2013 Spring Newsletter

Spring 2013

Palouse Habitat for Humanity

Palouse HFH Completes 12th Home!

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208.883.8502PO Box 3054

Moscow, ID 83843

On Sunday, March 17th, Palouse Habitat for Humanity celebrated the completion of the Purnell home with family, volunteers, friends and supporters. Since the wall-raising ceremony last spring, volunteers spent over 4000 hours building the home. Cori and Ken Purnell put in 500 of those hours to meet their sweat equity requirement for a Habitat home. “I still have splinters” commented Ken during the dedication. Palouse HFH Board President Doug Arlt welcomed the group crowded into the Purnell’s livingroom and introduced volun-teers and board members. Simpson United Methodist Church Pastor Todd Scranton offered an opening prayer and a blessing for the home, asking that it be a place of secu-rity, rest, and support for the Purnell fam-ily. Construction Committee Chair Brent Bradberry and Safety Officer Dave Ostrom shared their bittersweet experience with this home build. It is always a joy to complete a home, but, due to illness, this build was finished without a critial member of our Habitat family, Ken Hall, our Construction Supervisor. The Codger Crew, the Purnells, contractors including EDA Electric and Don’s Plumbing rallied to finish the home by our March deadline. Special housewarming gifts were pre-sented to the Purnells from several local groups. Palouse Patchers, a local quilting club, presented each of the Purnell family members with a personalized hand-made quilt. Cougar Kids from Building Blocks Day School in Pullman shared orignial art-

work, the PEO AB Chapter of Moscow provided a basket of educational toys and books for Addy, Skyler and Hayden to enjoy, and Family Support Committee Chair Katie Watts presented the Purnells with a Bible. Final exterior landscaping and paint-ing is scheduled for Saturday April 20th with volunteers from Real Life on the Palouse. You can see photos from the dedication on Facebook and a link to the KLEW TV interview on our website,www.palousehabitat.org. Many,many thanks to everyone who helped make the Purnell dream of home ownership come true!

Katie Watts presenting the Purnells with a Bible.

Board of Directors

Doug Arlt, President

Mick Nazerali, Vice President

Anita Thorsteinson, Secretary

Scott Hurlbert, Treasurer

Andrea BeckettBrent BradberryTrista Council

Renee EllsworthJennifer Ewers

Leonard JohnsonDebbie LoaizaDave OstromJodie Tooley

Jennifer Wallace,Executive Director

Connie Hall,Surplus Sale Coordinator

Lynne Brenner,Volunteer Coordinator

Mission: To serve our neighbors in need by helping to eliminate poverty

housing on the Palouse and worldwide.

In Memory: Ken HallPalouse HFH Construction Supervisor

Ken Hall, Palouse Habitat for Humanity Construction Supervisor, died at his home on Sunday, March 17, 2013 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 67. When Ken began work on the Mitzimberg home in Palouse, Wash-ington, we quickly realized what an amazing resource he was. Ken brought a unique combination of skills to the build site - years of construction expertise coupled with the heart of a teacher. He worked well with volunteers, no matter their level of experience; he under-stood that Habitat is as much about building community as about building houses. Ken enjoyed working with our Habitat partner fami-lies and personalized the homes inside and out as much as possible within the Habitat construction guidelines and budget. Ken played a central role in our partnership with the WSU Interior Design program. For the past three years, Ken and WSU Professor Bob Krikac trained the fall semester design students on the build site, giving them a unique opportunity for hands-on construction experi-ence. In the spring, Ken and others from Palouse HFH met several times to guide the students as they designed homes to Habitat specifi-cations. Ideas from some of these student designs have been incorpo-rated into the past two Palouse Habitat home builds. He was also an active member of the Palouse Habitat Surplus Sale committee. Thanks in large part to his vision, enthusiasm, and ability to persuade his wife, Connie, to get involved, Palouse Habitat opened the Surplus Sale last fall at 304 N. Main Street in Moscow. Connie became the Surplus Sale Coordinator, managing volunteers and the

Ken and Connie Hall at the Surplus Sale last fall.

office. Ken and the Codger Crew volun-teers renovated the warehouse space, and when the Surplus Sale opened in Novem-ber, Ken managed the warehouse side of the Sale, accepting donations and prepar-ing them for the sale floor. The Surplus Sale is now open two days a week, and we’re seeing a steady increase in donations, volunteers to run the sale, and shoppers looking for bargains. We hope the Surplus Sale will become a de-pendable source of funds to build Habitat homes, as well as a community resource, providing a way to recycle construction materials, leftover home renovation or décor items, and an alternative source of affordable materials for home repair and remodel projects. Ken was an active community ser-vant and a much loved husband, father and friend. His loss is felt deeply by the Palouse Habitat family. A celebration of his life will take place Saturday, April 6th at 1:00 at First United Methodist Church, 322 East Third Street in Moscow. The community is welcome to attend. Shorts Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrange-ments. Online condolances may be sent to www.shortsfuneralchapel.net. The family has asked that memorial gifts be made to First United Methodist Church or Palouse Habitat for Humanity.

Final Scenes from the Purnell Home Build

[email protected] www.palousehabitat.org

208.883.8502PO Box 3054

Moscow, ID 83843

Have YOU Thought About Habitat?

Thank You!!!Inland Northwest Community Foundation $10,000

to assist low-income homeowners with basic repairs

Sterling Bank $5,000to support Beans ‘n’ Jeans 2013

A little of your time and talent will make a BIG difference in the lives of a local family in need of simple, decent affordable housing.

And you don’t have to lift a hammer to make a difference with Habitat!

Join the Family Selection Committee. Meet a few months each year and help us find our next partner family. This committee advertises each home build opportunity, reviews applications, conducts home interviews, and makes a rec-ommendation to the PHFH board.

Help our partners becom homeowners with the Family Support Committee. They or-ganze homeowner and financial manage-ment classes, monitor sweat equity hours, and plan our groundbreaking and home dedication celebrations.

The Surplus Sale is our newest fundrais-ing effort. Have office or retail experience? Do you enjoy working with people? Come on down! We need do-it-yourself designers and home-repair handymen. Help us recycle used construction and home reno-vation materials and provide the community with a low-cost option for home improvement items. All to raise money to build Habitat homes!

Contact the Habitat Office at 208-883-8502 or [email protected]!

Volunteers at the Palouse Habitat Surplus Sale.

THANK YOU!!! Purnell Home Build Volunteers and Supporters

Help Build Home Lucky No. 13!-Cornerstone: Yearly pledge to help build each Habitat home $____________

-Gift in Memory or in Honor of ________________________________ $_______

-Donation of any amount for the current home build or general use $________

-Yes! I want to come to Beans ‘n’ Jeans $40/ticket, $400/table Total $__________

-Yes! I want to Volunteer! Construction Office Surplus Sale Committee

NAME: ______________________________PHONE:__________________________

ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS:______________________________________________________Make checks payable to Palouse Habitat for Humanity or use PayPal

at www.palousehabitat.org***To make sure your gift is used locally, note “local use” on your check**

Please send the Palouse Habitat Newsletter to my e-mail _______

Please cut along dotted line and return in enclosed envelope

ASUI Center for Volunteerism and Social ActionThe Codger Crew

First United Methodist ChurchMoscow Women’s Giving Circle

Plateau Archeological InvestigationsReal Life on the Palouse

Simpson United Methodist ChurchSterling Bank

UI Vandal VolunteersUnitarian Universalist Church of the

PalouseUFCW Union Workers

Whitman Co. Association of RealtorsUS Bank

WSU AIASWSU Athletic Department

WSU Center for Civic EngagementWSU Construction Management &

WSU Interior DesignWSU Pi Beta Phi SororityWSU Sigma Nu Fraternity

& many wonderful individual volunteers!

A Special Thank You to Don’s Plumbing

Howard Hughes ApplianceMoscow Building Supply

Nick Hinkle, Hinkle Homesfor donating time, materials and support

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