online!

Interested in how the Faith for Fifty home will look? Check out the building plans now available online. See links on the right. The Volunteer calendar schedule is also available.

Now, you know what they say, "If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes and it will change". We're hoping for a string of beautiful days for the blitz build, but if the weather changes, the construction schedule might change to. We'll do our best to update the schedule.

Happy Labor Day weekend!

Joan

Quilt Show to benefit Faith for Fifty

The East Iowa Heirloom Quilters will host their bi-annual show in Cedar Rapids from Friday Sept. 14 - Sunday Sept. 16 at Hawkeye Downs, 4400 6th St. SW. Part of the show will consist of a silent auction that will benefit the Faith for Fifty project.

Over 400 beautiful quilts will be on display. Tell your friends, - especially those interested in quilting - about the show and visit the event. Have a great time and benefit Habitat for Humanity.

For further information, see www.EIHG.org

Groundbreaking and Meeting Re-Cap

"I just want to thank Habitat and everyone here for making this possible."- Joe Cool on his family becoming a Habitat partner.

The ground was blessed, the shovels were distributed, and the Faith for Fifty build has begun. Soon, the slab foundation will be poured and framing will begin. To see more photos of the groundbreaking, click here.


Churches taking part in this build will soon be receiving packets with sign up sheets for volunteers, and volunteer information. Some of the information is available on this page in .pdf format.

This week's Faith for Fifty Meeting resulted in finalizing plans for the "Ready, Set, Putt" mini-golf fund-raiser at Sycamore Mall October 6-7. Those wanting to sponsor a hole should contact Joan Huntley at 319-337-8949, with many sponsorship levels available. Mini-golf holes will be placed throughout the Mall offering sponsors high-visibility while they support Habitat's home building efforts. Patrons wishing to play can now register for Saturday Play or register for Sunday Play with the touch of a mouse! Not playing? Please consider simply donating online.

Ground Breaking July 30th, 6:30 pm

Join us at 2504 Aster Ave at 6:30 pm for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Faith for Fifty/Gary Pierce Memorial Build. This short ceremony will give you a chance to meet the Joe and Cherie Cool family and join in fellowship with sponsoring congregations.

Steering Committee Meeting July 25th

Next Meeting at The Coralville Visitor's Center from 4:45-5:45
Schedules are getting put in place, to volunteer your church contact our office at 319-337-8949

Miniature Golf Weekend Tournament - Save the Day!

Get your putters out and look forward to a good time:

Faith for Fifty will co-sponsor Habitat's First Annual Miniature Golf Tournament at the Sycamore Mall on the weekend of October 6 - 7. There will be 18 wonderful holes available, starting inside the Partee Zone and flowing out into the Sycamore Mall concourse.

Play 9 holes. Play all 18 holes! Join us for a fun family outing and at the same time support the Faith for Fifty home.

Stay tuned for more details.

July meeting on Wednesday, July 11th

The next meeting of the Faith for Fifty committee is today, Wednesday, July 11 at 4:45 pm in the Board Room at the Coralville Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Gifts in kind needed

These are the major professional areas we identified in terms
of seeking professional gift in kind of materials and or labor:

Excavating, Concrete, Drywall, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC

These are the secondary professional areas we identified in terms
of seeking professional gift in kind of materials and or labor:

surveying, staking the site, sewer/water connections, telephone wiring, concrete waterproofing of foundation, trim/cabinet carpentry

Note: Gifts in kind significantly reduce the amount to funds we have to raise

fall fundraisers

Call us at 337.8949 to brainstorm ways to raise funds this fall:
--sell studs
--pie in the face
--"doing" nails
--host a dinner
--lots more....just call!

Mark Patton

Pocket change will change lives!

First United Methodist is supporting Faith for Fifty in an easy and generous way this summer: pocket change from parishioners will help build the Faith for Fifty home, giving a local family a more loving and stable future. From the bulletin:

FILL THE HOUSE!

Starting on Sunday, June 23, there will be a Plexiglas house in the Narthex. Throughout July and August we are invited to that house with our loose pocket change (although dollar bills will fit through the slot also!). The proceeds of filling this house will go to the Iowa Valley Habit For Humanity "Faith For Fifty" build which will be starting in September. This will mark the 50th home that the Iowa Valley Habit For Humanity has started and we will be joining with other area churches in supporting this build. Our goal is to raise $2000 to contribute to the overall cost of $70,000. So, throughout the summer, please add your loose pocket change to the house and FILL THE HOUSE!

Faith for Fifty planners meet

A number of people in our community are participating in the Faith for Fifty planning sessions. We've typically holding them on Tuesday or Wednesday at 4:45 pm and limit them to an hour - that seems to work out best. We meet at the Iowa City-Coralville Visitors Center on 1st Avenue in Coralville.

Please join one of our sessions! Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 20th. Come join us.