Newark Bears: Habitat for Humanity Day

Newark Bears Proudly Present:

Habitat for Humanity Day

Sunday, May 23rd

1:35 pm (Gates open at 12:30 pm)

Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium

$10 per ticket

$4 from each ticket will benefit Habitat for Humanity Newark when you use the promo code"Habitat"

To order tickets, please see this link: http://www.habitatnewark.org/docs/habitat_newark_bears_flyer2010.pdf

Hope to see you there!

National Women Build Week

In the days leading up to Mother’s Day, construction crews of women volunteers all across the country will be pounding nails and raising walls at Habitat construction sites across the country in recognition of National Women Build Week, May 1-9. In Newark, on May 8, 2010 local women volunteers will be manning tools and materials, working on a family’s new home.

To join other women building on that day contact Kathryn Cassidy at Mskatcas@aol.com.
For more information contact:
Lynne Blaesser at mlblaesser@aol.com or Carol Paster at cip212@hotmail.com.

Across all 50 states, around 7,000 women volunteers are expected to build at more than 200 Habitat for Humanity construction sites.

Developed through the partnership between and Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s, National Women Build Week challenges women to devote at least one day to the effort to eliminate poverty housing. The event is an initiative of Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program, underwritten by Lowe’s, which recruits, educates and nurtures women to build and advocate for simple, decent and affordable houses in their communities.

Lowe’s is providing Habitat for Humanity Newark a $5,000 Lowe’s store gift card, as well as in-store volunteer training, in support of this one-day build. Nationwide, Lowe’s committed more than $1 million to National Women Build Week, providing gift cards and event materials to 200 Habitat affiliates.

WHAT: Local women volunteers building with Habitat for National Women Build Week
Women from nearby communities throughout Essex, Union and Morris counties will be building on the third home in Newark sponsored by Habitat Newark’s Women Build group. This group of dedicated volunteers is raising funds to build their third home for a woman and her family. Work on the house began on March 2 with a wall-raising ceremony.

WHEN: Saturday, May 8, 2010
Construction begins at 8:00 a.m.
Construction ends at 3:00 p.m.

Goodsearch Bonus-- Update!

We would like to thank everyone who participated in the bonus Goodsearch toolbar fundraiser!

Even though the bonus fundraiser is over, there are still plenty of ways to generate donations through Goodsearch. Please continue using Goodsearch and Goodshop and spread the word to your friends and family!

You can also monitor the amount of money raised for Habitat Newark through Goodsearch by clicking on the "Amount Raised" button underneath the search box.

Gold Party

Hosted by Women Build Habitat for Humanity Newark

Bring in your gold for cash! This is a great opportunity to clean out your mismatched earrings, broken or unwanted jewelry. The gold will be weighed by a jeweler right in front

of you and you will be given cash on the spot!

Women Build will benefit by recieving a commission from the jeweler on the value of gold collected. You may also bring large silver pieces and costume

jewelry to be tested.

Light snacks and wine will be served.

Where: Briarwood Coachlight Clubhouse

22 Canterbury Road

Chatham, New Jersey

When: Wednesday, April 28 7pm

RSVP: By April 21 to Suzi Sullivan at immtps@aol.com

or 973 635-1448

For more information: Please contact: Lynne Blaesser at 908 656-1436

or mlblaesser@aol.com

We hope to see you there!

$5,000 Goodsearch Giveaway!

Goodsearch is providing another easy way to raise money for Habitat Newark!

Tomorrow, April 6th from 9 am until April 9th at 9 am, download the Habitat Newark Goodsearch toolbar for Internet Explorer or Firefox and $1 will be donated to Habitat. Once you've downloaded the toolbar, it is even easier to use Goodsearch/Goodshop to raise money for Habitat.

Here's how:

1. Go to www.goodsearch.com
2. Enter "Habitat for Humanity - Newark" into the "Who do you GoodSearch for" box
3. Click on "Get the GoodSearch toolbar"

In case you're new to goodsearch.com, here's how it works. Goodsearch.com is a search engine powered by Yahoo! where, with each search, about one cent is donated to Habitat. That might not seem like a lot but it adds up. Additionally, you can shop through goodsearch's sister website, goodshop and a percentage of whatever money you spend will be donated to Habitat.

Downloading the Habitat Newark toolbar will make using goodsearch even easier.

Thanks for all your support!

Walls Go Up for another Habitat Newark Home: New Home is Being Built with Funds and Labor raised by Habitat Newark’s Women Build Group

Habitat for Humanity Newark held a wall-raising ceremony on Saturday, March 20, for the Women Build III House, a single family home in Newark’s West Ward. The ceremony was attended by Newark Councilman-at-Large Donald Payne, Jr. and West Ward Councilman Ronald C. Rice, who pledged his continued support for Habitat for Humanity and noted the ongoing cooperation between Habitat Newark and the Municipal Council. Christina Vazquez, from the City of Newark’s Department of Economic & Housing Development complimented Habitat Newark volunteers on the progress of the building and their work ethic.

The ceremony was also attended by approximately 65 Habitat Newark supporters, including a large contingent from Women Build, a group of Habitat Newark volunteers who raised funds for the home and raised the walls of the home to the cheers of those who gathered to watch.

“We’re thrilled to be putting up the latest Women Build house,” said Lynne Blaesser, co-chairperson of the Women Build program. “We want to thank everyone who contributed and we invite all the women out there to join us in finishing the work on this home.”

According to Blaesser, Women Build helps women learn construction skills in an atmosphere where they won’t feel uncomfortable if they don’t have building experience. Beginners

are welcome to develop abilities that may be useful in their own homes and to join with other women to create affordable housing for hard-working, low income families. Seventy percent of Habitat families consist of single women and their children.

More than 300 women have participated in the Women Build initiative of Habitat Newark since it began in 2003.

To volunteer or donate, call Habitat for Humanity, Newark at 973-624-3330 or visit online at www.habitatnewark.org.

For pictures, click here: http://habitatnewark.org/docs/wb_wall_raising_03-26-10.pdf