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Summer 2006, as part of the Builders Blitz
- Morgan Foundation
- Dwight Peck, owner/broker of Coldwell Banker Select Reality in Locust Grove, Va.
- K. Hovnanian Homes and building partners C. C. Carpentry. They donated 100% of the materials and labor costs associated
with building one house. In dollars that was equal
to more than $60,000.
- Sun Builders
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May, 2006. Mrs. Elizabeth Seaman, Bank of America Advisor
( Richmond, VA) to the Marietta McNeill Morgan and Samuel
Tate Morgan, Jr. Foundation, announced that, "Orange County
Habitat for Humanity" has been awarded with $15,000
in our 2 for 1 matching grant program. The Morgan Foundation grant fund were much appreciated. They were used to pay for house foundations built during the Home
Builders Blitz during June 5-9, 2006.
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 August, 2006 -- "We have always been a passionate supporter of the work
that Habitat performs. While we have served as Board members and
provided other support, this year we wanted to make a big difference,
so we decided to make a donation of $20,000 to aid in building
a Habitat house", said Dwight Peck, owner/broker of Coldwell
Banker Select Reality in Locust Grove, Va. Mr. Peck is a past
President of the Ornage County Habitat Board of Directors.
Joan and Dwight Peck presentet the $20,000 check to Mike
Hill
(on left), OCHFH former President. |
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Summer 2006, as part of the Builders Blitz
- Morgan Foundation
- Dwight Peck, owner/broker of Coldwell Banker Select Reality in Locust Grove, Va.
- K. Hovnanian Homes building partners C. C. Carpentry
- Sun Builders
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Spring 2006 Donors include:
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84 Lumber of Culpeper |
Lake of the Woods Church |
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AARP Chapter 5239-LG |
Lake of the Woods Lioness |
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Adrianna S. Cowan-Waddy |
Lenny Schafer |
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Albert & Mary Hartzel |
Lisa & Jordan Medas |
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Bill & Mildred Nowers |
Logos Class at OPC |
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Blondina Titchenell |
Longwood Development |
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Borgny Roe Ostby |
Margaret Jones |
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Breeden's Auto Repair, Inc. |
Marilyn Allman |
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Cindy Reid |
Martha B. Foote |
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Custom Printing |
Mason Insurance Agency |
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Dwain & Diane Cox |
Melissa Kahn-Murphy |
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Ed's
Awards & Engraving |
Mike & Jacqueline Hill |
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Food Lion |
Nathan Tolbert |
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Frank & Angelene Turvey |
Orange Presbyterian
Church |
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Frederick & Joyce Hetrick |
Paint & Paper |
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Frederick Wellman |
Patricia Garnett |
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Henry Middlebrook |
Robert Jenks |
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INFOSERVE Corp, |
Second Bank & Trust |
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Janet & James Bloom |
Virginia National
Bank |
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John & Janet Moss |
Wade Ferguson |
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John R. Henry |
Wilderness Center Pharmacy |
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Joseph & Mary Shugrue |
William & Eileen Foster |
Landscaping
Tatum Villa
Fall 2005 - Thanks to the Garden Clubs in Orange
County for their work in landscaping the four homes in Tatum
Villa. The LOW Garden Club, Orange Garden Club, Dolly Madison
Garden Club and the Rapid Ann Garden Clubs have made the houses
look like homes. |
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Habitat
Partners Patch Holes
December 2004
It’s not a whole house if it has extra holes in it.
Filling holes in the houses is a continuing job for Habitat
affiliates. Filling holes to make a whole house works like
this:
HOLE-IN-THE-WALL!
Habitat needed eighty five sheets of drywall per house
to hold the insulation in place and separate the rooms. The
four houses at Tatum Villa required three hundred and forty
sheets of drywall. 84 Lumber Foundation donated $4,363
for the drywall. 84 Lumber in Culpeper delivered the
material in good condition.
HOLE-IN- THE-KITCHEN!
The kitchen was nice but bare! Habitat needed cabinets
to make the kitchen whole. American Woodmark Foundation came
to the rescue. The Foundation donated $4,800 for the cabinets
in the kitchen and bath. The four kitchens and baths were
made whole.
HOLE-IN-THE-DOORS!
The outside doors had two holes in each and the inside
doors each had one hole. Rappahanock Locksmith, "Door
Decorators" donated the dead bolts and door latches
and installed them in all four houses.
HOLE-IN-THE-BATH!
There were two holes in each bathroom. One hole over the
wash basin and one in the floor. A $150 donation put a commode
in the floor hole. A $50 donation put the mirror and medicine
cabinet into the hole above the wash basin.
Windows, window shades, floor coverings and many other
items, (i.e.), Paint, nails, door stops are provided with
donations of $5, $10, $25 and $100. Every donation is a helping
hand.
Our thanks to
all of Habitat’s "Patching Partners.
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July 23, 2004 - Brad Wilson, manager of the
Culpeper 84 Lumber Store, presents John Henry with $4,362
to cover the cost of the drywall for the 4 houses in Tatum Villa |
Thank-You LOW Church
November, 2004 - They came in groups and singles! They
had that "I'm
not quiet sure of this," look on their faces.
None of these Habitat Families would have enjoyed the traditional
Thanksgiving Turkey without the “Lake of the Woods, (LOW)
Church Basket." The turkey, vegetables, stuffing, bread
and pumpkin pies were all included in the baskets. All nineteen
families came or sent a representative. Their thanks and appreciations
flowed generously, like warm gravy over mashed potatoes. Thank
you, LOW Church, for caring about us. |
July 2004 - Karen Baxle, Director of Human Resources, American Woodmark,
Presents $5,00 to Habitat’s President John Henry for cabinets
in the Tatum Villa. |
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Many Helped Make the
Blitz-Build Homes a Reality
Many local businesses serving Orange County made substantial
contributions to the houses making homes for the four families
possible. The most recent contributors include;
- 84
Lumber of Culpeper - a $4,363 grant to purchase
needed building materials. This should cover the cost of most
of the trim!
Sedwick Building Supply of Orange –
An extra discount on purchases worth over $4,000 on the four
houses.- American
Woodmark Foundation –
Funds to furnish the cabinets for all four houses. The American
Woodmark plant in Orange will deliver them to the site.
- Orange County Board of Supervisors –
waived all County permit fees.
- David Light Plumber -
$800 discount on his bill. Dave also volunteers as a skilled
carpenter and electrician.
- The WoodWorks
youth held their Sunday worship service in
the OPC. The over $800 collection was an additional contribution
to the work of Rapidan Habitat for Humanity.
This does not include the untold number of volunteers who work
on the houses and do other things keeping Rapidan Habitat for
Humanity a functioning organization. One volunteer, Jill Winegar
who was raised in the area, came all the way from Oregon to work
a week on the BlitzBuild.
In addition:
- The Lake of the Woods, Rapid Ann, Orange, and
Dolly Madison Garden Clubs will design and supervise
the landscaping.
- Dow Chemical has donated the BlueBoard
for the houses and the Styrofoam® Board insulation for the
crawl space.
- PermaTreat
Termite and Pest Control has donated the termite
new construction treatment.
- Orange Paint Center has donated
paint for two houses.
- Gena Sedwick and Jack Samuels Realty
donated the fees for the Tatum Villa land.
- Holden
Group of Realtors donated
Real Estate fees..
- Farmer Meadows donated to the Golf
Tournament and the Dinner Dance.
- Purvis Ford of Fredericksburg was
a Tournament Sponsor of the Golf Tournament.
- Nelms Champion Chevrolet was a
New Car Hole-in-one Sponsor of the Golf Tournament.
- St. Thomas Church in Orange, Orange Presbyterian
Church and the Lake of the Woods Church have made
major contributions.
- Dozens of individuals and Organizations
have donated to our effort.
- Jimmy Kovie and Glen Tolbert both
have agreed to install two foundations each and furnish the
materials.
- Whirlpool Corporation donates a
stove and refrigerator for every house we build.
- Lowes Home Improvement will donate
half of the price of the 2600 blocks we need for the four foundations
at Tatum Villa.
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The Holden Realtors
group at Lake-of-Woods presents a gift of over $8,000 for the June
Blitz-Build program. From Left to Right: Pup Holden, John Henry accepting
check for Rapidan Habitat for Humanity from Janet Holden, and Tom
roach. Seated Diana Sellmen and Dathy McCarthy. |
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Paint ‘N’ Paper in Orange donated the paint
for a recent Habitat house. Shown here are Rick Langford, Bud Dominick,
and Ruth Langford with their 4 pails of donated paint.Bud is on Rapidan
Habitat’s Building Committee. You can talk to him about being part
of the building crew for our next house. |
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Contributing material and supplies for the
Martin house completed early in 1004 were:
- Timbersmiths - labor and equipment;
- L&D Plumbing, Noland’s Supply, & Ferguson’s
Plumbing - plumbing fixtures;
- Alan Tolbert- electrical work;
- Rappahannock Locksmiths - locks;
- Woodberry Forest School - crews of hardworking boys;
- LOW Garden Club - landscaping;
- Orange Paint Center - paint;
- Jefferson Homebuilders - donated the land;
- Whirlpool Corp. - range and refrigerator.
- Dick & John Nunley of Better Living - windows;
- Earl’s Glass - window screens;
- White’s Masonry - foundation construction; and
- plants for the landscaping - Grelen Nursery, Farmer Meadows, Battlefield
Farms, & Ebenezer HeightsGreenhouses.
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In the summer 2003 the following firms providing landscaping
materials for the newly dedicated Fletcher home.
- Grelen Nursery of Orange - azaleas, abelias and barberry
and Crepe Myrtle.
- Rapidan's Battlefield Farms - plantings including mums, daylilies
and pansies.
- Ebernesa Heights Nursery in Culpeper - shasta daisies, corabells
and cone flowers.
- Meadows Farms Nursery of Culpeper - mulch, planting mix and
flower bed edging.
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