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The Pottawatomie Habitat Partnership is a consortium of eleven Geneva/St. Charles Illinois area churches, Harris Bank/St. Charles and Illinois Youth Center. Wse are allied with the Northern Fox Valley Habitat For Humanity affiliate.

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NOTE:  Because Habitat International does not allow children 16 and under on a job site, the amount of opportunities to involve youth is limited. This annual event is a great way for church youth groups to volunteer and contribute to the Habitat Mission. Please help spread the word about this great opportunity to help the Partnership by printing up this flyer.  If you can participate, also print out the Pledge Form, and if a minor wishes to walk, this release & waiver.

See the list of Pottawatomie Habitat Partnership members here.

• With great sadness...long-time Habitat for Humanity volunteer Mike Greco and his wife Kathy passed on this past week from a car accident.  He was a retired Captain of the US Navy and served his country in the Vietnam War.  He also was a substitute teacher at Wredling Middle school.
  
  Visitation: Tuesday 9/1/09 2pm-9pm at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St., St. Charles.  Service: Wednesday, 9/2/09 10:30am at Saint John Neumann, 2900 E. Main Street, St. Charles.  Burial: Assumption Cemetary, Winfield.  For more information please follow this link.

• We need recipients! Odd as it may seem, our affiliate is having a difficult time finding home recipients. If you are in need of affordable permanent housing or know of someone who may be, please call the affiliate office at (847) 836-1432.

• 6/09: We received a donation from the St Charles Congregational United Church of Christ.

• 4/09: We received a donation from the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva and proceeds from the Walk-a-thon.

House #11

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• 8/18/09: The kitchen and baths have been tiled and they will be grouted tomorrow. The windows and doors have been outlined with J-channel in preparation for installing vinyl siding this Saturday. The furnace has been installed he said and the electric wiring started. The cabinets and trim boards will be delivered Friday and Saturday and mounted next Tuesday. The ceiling insulation also needs to be installed

• 7/21/09: The outside work, siding, landscaping, driveway, needs to be done—weather permitting. The prime painting is done but the finish coat should be applied before the trim is installed. The kitchen cabinets need to be bought and installed as well as the finish flooring.

• 6/16/09: The basement floor has been poured and the rough inspection will be on June 17. The next steps are repairing the flashing where there is water entry, install the insulation, complete the siding, and drywall the interior.

• 5/19/09: We need fill stone. We will be working this Thursday on installing the electric panel and wiring. A curb cut is needed for the driveway.

• 4/21/09: Dave Hansen reported that five post holes were dug and inspected. Concrete for these holes will be hand mixed and poured this coming Saturday. Siding and soffit materials will be ordered for delivery by this Saturday. The plumber is scheduled to start cutting holes upstairs for plumbing this week. Dave is planning to install the electrical box in the basement this week. Pouring of the concrete floor in the basement will be scheduled as soon as the plumber finishes the plumbing in the basement.

• 3/15/09: Next Saturday, March 21st (weather permitting) we will sheeting and shingling the roof. We need volunteers. If you are at least 16, can pound a nail, and enjoy a free lunch, you are qualified. If you can help out, please bring a hammer. Work hours are from 8:30 – until mid afternoon.
  
  If you would like to help but don't want to smash your thumb with a hammer, you're in luck! How about slicing your thumb open making lunches to deliver to the work site? If you're interested in being a lunch volunteer, contact Rita Burnham at 630-365-2063 for details.

• 1/11/09: Next Saturday, January 17th, and for the next few weeks (weather permitting) we will continue framing. We need volunteers. If you are at least 16, can pound a nail, and enjoy a free lunch, you are qualified. If you can help out, please bring a hammer. Work hours are from 8:30 – until mid afternoon.

• 12/14/08: Construction has begun!
  Next Saturday, December 20th, and for the next few weeks we will be framing. We need volunteers. If you are at least 16, can pound a nail, and enjoy a free lunch, you are qualified. If you can help out, please bring a hammer. Work hours are from 8:30 – until mid afternoon.
  
  The work site is located at the corner of North 15th and Dean streets in St. Charles, (north of Main Street / Route 64 and east of Randall road).

• 11/23/08: We are starting construction on a new house!  Next Saturday, November 30th, we will start building our next home project. We need volunteers. If you are at least 16, can pound a nail, and enjoy a free lunch, you are qualified. If you can help out, please bring a hammer. Work hours are from 8:30 – until mid afternoon.

House #10

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• 11/18/08: The excavation was done and the foundation has been poured. Once the backfilling is done next week, we can start building. The city required us to erect a chain link fence around the work site at a cost of $660. The sewer and water can be put in next week if the asphalt plants are still open so the street can be repaved. We need a steel beam to bridge the foundation. Once that's in place we will start construction on Saturday, Nov. 29. We expect to work every Saturday from then on to enclose the house ASAP.

• 10/21/08: We have the building permits from the city, three bids for the excavation and utility trenching, and three bids for the foundation and flat concrete work.  The basement should be excavated next week we can start framing within 3 to 4 weeks.

• 9/26/08:  City of St. Charles Building Dept. should issue the permits within a few days.

• The building permit for House 10 was submitted on July 14th.

• We need $40,000 to start building House #10. This will require raising $20,000 to $25,000.

• The architect is modifying the plans of the house on Bonfield into a 3 bedroom, 1¾ bath, 2 story house with basement for our lot on Dean St.

• HFHNFV has closed on the lot on Dean St. at 15th St. for our House #10.

Volunteers are always needed to help –-
work starts around 8:00 am every Saturday!