Support those who support Habitat   Thrivent Builds Homes/Illini Radio Group Allen and Dominguez Family Build Sponsors 92.5 The Chief ABC Sanitary Armstrong Cash & Carry Lumber AXE Man Cabinetland Ltd. Cement Masons & Plasters Local #143 Champaign Do-It-Best Hardware Champaign Heating & Air Champaign Telephone Company Danville Gardens Dow Chemical eXtra 99.1 Fry Access HDC Engineering IBEW Local #601 Illini Radio Group Illiana Insulation Kurt B. Crail Inc. Larson Lone Pine Electric Lutheran Social Services Prison Partnership Maxwell Counters Mix 94.5 Patton Lumber Prairie Central Materials RC's Plumbing & HVAC Reynold's Towing RP Lumber Sam's Drywall Square D Stevens Excavating Storage Options Solutions Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Twin City Movers Valspar WIXY 100.3 Yerkey's Septic Women Build Homes with the Corona Family sponsors Sweetcorn Festival attendees National Council of Negro Women, Champaign County Section Amazing Days with the Overcast Family Horizon Hobby ReStore sponsors Champaign Carpet and Tile Champaign Do-It-Best Hardware Champaign Estate Sales Champaign Telephone Company Custom Flooring & Acoustics Denver Mattress Dodds Company Flat Top Grill Flooring Surfaces General Growth Properties/Marketplace Mall Home Depot Laticrete International Lone Pine Electric Lowe's MAB Paints New Prairie Construction Prairie Productions Prime Time Pizza Prudential Landmark Real Estate Remco Electric Sherwin Williams Smith/Burgett Architects Springfield Electric   Golfing for Habitat at Stone Creek   This exciting fundraiser, hosted by Stone Creek Golf Club, is devoted to Champaign County 501 (c) (3) Charitable Organizations. Non-profit organizations across the county will be given an opportunity to not only raise awareness of their goals and purpose, but to give them a venue to raise much needed funding for their organization. Registration and fees must be complete and returned by October 8, 2007 How Can You Participate in Charitee Days? Foursome Registration $300 Individual Registration $85 Friend of the Charity Donation $25 Hole Sponsor $250 For more information, click here.   Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County & ReStore   119 E. University Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 355-6460 ReStore (217) 359-0507 Administration www.cuhabitat.org	Brought to you by IBEW Local 601     Driving home   On July 25th, Rosario (Rosi) August and her four children received the keys to their newly completed home, sponsored by Cars for Homes and built by Ginger Ford Habitat for Humanity in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It all started after Hurricane Katrina left the house Rosie was renting so damaged that it was condemned. Then, a Habitat supporter donated a powerboat, Mayor Bob Zabbia's family donated a building lot and Heartland HfH in Kansas City, donated a framing package. Last November, Cars for Homes brought together volunteers from 10 states, including dozens of employees from corporate partners, Charter Communications and Waste Management, to work alongside Rosie framing the house in Ponchatoula. For the next eight months, numerous local volunteers, churches and civic groups worked to finish the house. "It was an honor for Cars for Homes to work with Ginger Ford Habitat to help so many people come together to build this house and it was a joy to visit with Rosie and the kids in their new home, " said Marcia Rundle, Cars for Homes Director. We thank everyone who helped and we wish Ginger Ford Habitat all the best as it continues to build in partnership with families in need of housing." To learn more about how a donating your car can contribute to building homes in Champaign County neighborhoods, click here.   Our Volunteers Just Keep on Giving!   by Ellen Willcox, Build Volunteer Manager (217-359-0507 x110 or house@cuhabitat.org) 2,753 volunteer hours have been donated by volunteers to create these two homes. Countless other hours have been lovingly donated by our Lutheran Church Champions, Thrivent Coordinators, and community members who have encouraged their coworkers, friends and family members to participate. Thank you all. You have made my job so easy. Saturday the 25th we saw the return of our fantastic electricians. Thank you to Mike Melvin, Mark Oliverra, J.D. Hubert Sr., Jay Spencer, Bernard Hettinger, and Matt Weakman from IBEW Local 601. Thank you to Teresa Brown, Don and Gail Block, Kim French, Henry Gerlach, George Kieffer, Kathie and Tim McMaster, Elder Dave Milner, Iona Schmidt, Eric Sheu, Megan Smith, Anna and Craig Stefan, and Elder Wardell. In addition to the final electrics we finished the side porches and painted the doors. The kitchen linoleum is down, light fixtures are up and we are really getting close to handing over the keys and telling two families "Welcome Home." We will all take Labor Day weekend off. On September 8th we will landscape and finish any projects remaining. We thank Danville Gardens for their donation of our landscaping plants, flowers and mulch. Please join the Dominguez and Allen Families, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, area Lutheran congregations and listeners of the Illini Radio Group stations on Saturday, September 15 at 2 p.m. for the home dedication (507 and 509 E Bradley).   Home theater gem   You never know what might be donated to the ReStore. Ever dreamt of owning your own Ampro 69602 projector with virtual HDTV Vidikron Faroudja LD100-U multi-standard line doubler and electric projector screen? New, this unit sold for a minimum of $10,000 but we have it available to the a/v enthusiast in your life for $1,000. Ask a ReStore staffer to show you where we have it stored. Champaign County's ReStore is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Donations of goods for the ReStore are accepted 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday, 1 - 4 p.m. Sunday. Please pull up to the southeast garage door and ring bell for assistance. Too large for your vehicle? Schedule a donation pick up! Donation pick ups are a $5 fee in C-U, and $10 outside C-U within a 15 mile radius. Contact us at (217)355-6460 x120 or operations@cuhabitat.org to schedule. See new items here!   Sweet faces at the Sweetcorn   Heather McArty, Women Build Homes team member We had a great time at the festival with great weather, non-stop traffic for face painting and conversation. We raised $300! A huge thank you to Heather Keigher, Deb Hensleigh, Lin Randall, Kathy Maniates and future home owner Maricela Corona as well as all of their friends. By May of 2008 we will raise, one woman at a time, $64,500 to build a simple, decent, affordable home at 114 N Cottage Grove in Urbana in partnership with Maricela Corona and her daughters. Stay tuned for future events!