Drexel University Habitat for Humanity

We held a GBM this past Thursday and below are the key highlights:

* We are doing a new fundraiser, Trick-or-treat for Change TODAY from 5-8 pm. If you signed up before 11 AM this morning you received an e-mail from Laura, who is heading the event. We are going to Rittenhouse square to ask for change donations …dressed as construction workers. It’s going to be a good time. If you still want to sign up feel free. Meeting at Mario the dragon at 4:45 today.

* Elections for board positions have been announced. At the next GBM we will hand out applications for the board positions - new members who are eager to make a difference are encouraged to apply - there are several open positions.

* Rake-a-thon is now upon us and dates for flyering/raking have been posted at: signup.duhabitat.org (paste into browser). We will need all the help we can get - if you can make multiple dates that would be great, bring friends too! I will post more details on our web site for those not familiar with the fundraiser.

* Something not mentioned at the meeting is that we are trying to “adopt” a family for Thanksgiving. I’m sure you’re all familiar - we basically put together a basket of food, with a gift card for the Turkey, and an organization will drop it off to a family in need. This is a great charity act that helps a family be able to celebrate the holidays. When I have more info of what we need, I will post to the web site and ask you guys to bring donations (food) to the next GBM if you can.

* Canning at the Phillies Game - we are going to try to go canning at the Phillies game Monday night - details are still being worked out. Again, updates to follow, hopefully tonight. This will be a great fundraiser if we can get it together though.

* We are in the process of computerizing the 2 designs that were received for the Habi-hoodie contest - hopefully we can reveal those at the next meeting.

Hope everyone had a great Spring break and that classes are going well so far!

Welcome back ASB group!! Congratulations on all your hard work and we hope you had a wonderful experience!

Although this was a couple of months ago we would just like to say thank you to everyone that came out and helped make HabiJam possible! We sold 110 tickets and made a profit by the end of the night. Although the night went well certain aspects could have gone better. We want to hear from you! If you attended HabiJam or if you were involved in the production process please email us with suggestions for next year!

            Build a House, Build a Dream is tomorrow Saturday April 4^th! If anyone wants to come out and help we need volunteers from 7am-2pm on Saturday. If you can only come for a portion of the time that is fine! If you’re interested please respond to this email ASAP so we can get a head count on how many volunteers to expect!

            Upcoming canning dates and locations will be posted on the website! We will also send an email with a list of days and locations. Keep checking the website for updates!

Our next Executive Board meeting is next Thursday at 6 pm in the Habitat office on the third floor MacAlister. Everyone is welcome to attend the meeting!

 Have a great week!

Hello,

This past weeks executive board meeting was very exciting! Things are getting off the ground. Habijam is just around the corner! We have created an event on facebook, if you haven’t RSVP’d, please do so. Invite your friend’s! It’s going to be an amazing night! Tomorrow, 2/23/09, we are going to go chalking around campus to promote the event. Anyone who would like to help out is welcome. We will all meet up in the Habitat office, 3^rd floor MacAlister, at 7 pm. Your welcome to bring camera’s and there will be pizza after we are done (around 9 pm)!

Build a House, Build a Dream is on April 4th, 2009. Drexel will be hosting this event on campus once again! More details on volunteering for that event when we get closer to the date!

 Have a great week!

Things are beginning to come together for our Habi-events! Keep your eyes open for updates on Habijam and promotions for Habijam. We are going to need everyone’s help in chalking and handing out flyers to get the word out!

Sorry about the late notice for anyone who was planning on going canning Friday January 30th, but it has been cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Lots of exciting things to come,

Have a great week!