My Habitat Clarkston

My Habitat Clarkston

About three years ago, Calvary Lutheran Church, Clarkston Community Church and St. Daniel’s Catholic Church partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County to search for a local property for a home build.

Multiple community entities were then gathered after months of endless efforts to search, search, search in the Clarkston Community School district for an affordable property or home refurbishment to no avail.

Our Beginnings

What Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County saw was this…

Pilot Project

Gathered around one table for the benefit of their community!

Local Chamber of Commerce

Public Schools Small Businesses Churches of All Denominations

Community Bank

We were asked to be a pilot project for Habitat

and, we accepted the challenge!

My Habitat Clarkston Honorary Chairperson

J. Grant Smith

Clarkston State Bank President and CEO

MHC Original Steering Committee

Pastor Jonathon Heierman Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church

Pastors Greg Henneman and Dan Whiting Clarkston Community Church

Julie Nemeth Nemeth Marketing and St. Trinity Lutheran Church

Dr. Rod Rock Clarkston Community Schools

Tim Ruggles CEO, Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County

Gustina Sell Chase Plastics

Penny Shanks Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce

Stan Smokoska St. Daniel’s Catholic Church

So What Are We?

My Habitat Clarkston …

is a grassroots movement of Clarkston and Davisburg-area residents, community organizations, churches, and businesses committed to building a better “habitat” for all by collaboratively and voluntarily participating in community-based service projects, both big and small.

Our vision is that no member of our community

will be without resources to serve or be served.

Our Vision

Non-Profits Schools Churches

Service Groups Scouts

Placemaking (Regional Effort) Placemaking is a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and

management of public spaces. Placemaking capitalizes on a local community’s assets, inspiration, and potential, ultimately creating good public

spaces that promote people’s health, happiness, and well being.

VOLUNTEER CLEARINGHOUSE

Service Projects

We Serve

We Serve

Fall and Spring Impact Days for two years running

600 to 1,100 volunteers in the community serving each Sunday

FALL

SPRING

IMPACT DAYS

Approximately

$120K–$150K Economic Impact

Schools

Partner with each school’s PTA and maintenance personnel to clean up yards/flower beds etc.

Parks

We’ve restained Bay Court Park playground equipment and 40 township picnic tables before the summer season!

Yard Work

For Seniors and the Homebound

DRAW Buckets

Fill disaster relief buckets with supplies at the DRAW warehouse.

Service

Impact Hunger Sorting, packing, and delivering donated meals to our neighbors-in-need.

Kids Against Hunger Package meals for Kids Against Hunger at Clarkston High School Cafeteria.

Canines for Christ Take your people and pet friendly dog to visit local nursing homes!

Letter Writing to Soldiers Write a letter to a soldier! All ages welcome!

Tie Blankets Make blankets for children at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Donations of fleece appreciated.

Critical Home Repairs

We replaced the shingles on the home of an 89-year-old Independence Township widow, who also is a two-time cancer survivor.

We found donations and replaced a brick front walk with a wider concrete walk for a homebound MS patient.

We Build

We Build…

Homes, Community and Hope In partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County (HFHOC), we assist with home builds or refurbishments as they are identified by their full-time staff. My Habitat Clarkston steering committee members assist in the fundraising, special events, volunteer coordination, gift in-kind contributions for HFHOC home projects.

If the State takes no action on tax-foreclosed, no mortgage properties, the township treasurer is notified of the township’s second right of refusal and has a few days to decide if there is a public purpose for the property and notify Oakland County of the township’s intent to purchase the property for the price of all delinquent taxes and fees.

Independence Township

Collaboration: If township finds a public purpose, the county is notified of intent and township pays the county and receives a Treasurers’ Deed to the property. Township can then work with a charity—such as Habitat Oakland—to determine if there is a good opportunity to rehab the property. If there is an opportunity, the township can sell the property to the charity for township’s costs.

Habitat Oakland

Top 3 Take-Aways We don’t give away homes…

Homeowners assume a no-profit mortgage at closing and work 300 hours on their own home.

It’s about the families… dignity, empowerment

We share God’s love by building homes, community, and hope…

1 2 3

Partner Family

Shannon Chatman, social worker, Army and Army National Guard veteran, and her children Isabelle, Johannah, and Chance.

“Finally having a safe, secure, and stable home to raise my family will give me peace of mind and set

my children on the path to success.”

Recognition

Community

May 2014 Clarkston Community Award for Community Collaboration to entire My Habitat Clarkston Steering Committee

National

September 2014 MHC Steering Committee Member, Julie Nemeth, was nominated and awarded the honorary title of NBA Detroit Pistons’ Game Changer for her work with My Habitat Clarkston.

International

October 2014 Habitat International selected our Springfield Township build site as the location of a surprise visit from the country rock duo Florida Georgia Line. The duo came and built with our steering committee on October 10 as we raised the walls together as a community. www.floridageorgialine.com/fglhighlights-from-detroit-mi-day-1-thedirtcampaign/

Habitat in the Park

Friday, July 24, 2015 2nd Annual Habitat in the Park Depot Park, Downtown Clarkston

Log on to www.clarkston.org, scroll down to this icon and register to be notified of volunteer opportunities.

www.habitatoakland.org/ my-habitat-clarkston

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