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volunteer, Ms. Parker has a unique connection with Alachua Habitat for Humanity- her mother was the first homeowner of an
Alachua Habitat home 25 years ago.
While Parker was already grown when
her mother moved into her new home, she
was still able to see the profound effect it
had on her family’s lives.
Parker began working on the Women
Build site of the Memorial House last
October after happening upon the site by
chance.
“I was walking by [the site] one day, and I
decided I would stop by and help out. I
always said I would volunteer on a house
so I grabbed at this chance,” Parker said.
The Memorial House, named so because
the funding came from a Gainesville family
in memory of a loved one who strongly
believed in Habitat’s mission, marks the
seventh house built by Alachua Women
Build and the 113th house built by Alachua Habitat.
Parker is known on site as an extremely dedicated and hard worker
who is always eager to lend a help-
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Apostle’s Build.
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construction site in Robinson Heights for many months and are
looking forward to moving in this spring.
This month, several churches came out, bringing an array of
volunteers from the community. Olivia Mason, a 16-year-old student from Oak Hall High School, volunteered with Aletheia Church
and said she had an
incredible experience.
“I really enjoyed
working together,” she
said. “I felt like we
were a little family
afterwards.”
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church is interested
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Faith Build, please
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office at 352-3784663.
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Thompson has worked with non-profits for 30
years. She previously worked with Big Brothers Big
Sisters, and was a member of a homeless coalition
in Michigan. She was also involved with senior services and aided with welfare transitioning before
joining Alachua Habitat two years ago.
When Thompson first started working with Alachua
Habitat, she was both the Family Services Director
and also the Volunteer Coordinator.
“Volunteers are the core and without them we
couldn’t build houses the way we do,” she said.
Thompson’s love for helping people in times of
need and building stronger communities has led to
the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, which
she has been working on for one year. The project
aims to focus on what community members themselves say they need to improve their neighborhood.
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their friends. Not to mention that my husband and
Passionate about Habitat for Humanity, Board
I also attend a lot of school activities.”
President Pat Denham first came to Habitat as
Having retired in 2004, Denham started the
many do - as a volunteer. And then as most often
construction company, Baseline Builders, with her
happens with volunteers her desire to be present
husband and son. Denham is the company presiand make a difference in her community is what
dent, the marketing and public relations manager
has kept her here and led to her dedication to the
and handles the fiscal management of the
Habitat mission.
business.
“Being in construction myself,” Denham said,
Denham said she finds her strength in the Lord
“it is really interesting to witness the Habitat proand God leads her life. When others may be
cess, to see how a family enters into and becomes
stressed, she said she remains calm because she
a Habitat family partner, how the family works
on and completes their sweat equity and then ulknows the Lord is leading her to do and be what
she needs to do and be.
timately becomes a first time homeowner. The fact
that Habitat homeowners are required to invest
Denham said she is committed to the future of
more of their self gives added value to their home
Habitat and believes strongly that she can make
and life in general.”
a difference in her community and the lives of her
A Gainesville native, Denham has lived in the
neighbors.
Alachua County area all her life. She was raised
“Homeownership,” she said, “is freedom from
Pat Denham,
on a large farm in Newberry. She has two children
being at someone else’s mercy.”
President of Board of Directors
When she truly retires from work, she said she
and eight of her grandchildren are in the immediate
plans to make a quilt with the material she has
area.
been collecting for years; and she has a plan to build her dream
“My grandchildren keep me very busy,” she said. “With eight
Koi pond because it is so relaxing.
grandchildren my home is a regular stomping ground for them and
Alachua
Board
Directors:
Staff:
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Pat Denham,
Scott Winzeler,
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Hearts and Homes 5K
Habitat Tool Theft
What Is Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative?
Despite the freezing rain, the UF chapter
Alachua Habitat recently
A program designed to help transform and strengthen communities.
of Habitat
for Humanity met for the Hearts
lost over $3,000 in building
Roughly one in six Americans is currently in need of a decent, affordable place to live. Our
and Homes 5K on Feb. 8.
construction tools when one of nationwide economic crisis is creating additional difficulties for entire communities as they face
The 5K was to a fundraiser for the
Habitat’s equipment trailers was foreclosures, abandonment, and home-maintenance issues. More problems surface as a result –
university chapter and about 25 people
broken into at a build site.
unemployment, credit issues, and neighborhood crime. Communities and families are suffering.
participated.
Many of the power tools
Local community organizations have developed a partnership to work together with Duval
Nick
Bianco, a 22-year-old mechanical
were stolen from the trailer.
engineering student, won the 5Kcommunity
with a residents to develop a cooperative plan. Services may include new house construction,
are interested in rehabilitation of vacant and foreclosed properties, house repairs for existing low-income homeowners,
timeIf ofyou
20:08. donating for the replenishment and weatherization. Local residents responded to a recent survey. The first resident community meeting
He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi engiofneering
stolen fraternity
tools please
Thursday, November 21st at the MLK Center on Waldo Road at 6 p.m. For more information call
at UF,contact
which is working
Carol
Barron
at
352-378-4663
Alachua Habitat for Humanity 352-378-4663.
on a project with Habitat this semester.
or [email protected]
Help us break the cycle of poverty!
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