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Home Expo Volunteers Needed
Like to meet and greet people? Want to help Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity for a couple hours in March? We are seeking volunteers 14 and older to work individually or in small groups to help us at the Home Expo, March 7-10 at the Old Sam's Club in Portage. We will be taking and selling tickets and welcoming visitors to the annual event. Each volunteer will receive one free admission to the expo. To volunteer, contact Jane, our volunteer coordinator, at 344-2443, ext. 204 or vc@habitatkalamazoo.org.
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HABI HOUR FUNDRAISER EVENT SET FOR FEB 28
Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity will hold its first Habi Hour fundraiser, Tuesday, February 28, 5:01 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. in the new Back Room at Bell’s Brewery, 355 E. Kalamazoo Avenue, Kalamazoo. This official Habitat event will raise funds to help build and renovate seven to eight homes in 2012.
“Habi Hour is another, fun way for the community to connect with our mission and support our home buyer partner families,” said Don Jones, Habitat’s executive director. “Habi Hour will help us raise some funds as we celebrate old friendships and make new friends, too.
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182nd Family to Dedicate Home Sunday, February 5
A local family will dedicate their new Habitat for Humanity home on Sunday, February 5 at 1201 Nichols Road, Kalamazoo. The home will be open from 2:00-3:00 p.m. The dedication ceremony will begin at 2:30 p.m. The public is invited to participate in the celebration and tour the home. 
The home was built to KVHH standards by students enrolled in the construction trades program at the Van Buren County Intermediate School District Technology Center in Lawrence. It was moved to Nichols Road in Kalamazoo on June 26, 2011 and set by crane. In addition to VBISD students, Education for Employment Building Trades Program students from Comstock High School built the foundation and shed for the home.
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Women Build Home to Be Dedicated Sunday, February 19
Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity‘s 183rd homeowner family will dedicate their new home on Sunday, February 19. An open house will take place at 3713 Adams Street in the Oakwood Neighborhood from 2:00-3:00 p.m. The dedication ceremony will begin at 2:30 p.m. The public is invited to participate in the celebration and tour the home. 
Construction on the home began in May with the third annual Kalamazoo Women Build project. Lowe’s, the national partner in the Habitat for Humanity Women Build project, supported this build with volunteers and a Women Build grant.
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Donations of Building Lots and Homes Help Habitat
In the last 28 months, generous donors have given Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity vacant building lots and rehab-able homes valued at more than $300,000.
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