Support those who support Habitat   Women Build Homes with the Corona Family Alto Vineyards Altrusa Amasong Beaumont Alignment Plus BridalU.net Cooper's Hawk Winery Corkscrew English Hedgerow Friar Tuck Furrow Vineyard Chef Benjamin Graves Herriott's Rentals Kickapoo Creek Winery Lynfred Winery, Inc. Mackinaw Valley Vineyard Macy's McGladrey & Pullen Michelle's Bridal National Council of Negro Women, Champaign County Section Printec Rotary Club of Champaign Sleepy Creek Vineyards El Toro II Traveling Vineyard UpClose Marketing & Printing Women of Grace Community Church Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Z Entertainment Thrivent Builds Homes 2008 Beta Sigma Psi Frances Nelson Health Center Good Shepherd Lutheran HDC Engineering Peace Lutheran Rawles, O'Byrne, Stanko, Kepley & Jefferson St. Paul's Lutheran Thrivent Financial for Lutherans ReStore sponsors Baytowne Apartments Cameron-Juday Real Estate Capstone Carpentry Carter's on Prospect Champaign Carpet and Tile Champaign Estate Sales Champaign Telephone Company Clark-Lindsey Village Custom Flooring and Tiles Flooring Surfaces General Growth Properties Kennedy Tool Chest Leadershape, Inc. Lowe's Marketplace Mall McClure Financial Group Meyer Drapery Gary Perkins Construction Remco Electric Mr. Rooter Peckham & Associates Slumberland Springfield Electric Strata Decision Technologies Tepper Electric Town & Country Apartments Windsor of Savoy   Shop - Donate - Volunteer   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 during business hours. 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 $5 in C-U, and $10 outside C-U within a 15 mile radius. Contact us at (217) 355-6460 x120 or restore@cuhabitat.org to schedule. The ReStore is now hiring a delivery driver. Details here. See new items here! Play the ReStore Restock game here.   You Helped Build It Volunteer Event   You Helped Build It Sunday, April 20, 2008 4 – 7pm at the ReStore We would like to invite everyone who has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County & ReStore to celebrate your gift to people in need. Whether a build site, the ReStore, a committee or event, you helped build: relationships, community, homes. Entrees and drinks will be supplied by Habitat. Please bring a side dish or dessert of your own to share. The first fifty volunteers will receive a gift. We will hear a few words of thanks, as well as recognition of specific volunteers, by staff and the Board of Directors at 530pm. If you're available to help with set up or take down, please contact Ellen Willcox @ 359-0507 x 110 or house@cuhabitat.org.   Your online donation could help buy…   $10 = Box of Nails $35 = Roof Shingles $50 = Low Flow Toilet $65 = One Square Foot of a Home $75 = Window $100 = Kitchen Sink $150 = Front Door $500 = Siding $1,000 = Wallboard $2,000 = Flooring   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 Flickr photo stream Video of local home Habitat Bingo Wreckin' Ball Billie	Brought to you by...   With five homes since 1997, we are proud to partner with the University of Illinois Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity!   United Rentals helps Women Build Homes Today   United Rentals is having a customer appreciation event today complete with lunch (11 am - 2pm) and sales on equipment and supplies. United Rentals (3501 N. Countryview Rd., Urbana 351-5820) will encourage shoppers that day to join them in making a donation to the Women Build Homes partnership with the Maricela Corona family. Thank you, United Rentals, for helping to build community and relationships through new construction with low-income families!   Ultimate Frisbee Tournament Saturday   Habitat for Humanity at UIUC presents ULTIMATE FRISBEE TOURNAMENT. What: Teams of Ultimate Frisbee players compete for prizes. Free food for all! When: Saturday, March 29 at 10am Where: South Quad of campus Who: Register your team online here. Teams of 7 with at least 2 women. $7 per person.   Act! Speak! Build! March 31-April 6, 2008   Act! Speak! Build! Week is Habitat's international, student-initiated week of advocacy. Act! Speak! Build! Week empowers young people to educate themselves and their communities and move people to social action. Young people, ages 5 to 25, work in partnership with local affiliates to plan and host events focused on ending poverty housing. Please join our affiliate's University of Illinois Student Chapter at the following events. Monday, March 31 Benefit concert at the Canopy Club on S. Goodwin in Urbana at 9pm. Music by "Zmick," a progressive jazz rock band! Habitat has worked with NOLA Relief (New Orleans Louisiana Relief). A portion of the proceeds will go to NOLA Relief. Tuesday, April 1 11am-3pm: Educational displays and a bake sale on the Main Quad of the UIUC campus. 7pm: "Help Fight Poverty," a presentation by Ann DeWaters, Habitat International's Youth United Coordinator for the northern United Stats. DeWaters will address issues of global poverty and Habitat's involvement in social justice and active change. DeWaters will be joined Champaign County's Eileen Gebbie for a conversation about careers as non-profit professionals ( 215 Gregory Hall at 810 S. Wright St.). Wednesday, April 2 11am: Educational displays, letter writing campaign and bake sale in the foyer of the Illini Union on Green Street, north end of the Quad. Thursday, April 3 9:30pm: Jazz Concert at Zorbas (627 E. Green St., Champaign).   Race the Roof celebrates State Farm   Habitat for Humanity at UIUC presents RACE THE ROOF. What: Annual 5K Run/Walk with presentation of $10,000 donation from State Farm insurance. When: Sunday, April 13th at 11:00am (Check in will begin at 9:00am). Where: Crystal Lake Park in Urbana Who: Anyone and everyone! Registration is available online here or on the day of the race. **If you would like a t-shirt, you must register and pay online by April 6th!** Free food for all participants, and prizes for the top three runners in every age category. If you have any questions, please Marli at marlibar@gmail.com.   2008 Build Schedule   WOMEN BUILD HOMES WITH THE CORONA FAMILY at 114 N Cottage Grove, Urbana. This will be our 50th home! Groundbreaking on Sunday, May 11 at 2pm. To see the build schedule and register to help, click here. Funds raised to date: $38,900. Funds needs: $25,600. To make a donation (we only need 854 donations of $30 each), click here or call our donation hot line (sponsored by Champaign Telephone) at 217/531-3535. See a video of a local Habitat home here! THRIVENT BUILDS (TWO) HOMES 2008 at 1304 and 1306 N Carver, Champaign (former location of Frances Nelson Health Clinic). The build will run mid-August to mid-October.   GoodSearch donates to Habitat   What if Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can! GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up! GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you'll be supporting your favorite cause. Just go to GoodSearch.com and be sure to enter Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!   New schedule for Lowe's Clinics   We are pleased to announce the return of the Lowe's Women Build Clinics. Each clinic is designed to help every volunteer feel more comfortable on the build site, including safety and a hands-on lesson. 1. Safely Using Basic hand and Power Tools on Tuesday, April 8 from 6-8pm 2. Basic Framing for Walls and Roofs on Tuesday, April 15 from 6-8pm 3. How to Install Exterior Siding on Tuesday, April 22 from 6-8pm 4. How to Install Roofing Shingles on Saturday, May 3 from 10am-12pm 5. How to Install Insulation and Drywall on Saturday, May 17th from 10am-12pm 6. Interior Finish: Painting and Trim on Saturday, May 24 from 10am-12pm. You are welcome to sign up for one or all of the clinics. Meet at the classroom in the back of the store: 1904 North Prospect Ave, Champaign. Sign up with Ellen Willcox, house@cuhabitat.org or 359-0507 x110. If interest is very high, we will schedule more. As with all home builds, no skill is required to volunteer. These clinics are a gift to the community from Lowe's, the national partner of the Women Build Homes programs. Thank you, Lowe's!