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2011 Major Gifts
Pillar Society
($25,000 - $49,999)
David Gambrell Endowment Fund, Inc.
Clark Howard Society
($10,000 - $24,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Arnold
Mr. and Mrs. Rich Arroll
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Belatti
Ms. Susan Bixler
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Boone
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Castellon
Mr. and Mrs. H. James Dallas
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Pighini
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Salwen
The following individuals and organizations provided gifts of $1,000 or more from 1/01/2011-4/30/2011.
Foundation 1000 Club
($1,000- $2,499)
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Allegra
Ms. Jane Barwick
Ms. Marci Bozeman
Mr. and Mrs. William Earnest
The Garreau Family
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Godwin
Bernard and Anne Howell Gray
Advised Fund
The Irene Emery Goodale Foundation
Mr. Ira Lacey
LUBO Fund, Inc.
Threshold Club
($2,500 - $4,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Brantley Barrow
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Giles
Mr. and Mrs. John Goff
Larrie Del and Joe Martin
Richard C. Munroe Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parrish
Mr. and Mrs. Brent Paugh
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Silverman
2011 Gifts in Honor
Jane Barwick
Oglethorpe University
Linda Beard
Debbie Cohen and Joe Jean Borowski
Larry and Joanne Beer
Renewal Design-Build
Bruce Bennett
David Bennett
Cathy and John Boring
Renewal Design-Build
Adam and Kim Braxton
Renewal Design-Build
Roddy Clifton
Myra Leann Brown
Andres DeAguero
Renewal Design-Build
Rob Defriese
Renewal Design-Build
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stickney
Ronald and Lavone Wichman
Cornerstone Club
($5,000 - $9,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Branch
Mr. Mike Henson
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Platt
Gifts made from 1/01/2011-4/30/2011. Honorees are bolded.
Arthur Miller
Levinson-Salzman Family
Chris Nort
Kathleen Fowler
Rachel Hammer
Debby Kelly
Sally Kramer
Gayle Peeples
Peter Petrecca
Anne Phesant
Dan Owens
Renewal Design-Build
Mike Pawloski
Ricoh America Corporation
Jimmie Phillips
Kathryn Brackney
Ciritta Park
Denise Duke
Renewal Design-Build
Jack Feldman
Renewal Design-Build
Richard Hall
Renewal Design-Build
Kyla and Mary Katherine Hill
Lisa Hill
Linda Hoopes
Renewal Design-Build
Lane Howard
Bill and Shari Grantham
Bill and Barbara Kaiser
Renewal Design-Build
John McColl
Randy Pusser
Jon and Lynn Milavec
Renewal Design-Build
2011 Gifts in Memory
Marylou Bridges
Alicia Johnson
William Haynie
Siemens Industry
John Mills
Alan Morris
Henry Ozaki
Frank Ozaki
Ariene Pipkin
Cheryl Schenk
2011 ReStore Donors
Jim Gardner
Bill Gaston
Jennifer Gold
Graybar Lighting
Rosemary Griesmer
John & Heather Hanna
Cappy Harmon & Bill Nicholson
Mike Hayes
Darryl Hicks
Tremaine Hines
Brad Humphries
Iron Age Hardware
Theresa Kalven
2011 In-Kind Donors
Atlanta Area Window and Door Co.
Atlanta Peach Movers
Atlanta Pinestraw
Bold Spring Nursery
Buck Jones Nursery Grayson
Bulldog Movers
Chili's
Dallin Randolph
Renewal Design-Build
Marion and George Reeves
Renewal Design-Build
Geoff and Nancy Seamans
Renewal Design-Build
Bonnie Sparks
Renewal Design-Build
Peyton Todd
Renewal Design-Build
Sarah Togba
The Epstein School
Nancy Tyson
Renewal Design-Build
Jimmy and Cathy Walker
Bernard Brown
Linda Wright-DeAguero
Renewal Design-Build
Gifts made from 1/01/2011-4/30/2011. Memoriums are bolded.
Carol Matysiak
Carole Pietsch
Mike Ryan
Bill Smith
John Sommers
Robert Stowell
Mary Ellen Stuermer
Earl Talley
Jennifer Yeisley
Hank Sottnek
Natalie DiSantis
William Frey II
Janet Love
Lee Oakley
Susan Roman
Ray Stuermer
Don Bushbeck
Gayle Ehlers
Dennis Young Mango
Ambling Construction
Ansley Golf Club
Bob Bailey
Benson Vance Company
Steve Brooks
Wes Buchanan
Stephanie Bugg
Cotton States Insurance
David Cross
Collin Daniel
John Dobrasz, Jr.
Scott Foreman
Bruce Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Mast
McConaghie Family Counseling, P.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Imran Meghji
Ms. Melinda Kelleher
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Klein
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Maddox
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McMahon
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Merrill
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Parrish
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Pattillo
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pendleton
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Reid
Ms. Katherine Thomasset
The Thoughts Foundation
Trojan Battery Company
Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. James Wylie
Samuel Lowell Wammock
Lillie Axelrod
William Espy
Grosvenor Investment
Patrick Hickey
Richard Layman
Beth Scuggs
Ben Selman
Wells Fargo Insurance Service
Gifts with a value of $1,000 or more from 1/01/2011-4/30/2011.
Kitchensmith
Lori Knapen
Christopher Krebs
Ladisic Fine Homes Inc.
Ashford Little
Doug Lothes
M & W Distribution
Andrew Montgomery
Jennifer Nance
Oriental Weavers
Perdue Woodworks
Susan Pitt
Portman Holdings, LLC
Mark Pugh
Mike & Anna Rapp
Jan & Dick Shirk
Kim Shumate
Thomas Adams Stanley
Stylecraft Lamps Inc.
Laurel Treweek
Leslie Turner
Larry Underwood
Ted Vastine
Bart White
William C. White
Matthew Womack
Gifts with a value of $1,000 or more from 1/01/2011-4/30/2011.
Corbin Comfort Systems
The Dow Chemical Co.
Ed's Supply
Freud
Gibson Landscaping
Green House Pictures
Hunter Douglas Fabrication Northwest
King's Landscaping
Mobley Plant Farm
Mohawk Industries
North Georgia Turf
Oldcastle Surfaces
Redemtech Serious Good Program
Square D/Schneider Electric
Super Sod
Trane
Valspar Corporation
The Varsity
Whirlpool Corp.
Yale Locks
*Atlanta Habitat for Humanity apologizes for any omissions made in our donor lists. Please contact us with any corrections.
Building a Better Atlanta, One Home at a Time
Homefront
SUMMER 2011
We’ve Established a
Facebook Page!
To learn more about our
builds, events, sponsors,
and homeowners, go
to
our
page
at
www.facebook.com/atlantahabitat
and “like” us!
Wish List
Help support Atlanta Habitat by
donating any of the following items:
50’ light-duty hose - new
Hose nozzle, pistol style - new
Heavy-duty steel or plastic dual-tire
wheelbarrow – new or gently used
Drop or broadcast seed spreaders –
new or gently used
Heavy-duty rakes and leaf rakes –
new or gently used
Gift cards from Target, Wal-Mart,
Home Depot, or Lowe’s
Please contact Cappy Harmon at
404-223-5180 ext. 153 or
cappy.harmon@atlantahabitat.org
to donate items.
Summer HabiTips
Hints from Atlanta Habitat about
home and yard maintenance
Exterior of house – Wash the exterior of
your house using ordinary garden hose
pressure and a mild detergent.
Change light bulbs to compact fluorescents, which burn cooler. You save yearround, over the life of the bulb, and in the
summer you'll add less heat to a room.
HVAC system – Change filters monthly.
Smoke detector – Test batteries and
replace if necessary.
Clothes dryer – Vacuum lint from ducts
and surrounding areas.
Concrete and asphalt – Check for cracks
or deterioration. Clean oil and grease.
Repair and reseal if necessary.
Lawn – Water lawn early in the morning
and late in the evening to prevent
evaporation.
Hydrate – Drink lots of water and wear a
hat while working in the yard.
Celebrating With Atlanta Habitat
Celebrating a birthday and a life of wedding details could be better
service to others. Building a new spent elsewhere. “I kept thinking,
life together
‘Wow, do you
as husband
know how
and wife, and
many Habitat
a home for
houses you
another family
could build
from
the
with
that
foundation
money!’”
up. These
recounts Jen.
were some
The couple
of the reasons
decided that
volunteers
in lieu of
came
o u t The Baird Wedding Party
throwing a
to help the
bridal luncheon
Kamwenubosa family build their new for the wedding party, they would
Atlanta Habitat home earlier this year. invite guests to do something
different – build a house.
The new homeowners, Innocent and
Faida, immigrated to the United Wedding guests from around the
States from Burundi and came to world flew in a day early to
Atlanta Habitat for help in buying a join the couple in nailing shingles
home for themselves and their five and painting siding. “For us, the
sons. Along with funding from sentiment was that we were
Fannie Mae, Emory University MBA starting a new beginning and a new
students, Cotton States Insurance, family,” Jen explained. “It was
and the Emory Transplant Center, important for us to pay it forward.
two unique sponsor groups came Being able to link that with
together to
a n o t h e r
build Innocent
family was
and Faida’s
way more
house while
meaningful
celebrating
than
[a
special life
luncheon].”
events
of
their own.
In addition to
giving back,
A Wedding To
the Bairds
Remember
discovered
The first of
that their plan
these
two Miss Jimmie’s 85th Birthday Build
had other
groups was led by Jen and Ross Baird. benefits they weren’t expecting.
In planning their wedding, Jen and Weddings are a time when all of the
Ross were astounded at how much people you love are in the same
everything cost. Jen, whose father place, but they don’t all know each
“gave” rooms in a Habitat house to his other. The Baird wedding party
family for Christmas presents when found that building a house side by
she was growing up, believed that side was a much more meaningful
the money they were paying for way to connect
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Summer Features
President’s Report
We love celebrations! In fact, every day is filled
with them. Let me tell you more about how
folks from all over Atlanta are celebrating
with Atlanta Habitat.
In this edition of Homeont, you can read
about two build days on an Atlanta Habitat
house: a pre-wedding celebration (the day
before the wedding) and an 85th birthday
party! Both events brought families and friends
together in a memorable way – helping others
make a difference. We are delighted that people
want to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries,
and other important moments in such an
important way.
Another great celebration occurred with the
most recent Atlanta Women’s Build, which
was undertaken by 275 inspired and inspiring women. Yes, all women volunteers
from every imaginable background, culture, and location, who came together to
build a new house for and with a single mom. What a feat! Along with honorary
co-chairs Lane Howard and Brenda Wood and lead chair Alexandra Balzer, these
amazing women paid for and constructed a magnificent home in the Sylvan Hills
area. Just look at the results – women helping women.
You also will have an opportunity to read about two extra-special volunteers who
were recognized for their ongoing support of Atlanta Habitat for more than 10
years. Andrew West and Dick Whelan were selected as the 2011 Volunteers of the
Year at our annual Volunteer Appreciation event. Congratulations to both for
their incredible contributions. We just love all of our volunteers!
AmeriCorps and VISTA members are special volunteers – and they are
[Polar]Rock stars too! Each year, Atlanta Habitat has been fortunate to be chosen
as a site for five to eight of these volunteers. Receiving only a small compensation,
they spend a year of their lives supporting areas of need from construction to
volunteer and sponsor services to family services. Please read about a unique project
they accomplished that strengthened an entire neighborhood. Terrific, dedicated
individuals. We are most grateful for their exceptional work.
Read about these and other interesting people, events, and upcoming happenings
in this Homeont edition, but don’t stop there. Look us up on the Web, be part
of our conversation on Facebook, and help spread the message that Atlanta
Habitat is able to help working families because of the caring community where
we live and which we call home.
We thank you for doing your part in this important work.
Atlanta Women’s Build 2011 – Incredible Volunteers
Building a Better Atlanta, One Home at a Time
519 Memorial Drive SE
Atlanta, Georgia 30312
404-223-5180
HOMEFRONT is an informational
newsletter produced three times per year
for donors, sponsors, volunteers, and
friends of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity,
one of the largest builders of affordable
single-family homes in Atlanta.
MANAGING EDITOR
Sarah Fedota
CONTRIBUTORS
Marci Bozeman, Candice Duggan,
Geneva Hall-Shelton, Cappy Harmon,
Syd Janney, Andrew Johnson,
Melinda Kelleher, Larrie Del Martin,
Lisa Schwinghammer, Briana Thompson
2010-2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Danny Branch, Chair
Mark Pighini, Chair Elect
M. Brantley Barrow, Treasurer
Jeremy Silverman, Secretary
Phillip A. Bradley, General Counsel
Rich Arroll, John Balzer,
Tami Maxwell Barron, Mary Benton,
Susan Bixler, Michael C. Castellon,
Bill Godwin, Dana Halberg,
Darryl Hicks, J. Allen Mast, Jr.,
Jerrold L. Miller, Linda Parrish,
Brent Paugh, Kevin Salwen
2010-2011 ADVISORY COUNCIL
Alan Arnold, Chair
Dan Boone, William M. Earnest,
Adrienne Findley, Kathy Harber,
Mike Henson, Katharine Kelley,
Dan Maddox, Jr., Art McClung,
Charlie McDonald, Tom McMahon,
Lynn Merrill, Dan Pattillo, Jr.,
Bill Pendleton, Barbara Reid,
James O. Rodgers, Alexis Scott,
Polly Simpson, Karen Stickney,
J. Ron Terwilliger, Sue Wieland
Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
Mission Statement
Atlanta Habitat for Humanity partners
with working families, sponsors, and
communities to build affordable,
green, quality homes and to provide
support services that promote successful
home purchase and ownership.
Photography this issue: Photo page 3:
Steffan Hacker/Habitat for Humanity
International. All other photos property
of Atlanta Habitat.
On May 21, women volunteers and supporters from across
the Atlanta community came together to dedicate an
Atlanta Habitat home for Betty Smith and her mother.
Thanks to the leadership of a
dedicated steering committee; the
generous gifts of corporate
supporters, Builder’s Circle members,
and individual donors; the active
involvement of honorary chairs Lane
Carlock Howard and Brenda Wood;
and the hard work of more than 200
women volunteers, Betty and her
mother now have a safe,
affordable, energy-efficient home in
which to live. City of Atlanta Chief
of Staff Candice Byrd and Atlanta
Dream owner and CEO Kathy Betty
were on hand to help congratulate
the new homebuyer on her
special achievement.
The Atlanta Women’s Build is a grass-roots effort led
by private individuals – all women – who raise the funds
and provide volunteer labor to sponsor an Atlanta Habitat
for Humanity home. Approximately 85 percent of
Atlanta Habitat’s homebuyers are women with children.
2011 House Sponsors
This project offers a unique opportunity to highlight
the ways in which Atlanta Habitat empowers women
homebuyers and women volunteers.
Since 2003, Atlanta Women’s Build
leadership has led the construction
of four Atlanta Habitat homes. Each
home has engaged a diverse group
of supporters from Atlanta’s leading
corporate, faith-based, and civic
networks. This build was no exception.
Women volunteers from Atlanta Gas
Light, Coxe Curry & Associates,
CREW (Commercial Real Estate
Women of Atlanta), Treehouse
Animal Clinic, and Wells Fargo
Advisors, as well as volunteers from
a local in-town neighborhood,
parochial school, book club, and
tennis team, all took part in building
the home over seven Saturdays.
Plans are currently underway for a 2012 all-women-led
home. To learn more about how you can get involved,
contact Geneva Hall-Shelton, sponsorship manager, at
geneva.hall-shelton@atlantahabitat.org.
1/01/2011-4/30/2011.
The following corporate, civic, and faith-based organizations and individual supporters sponsored Atlanta Habitat for Humanity homes
January 1 – April 30, 2011. The list is in chronological order by start date:
Two Williams House
Annette Stilwell and Friends
Clark Howard
Cascade United Methodist Church
Glenn Memorial United
Methodist Church
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Clark Howard & The Coupon Mom
Clark Howard & The Dan and
Merrie Boone Foundation
Cox Enterprises, Inc. and its
businesses (2 houses):
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AutoTrader.com, Cox Media Group, Kudzu,
Manheim, WSB –TV Channel 2 and its
local radio stations (WSB 750 AM, 97.1
The River, B98.5, and Kiss 104.1)
Cotton States Insurance
Emory Transplant Center
Emory University Goizueta
Business School MBA Students
Fannie Mae
The Kyle-Baird Wedding
Friends in Honor of Jimmie Phillips'
85th Birthday
The Basilica of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus
First Presbyterian Church
Haygood Memorial United
Methodist Church
Morningside Presbyterian Church
Northwest Presbyterian Church
St. Benedict Catholic Church
and partners, including Sts. Peter
and Paul Catholic Church with
support from the David Gambrell
Endowment Fund, Inc.
Peachtree Road United
Methodist Church
Big Bethel AME
The Cathedral of St. Philip
Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church
with support from the David Gambrell
Endowment Fund, Inc.
Marist Women Build
Georgia-Pacific
Atlanta Women’s Build
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
The 2011 TechBridge
Technology House
AGL Resources
CCCi
The Coca-Cola Company
Crimson Oak Consulting
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
GE Energy
iGATE Corporation
InterContinental Hotels Group
Landis+Gyr
MDI Group
Pyramid Consulting
Southern Company
Synergis
Teradata Corporation
Dunwoody United Methodist
Church and partners (2 houses)
Alpharetta First United
Methodist Church
Birmingham United
Methodist Church
Chamblee United
Methodist Church
Christ United Methodist Church
Hickory Flat United
Methodist Church
Lanier United Methodist Church
Mt. Carmel United
Methodist Church
North Springs United
Methodist Church
Northbrook United
Methodist Church
Roswell United Methodist Church
Sandy Springs United
Methodist Church
Sardis United Methodist Church
Shiloh United Methodist Church
Simpsonwood United
Methodist Church
St. James United
Methodist Church
Winters Chapel United
Methodist Church
The Home Depot – IT Department
Dodd Sterling United
Methodist Church
St. Luke's Presbyterian Church
Habitat IIs
Michael & Dena Castellon
The Pedowitz Group
St. Philip AME Church
Atlanta First United
Methodist Church
Michael & Dena Castellon
The Pedowitz Group
Anonymous
Michael & Dena Castellon
Grady High School
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OPPORTUNITY
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Summer Features
Polar Rock Project by AmeriCorps Rocks!
For the last seven years, Atlanta
Habitat has worked with AmeriCorps,
the national service program that
places members in communities to
“get things done for America.”
particularly targeted for the service
project given its needs for new
community leadership and for
some get-down-and-dirty cleanup
assistance.
From assisting in engaging volunteers
to helping lead house builds, from
encouraging faith community
participation to supporting the
Working with the office of Atlanta
City Councilwoman Joyce Sheperd,
who gave her personal support to the
effort, AmeriCorps members organized
Homeowner Profile
Learn More About
Planned Giving
Atlanta Habitat’s planned giving
society, Firm Foundations, provides
a unique way to support the
organization’s
mission
and
contribute to its future growth and
sustainability. A planned gift is an
investment in the next generation of
homeowners who will be served by
Atlanta Habitat.
Singing the Praises
Krista Printup-Jones is a mother,
singer, musician, minister, motivational
speaker, and Atlanta Habitat
homeowner. A native Atlantan, Krista
grew up in a religious home with five
siblings. She found her musical
gifts early, learning to play all the
instruments in her high school
orchestra and singing with the Turner
set her sights on owning a house like
it. Trusting God along the way, Krista
closed on her own Atlanta Habitat
house in seven years (“the biblical year
of completion”) as she had predicted
she would.
In her current work, Krista is an
associate
minister
at
Greater
Making a planned gift does not mean
writing a check today. There are many
simple charitable designations that
are flexible and can be changed if
your circumstances change (revocable
gifts). Other planned gifts, such as
charitable gift annuities or remainder
trusts (irrevocable gifts), can provide
immediate tax benefits and lifetime
income.
homeowner education program,
AmeriCorps members have been
invaluable assets to Atlanta Habitat.
Our 2010 -11 AmeriCorps service
members include Briana Thompson,
volunteer management assistant;
Laura deGive Hickey, Family Services
assistant; Hillary Brown and Jordan Ward,
assistant house leaders; and Andrew
Johnson, faith relations associate.
This year’s community service project,
a requirement of the AmeriCorps
program, brought together these
enthusiastic AmeriCorps members
wanting to make a real impact on
a community, and Polar Rock, a
neighborhood in southeast Atlanta,
was chosen. While Atlanta Habitat’s
active building program has already
had a dramatic turnaround effect
on this old but struggling Atlanta
neighborhood close to the Lakewood
Fairgrounds,
Polar
Rock
was
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a neighborhood planning meeting that
brought neighbors together and
jump-started a new neighborhood
organization, with Atlanta Habitat
homeowners represented in key
positions. The actual cleanup day
on April 16 involved diverse
neighborhood volunteers, including
Atlanta Habitat homeowners ,
preschool children and teachers from
Future Leaders Christian Academy,
and teenage participants from
Covenant House. Neighborhood
landmark Greater Bethel AME Church
was project central for staging the
cleanup effort, and the Future Leaders
Christian Academy, headed by former
pro athlete Deke Cooper, hosted a
cookout (and Easter egg hunt for
youthful participants) to cap the day.
Held close to Earth Day, the
AmeriCorps-inspired cleanup effort in
Polar Rock made an Atlanta Habitat-
• Bequest in your will or revocable trust
• Gift of life insurance naming Atlanta
Habitat as the beneficiary
• A gift of retirement benefits such as
IRA, 401K, or 403(b)
• A title to real estate property
• Charitable gift annuity
• Charitable remainder trust
For more information on joining
the Firm Foundations planned
giving society, please contact
Melinda Kelleher, vice president
of resource development, at
melinda.kelleher@atlantahabitat.org
or 404-223-5180 ext.115.
invested neighborhood a better
kept, more inviting place. Just as
importantly, the project helped
introduce veteran and new Polar Rock
neighbors to one another, laid
important groundwork for sustaining
the revitalizing spirit Atlanta Habitat’s
homebuilding has helped initiate, and
brought new community appreciation
of “getting things done” by working
to g et h e r . . . j u st w h a t At l a nt a
Habitat’s AmeriCorps service
members aimed to accomplish.
www.atlantahabitat.org
her, talking more about what Atlanta
Habitat homeownership had meant to
her, and being amazed at the positive
neighborhood impact of Habitat
homes, Pastor Whitfield committed to
sponsorship, saying, “This Habitat
work is such a beautiful thing.” Now,
through Krista’s early encouragement
and her church’s active involvement,
Greater Springfield Baptist has
helped build 12 Atlanta Habitat
houses to date.
Krista Printup-Jones claims that by
being an Atlanta Habitat homeowner,
her eyes have been opened, and she
has been given increased inner
strength and peace. The passion that
she directed toward fulfilling her
dream of homeownership (she
became a homeowner in 1999) she
also has brought to service in the
community, with a long record of
involvement in schools, serving as a
parent volunteer and PTSA leader and
recently completing the Georgia
Stand-Up Policy Institute for Civic
Leadership.
Ways to join Atlanta Habitat’s Firm
Foundations planned giving society:
(left to right) Laura deGive Hickey, Jordan Ward, Andrew Johnson, Hillary
Brown, and Briana Thompson have served as our 2010-11 AmeriCorps
service members. We thank them for their insight, skill, and energy!
The Krista PrintupJones Family
(left to right) Atlanta Habitat homeowner Krista Printup-Jones, Habitat International
CEO Jonathan Reckford, and Atlanta Habitat President/CEO Larrie Del Martin
at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Weekend reception, May 2011.
High Gospel Choir, the first in Atlanta
Public Schools.
Both of her daughters, Enjoli, a trucking
consultant with five children who
has made Krista a happy Nana, and
Marleeshia, who is continuing on her
educational path, have made her
exceedingly proud. At a particularly
difficult time in her life when one
of her daughters had been seriously
injured and her family needed to live
in Bowen Homes public housing, she
told the project’s resident manager
that she “wouldn’t be [t]here longer
than seven years.” After being inspired
by her chance discovery of an Atlanta
Habitat house under construction, she
Springfield Baptist Church and the
assistant supervisor/directress of the
Youth and Young Adult Choir. It was
through Krista that her church
became involved with Atlanta Habitat.
When Krista first got into the Atlanta
Habitat program, her church did not
know much about Habitat, but she
kept talking to her pastor, now Pastor
Emeritus Solomon Whitfield Jr., and
when she started building her house,
he came to see the project in
progress. Observing all the volunteers
from Peachtree Presbyterian Church who
were working on the house, Pastor
Whitfield was shocked to see that “all
these people are here for you.” After
riding through her neighborhood with
Building a Better Atlanta, One Home at a Time
She has been an active member
of the Atlanta Habitat Homeowner
Ambassador
Commit tee
and
Homeowner Advisory Committee,
encouraging others to become Habitat
homeowners, and she has spoken
publicly about her faith journey as an
Atlanta Habitat homeowner, most
recently before representatives of faith
communities gathered together
during the 2011 Jimmy and Rosalynn
Carter Weekend.
Krista’s wonder at being a homeowner
has not wavered since 1999. Even
after all these years, she says, “I can
put my hand on the dirt in my yard
and be amazed with my sense of
ownership. I have done it along with
God. It’s a miracle to me.” Throughout
her career in music and ministry, she
has continued to sing the praises of
being an Atlanta Habitat homeowner.
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Volunteer Profile
Summer Features
Two Extraordinary Volunteers Honored
Long-Term Partnership Supports the ReStore
On April 17, Atlanta Habitat awarded
two very special volunteers with the
title Volunteer of the Year, one of the
organization’s top honors. Volunteers
of the Year are distinguished by the
impact they make on Atlanta Habitat’s
mission delivery. They are selected
based on their length and consistency
of service and the unique talents
they bring to our affordable
homebuilding efforts . The 2011
Volunteers of the Year are Dick
Whelan and Andrew West.
In November 2008, Atlanta Habitat’s
ReStore found a long-term partner in the
Lane Company, a property management
business now recognized as a national
leader in multifamily real estate.
Dick Whelan has been involved with
Atlanta Habitat for more than 10
years. He began his volunteer service
as one of the first ReStore volunteers
when the store opened in 2001. He
now coordinates and contributes to
Atlanta Habitat’s landscaping each
month. He donates his time, skills as
a Master Gardener, and his own
personal resources to make us look
great. He also has shared his beautiful
plantings with homeowners as part of
the homeowner education program.
You can find this special volunteer
digging in the dirt around Atlanta
Habitat at least once a month – after
making a drive from Madison,
Georgia.
Andrew West also was named
Volunteer of the Year. Andrew began
his service more than 13 years ago
and continues to serve as a volunteer
for his extraordinary patience in leading
volunteer groups and is frequently one
of the very last volunteers on the site.
This volunteer not only contributes his
At that time, Lane was renovating Solace,
a historic building on Peachtree Street
between Midtown and downtown. Lane
upgraded Solace and transformed it
for city living, replacing refrigerators
and stoves with stainless steel
appliances. During the renovation,
which continued until March 2011, the
company generously donated nearly
300 apartment-size refrigerators and
stoves to our ReStore.
“We did our best to make the Solace
project as green as possible, installing
Volunteer of the Year Andrew West
hard at work on a build site
Volunteer of the Year Dick Whelan
with daughter, Chris Martin
skilled supervisor. In this capacity, he
leads individual volunteers on construction
sites at least one weekend a month.
Andrew was selected because of his
willingness to serve, his outstanding
leadership abilities, and his commitment
to Atlanta Habitat’s affordable
homebuilding mission. He is known
personal time but also generously
gives of his resources. For the last six
years, Andrew has helped coordinate
annual golf tournaments with his
fraternity, Epsilon of Kappa Alpha,
benefiting Atlanta Habitat. He also
has been a longtime member of the
Foundation 1000 giving society.
Celebrating With Atlanta Habitat
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than mingling at a cocktail party. “I
didn’t really know Ross’ best friend
that well before the build,” says
Jen. “We spent the whole day
shingling the roof together. Those
are memories I won’t forget.”
The Perfect Gift
Since 1991, volunteer Jimmie
Phillips has spent countless
hours building Atlanta Habitat
homes with her church, Trinity
Presbyterian. Year after year, she
arrives at the build site ready to
frame walls, hang siding, or, her
specialty – build wheelchair ramps.
This year, to honor Jimmie’s 20
4
years of service to Atlanta Habitat
and her 85th birthday, her friends
at Trinity came together to sponsor
a Jimmie Phillips’ Build Day.
Friends of Ms. Phillips made gifts
to Atlanta Habitat in her name
and raised enough funds to
support the costs of one day of
building on Innocent and Faida’s
home, as well as the construction
of an entire home through Habitat
for Humanity in Nicaragua.
Whether celebrating a wedding,
birthday, or anniversary or honoring
a loved one, gifts to Atlanta Habitat
are a thoughtful and lasting tribute.
The Kamwenubosa family will
build many memories in their
new home as they build wealth
for their children.
As for the sponsor groups,
“It created a lifetime of memories,”
remembers Pat Decker, who helped
organize the gifts in honor of
Ms. Phillips. Jen Baird declared,
“It was my favorite part of the
wedding.” Often the most special
gifts are not those with the biggest
price tag but those that help
others and have a lasting impact
on others’ lives.
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CALLING YOUNG
ADULTS
energy-saving light fixtures and
switches, recyclable flooring, and many
other green items,” said Timothy Rolls,
Lane Company project manager. “We
were thrilled that the appliances we
were replacing could have a second life
and were even happier when we found
we could be of help to Atlanta Habitat.”
Our customers anxiously awaited
monthly deliveries of apartment-sized
refrigerators, donated by the Lane
Company. It was not uncommon to be
out of appliances before the next
shipment arrived.
We look forward to continuing our
relationship with Lane. “It was a pleasure
working with Tim and his staff,”
said Lisa Schwinghammer, director of
retail sales. “They accommodated our
schedule whenever possible and were
very supportive of our mission. Here’s
to the future! Because of donors like
Lane, Atlanta Habitat can continue to
build homes for working families.”
Thanks to the Owens Corning Operation: Market Smart® Program,
Atlanta Habitat employees enjoyed an appreciation event on
the terrace of restaurant Six Feet Under on May 18.
Join Our First Build
Just for You
Atlanta Habitat for Humanity’s first
Young Adult Faith Build will offer
a unique opportunity for those in
their 20s and 30s to help build a
home for a working Atlanta family.
The build will take place on
Saturdays beginning August 13 and
run through October 1. We are
excited to have the following sponsors
on board: Peachtree Road United
Methodist Church, Hindu Temple
of Atlanta, and Second Ponce de
Leon Baptist Church. We still have
a need for additional sponsorships
from congregations, civic groups,
and other young professional groups.
For more information, contact Andrew
Johnson at 404-223-5180 ext. 171 or
andrew.johnson@atlantahabitat.org.
And be sure to follow updates on this
special build on our Facebook page,
www.facebook.com/atlantahabitat.
Owens Corning, a longtime donor and construction supply vendor, donated
36 rolls of EcoTouch™ insulation to insulate an Atlanta Habitat home.
EcoTouch™ is verified to be formaldehyde-free and contains more than
99 percent natural ingredients.
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