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Welcome Back SDSU Students!

Bored? Looking for something to do before classes start? Give us a call at 692-5601! Spend your spare time helping local families build new homes.

Upcoming Events

Thrivent Members and Lutherans Needed! Volunteers are needed to help construct the new home of Jeremy and Michele Klingbile, home #41, a Thrivent sponsored build. Please call 692-5601 or stop by the office for more information. If the regularly scheduled hours do not satisfy your group's needs, please call 692-5601 to schedule evening hours.

August 3, 4 and 5:  Thank-A-Thon. Three days of food, phones and fun. Stop by our office or call us at 692-5601 if you would like to help.

Sunday, August 22:  Lucky Duck Pluck. 3 to 6 pm at the Brookings Aquatic Center. Rubber ducks, each with a number will be released into the swimming pool. As ducks are 'plucked' the ticket holder with the matching number wins a prize! Don't miss the Mini Duck Pluck for the children!

Watch for our Newsletter:  The Klingbile family, new owners of House #41, will be featured in the Summer newsletter. Their home is sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. If you are not on the mailing list and would like our newsletter, please send an e-mail to Kara at BAHFH2@brookings.net

A Brush With Kindness

A Brush of Kindness (ABWK) is a home renovation program that helps keep families in affordable and decent homes when they are having a difficult time keeping up with required maintenance.

We are now accepting applications for ABWK for the 2010 season.  We are also looking for volunteers to help paint.  Please stop by our office or call 605-692-5601 for more information!

If you have already volunteered and are concerned that weather may have paused work, please call the office.

Volunteers Needed

We are now asking for volunteers.  Opportunities include construction and non-construction.  Please stop by our office or call 605-692-5601 for more information!

Address Database

Some of you have received multiple copies of our newsletter and other mailings from the Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity office.  Thank you for bringing this problem to our attention.  One of the projects that office volunteers are currently working on is a new Excel database to eliminate these multiples.  Excel provides the capability to sort records alphabetically so it will be easier to identify duplicates.  Since the database is a work in progress please continue to notify the office (692-5601) if you receive multiple copies of any correspondence from us.

mission & history

Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity Mission Statement
God's people building homes for families in need.

Since 1995 our local affiliate has built simple, decent affordable housing in partnership with 121 very low-income families. Habitat is not a giveaway program. Homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor -- sweat equity -- into building their Habitat house and they pay a no-profit, no-interest mortgage.

Office Location!

 We are located in a house at the north end of the parking lot of First Lutheran Church. The address is 321 9th Street!