RIDGEFIELD -- Ridgefield residents Anna Zukowski and her mom, Lisa Gillingham, have launched a new project to benefit Housatonic Habitat for Humanity. They have put together a team in their hometown to host demolition sales. The pair arranges with homeowners tearing down or renovating their homes to let contractors come in with their own tools to remove usable items like appliances, light fixtures, counter tops, cabinets, and trim work. The business is "cash and carry." The team is initiating the project in Ridgefield, Wilton and New Canaan, and the goal is to include all 16 towns covered by Housatonic Habitat for Humanity. Anna is a sophomore honor student at Ridgefield High School. Her mother is the senior vice president of Customer Service and Operations at Priceline.com.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Ridgefield mother-daughter team starts project to aid Habitat for Humanity
By the News Times
RIDGEFIELD -- Ridgefield residents Anna Zukowski and her mom, Lisa Gillingham, have launched a new project to benefit Housatonic Habitat for Humanity. They have put together a team in their hometown to host demolition sales. The pair arranges with homeowners tearing down or renovating their homes to let contractors come in with their own tools to remove usable items like appliances, light fixtures, counter tops, cabinets, and trim work. The business is "cash and carry." The team is initiating the project in Ridgefield, Wilton and New Canaan, and the goal is to include all 16 towns covered by Housatonic Habitat for Humanity. Anna is a sophomore honor student at Ridgefield High School. Her mother is the senior vice president of Customer Service and Operations at Priceline.com.
RIDGEFIELD -- Ridgefield residents Anna Zukowski and her mom, Lisa Gillingham, have launched a new project to benefit Housatonic Habitat for Humanity. They have put together a team in their hometown to host demolition sales. The pair arranges with homeowners tearing down or renovating their homes to let contractors come in with their own tools to remove usable items like appliances, light fixtures, counter tops, cabinets, and trim work. The business is "cash and carry." The team is initiating the project in Ridgefield, Wilton and New Canaan, and the goal is to include all 16 towns covered by Housatonic Habitat for Humanity. Anna is a sophomore honor student at Ridgefield High School. Her mother is the senior vice president of Customer Service and Operations at Priceline.com.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Mother – Daughter Team Demolish Houses for Housatonic Habitat for Humanity
Ridgefield, CT residents Anna Zukowski and her mom, Lisa Gillingham, have launched a brand new project to benefit Housatonic Habitat for Humanity.
Anna and Lisa are putting together a team in their own hometown that hosts demolition sales based on a model used by a coastal New Jersey Habitat for Humanity,. In short, the pair arranges with homeowners who are either demolitioning or renovating their homes. Contractors are allowed to enter the home, and remove any usable items such as: appliances, light fixtures, counter tops, cabinets, trim work and just about anything else that might be valuable. Contractors bring their own tools to remove items such as trim and the entire business is "cash and carry." The team is initiating the project in Ridgefield, Wilton and New Canaan and hopes to gain the support of homeowners, contractors, realtors and town officials. Expansion plans eventually will include all sixteen towns covered by Housatonic Habitat for Humanity.
Housatonic Habitat Executive Director, Mary Aly, wholeheartedly endorses the project. "We expect this to be a truly viable revenue stream that will allow us to build more houses for deserving families," she states.
Housatonic Habitat Executive Director, Mary Aly, wholeheartedly endorses the project. "We expect this to be a truly viable revenue stream that will allow us to build more houses for deserving families," she states.
Housatonic Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. HHFH seeks to eliminate poverty housing from sixteen towns in western Connecticut and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. In view of that vision, HHFH mobilizes the local community to provide responsible homeownership opportunities to families with limited income.
Housatonic Habitat for Humanity covers New Canaan, Wilton, Weston, Redding, Ridgefield, Danbury, Bethel, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Sherman, New Milford, Bridgewater, Roxbury, Gaylordsville, Newtown and Washington.
Anna and Lisa are active members of a mother-daughter National Charity League in Ridgefield involved in philanthropic and leadership activities.
Anna is a sophomore honor student at Ridgefield High School where she plays on the varsity soccer and tennis teams. She plays on the Beachside Soccer Club and with the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association Olympic Developmental Program.
Lisa is the Senior Vice President of Customer Service and Operations at Priceline.com, an online travel company headquartered in Norwalk, CT. She is also a Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau of Connecticut.
Anna and Lisa are active members of a mother-daughter National Charity League in Ridgefield involved in philanthropic and leadership activities.
Anna is a sophomore honor student at Ridgefield High School where she plays on the varsity soccer and tennis teams. She plays on the Beachside Soccer Club and with the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association Olympic Developmental Program.
Lisa is the Senior Vice President of Customer Service and Operations at Priceline.com, an online travel company headquartered in Norwalk, CT. She is also a Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau of Connecticut.
If you would like to join Anna and Lisa and their demolition team, please call 203-744-1392 or email http://us.mc800.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=info@housatonichabitat.org .
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Bank of America writes a really large check to Housatonic Habitat for Humanity!
Paul F. Larsen, Senior Vice President, Senior Client Manager of Business Banking of Bank of America Merrill Lynch (far right) and Sheryl L. McQuade, Senior Vice President, Market Manager for Bank of America Business Banking (center) present Sam Dobrotka (far left), Director of Operations for Housatonic Habitat for Humanity with a check for $2500 to be used towards the building of a home on 6 Linden Street in Danbury.
"Bank of America is eager to commit to causes, such as Housatonic Habitat for Humanity, that works towards providing financial stability in the community," states McQuade.
Housatonic Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. HHFH seeks to eliminate poverty housing from sixteen towns in western Connecticut and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. In view of that vision, HHFH mobilizes the local community to provide responsible home ownership opportunities to families with limited income.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Housatonic Habitat for Humanity Press Release
Press release:
Housatonic Habitat for Humanity announces the hire of Mary Aly as Executive Director.
Housatonic Habitat for Humanity, an agency that provides affordable homeownership to low income families, has hired Mary Aly as Executive Director. Aly has been assigned the task of executing the agencies strategic plan for aggressive expansion. The Board of Directors, under President Richard Wenzel states, “It is our goal to provide our towns with a solution to the affordable housing crisis.” And in that vein, the Housatonic Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors intends to build 40 homes per year in the coming years.
Housatonic Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. HHFH seeks to eliminate poverty housing from sixteen towns in western Connecticut and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. In view of that vision, HHFH mobilizes the local community to provide responsible homeownership opportunities to families with limited income.
Housatonic Habitat for Humanity covers New Canaan, Wilton, Weston, Redding, Ridgefield, Danbury, Bethel, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Sherman, New Milford, Bridgewater, Roxbury, Gaylordsville, Newtown and Washington.
Aly joins Sam Dobrotka, HHFH’s Director of Operations in the Danbury office. Aly’s main focus will be to raise enough money for HHFH to begin to acquire properties for build up and build out.
Previously, Aly has held senior level positions with Mikey’s Way Foundation, Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Southwestern CT, Childcare Learning Centers and Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center.
Aly resides in Wilton, with her two children and three cats. She is a recent member of the Wilton Women’s Club. Her past volunteer work includes: serving as an executive board member on Trackside: The Wilton Teen Center, the Greenwich Rotary Club and the Parent Leadership Institute in Stamford. Aly also volunteers with terminally ill patients at the Richard L. Rosenthal Hospice Resident.
For more information about Housatonic Habitat for Humanity, please call 203-744-1392 or visit housatonichabitat.org.
Karen Anderson
Ex. Assistant/Office Manager
203-744-1340
(fax)203-744-1341
http://us.mc800.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Karen@housatonichabitat.org
Friday, November 5, 2010
ReStore Tent Sale
Sat. Nov. 20 to Nov. 27*
9 am to 5 pm
*Closed Thanksgiving
90 Shelter Rock Road, Danbury
Large inventory of home improvement goods
Windows … doors … cabinets … building materials … appliances.
ReStore outlet: reclaimed-new-surplus at a fraction of original prices
203-205-0952.
About the ReStore
Reuse + Recycle = ReStore
What Is A ReStore?
ReStore is a home building supply thrift store that recycles new, gently used and antique items donated by manufacturers, stores, contractors and individuals. The donations are sold to the public at VERY LOW PRICES or used in the construction of Habitat houses. All proceeds from sales go directly towards Habitat for Humanity house construction program in the Housatonic Valley.
The ReStore was opened to the public to help raise funds to build new, simple, decent and affordable housing for families in need in the Housatonic Valley. Simply put ReStore is a home improvement resale store that recycles usable goods to new users.
How Does ReStore Work?
When doing renovations on your home and removing materials that are too good to throw away, don’t trash them, donate them to the ReStore. If your project is complete, but you have extra materials leftover, don’t store them, donate them to ReStore. Wrong color? Wrong size ?? Unable to return??? Donate them to ReStore. When you donate your surplus, overstock, close-outs, slightly damaged or “wrong” order materials to ReStore they will be sold and all proceeds will go directly to Housatonic Habitat for Humanity to build more homes. All donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE because we are registered as a 501(c)(3) organization.
How you Benefit from donating
ReStore is a home building supply thrift store that recycles new, gently used and antique items donated by manufacturers, stores, contractors and individuals. The donations are sold to the public at VERY LOW PRICES or used in the construction of Habitat houses. All proceeds from sales go directly towards Habitat for Humanity house construction program in the Housatonic Valley.
The ReStore was opened to the public to help raise funds to build new, simple, decent and affordable housing for families in need in the Housatonic Valley. Simply put ReStore is a home improvement resale store that recycles usable goods to new users.
How Does ReStore Work?
When doing renovations on your home and removing materials that are too good to throw away, don’t trash them, donate them to the ReStore. If your project is complete, but you have extra materials leftover, don’t store them, donate them to ReStore. Wrong color? Wrong size ?? Unable to return??? Donate them to ReStore. When you donate your surplus, overstock, close-outs, slightly damaged or “wrong” order materials to ReStore they will be sold and all proceeds will go directly to Housatonic Habitat for Humanity to build more homes. All donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE because we are registered as a 501(c)(3) organization.
How you Benefit from donating
- Receive a tax deduction
- Avoid expensive disposal fees
- Get rid of unwanted materials
- Keep usable materials out of landfills
- Be part of helping the homeless
- Aid in revitalizing our community
- Help provide affordable housing for needed families
- Helps generate funding for Habitat for Humanity house building/renovating projects
- Provide families with affordable home improvement materials
- Provides a unique LOW COST, housing material, shopping experience in the Housatonic Valley
- Offers another volunteer option to get involved with Habitat for Humanity
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