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RECENT NEWS
Search Begins for Operations
Director
This position will have the overall responsibility for the administration of the organization.
The Director must be dedicated to the ministry and mission of RVHFH,
and must have the ability to organize and manage multiple program
areas simultaneously. (Full-Time Paid Staff with benefits)
Complete
Job Listing
Spring 2008 Newsletter
- Meet the 4 New Partner Families for Franklin Twp.
Somerset
- Annual Meeting - Awards Recognition
- Building Update
- RVHFH Wins 20007 Somerset County Planning and Land
Development Award
- Women Build - Raising $100K
- Stories from the Heart
- Community Partnerships
Raritan Valley Habitat typically publishes a newsletter
two times a
year. This publication is mailed to our volunteer list as well as
donors and the general public. The Newsletter highlights current
activity, communicates progress in our building program and provides
focus for volunteer efforts.
If you would like to be on our mailing list please send an email
with your name & address to
rvhfh@rvhabitat.org
Previous Newsletters:
Fall
2007 through Summer 2003
Anne LaPlante - WINNER OF THE BERMUDA
CRUISE RAFFLE!
 Winning
ticket was drawn April 26th at this year's Spring Dinner Dance
"Moonlight Flamenco". Anne
and Ed LaPlante of Skillman are the lucky winners
of the Raffle Prize and will enjoy a 5-night Royal Caribbean
Explorer of the Seas
cruise for two to the beautiful, sunny, pink sand shores of
Bermuda.
Photo (l-r):
Lisa Fielding, Community Relations Manager
with lucky winner Anne LaPlante
25th
Anniversary Somerset
County
2007 Annual Planning & Land Development Awards
In the past 25
years Somerset County has recognized projects that have served
as examples of outstanding and innovative developments and
planning efforts. It is hoped that these projects will inspired
citizens, developers, governmental leaders and planners to
promote sound land development and planning for years to come.
Raritan Valley Habitat for
Humanity (RVHFH) is proud to have received the 2007 award
for the Residential Category for the Bernardsville Habitat for
Humanity Homes.
Supported by many individual,
corporate and community volunteers, RVHFH built four modest,
affordable homes in a Bernardsville neighborhood consisting of a
mix of residential and commercial buildings. Each home is 1,178
square feet in size. RVHFH faced several constraints at this
challenging site including its location on a busy thoroughfare
and a steep-slope covering roughly half of the property.
The houses are situated at the
front of the property in conformance with the existing line of
the neighborhood. A common driveway creates a small
neighborhood appearance for the homes with an easement across
the front of the shared parking providing adequate off-street
parking for the homeowners and a play area for the children.
Each two-story house sits over a garage. To not only enhance
the appearance of the homes but also provide additional living
space for the families, a wooden staircase leads to a second
floor front porch extending across the entire attached
structure. Decorative block retaining walls to the side and
rear of the house create several terraces providing useable side
and backyard space. Completing the yard is an attractive garden
landscape along the 200 foot frontage on Mine Brook Road
established by homeowners working in partnership with the Master
Gardeners of Somerset and Hunterdon counties. This project
illustrates how housing can be built which is both attractive
and affordable.
Site design was by Bill Hollows
of Murphy and Hollows Associates. The architect of the project
was Mark Andrews of Beer & Coleman Architects and Associates.
RVHFH thanks them for their time and commitment to this
outstanding project.
We're Always Looking for Qualified People!
Construction Site Supervisors:
(Part-Time Paid Staff)
Significant residential construction experience and ability
to teach and supervise unskilled volunteers. Contact
rvhfh@rvhabitat.org
with your interest.
PAST NEWS
NHHS
Technology Service Club Donates Computers
Coldwell Banker Sponsors Bernardsville House
Cub Scouts Recreate Famous Painting in Tile
Temperatures Soar at Bernardsville Site
Dedication: July 29th - 2006
Ortho-McNeil
Pharmaceutical, Inc. Our Newest Lambertville House Partner! - 2006
New Jersey Builders Association Sponsors a
Lambertville Home - 2005
United Way Supports RVHFH's First WOMEN BUILD
- 2005
Manville House Dedication Ceremony
a Joyous Event - 2004
Community Support -
2004
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