Habitat now advertising in Natural Awakenings Magazine

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If you aren't familiar with Natural Awakenings then you need to start becoming familiar with it! NA is a fantastic national magazine with a wonderful local edition (the Grand Strand edition). Natural Awakenings is perfect for those who enjoy living a green lifestyle. There are great tips, articles and interviews throughout the entire publication that will make you read each month's edition from cover to back and then all over again!




You can pick up Natural Awakenings at hundreds of locations along the Grand Strand -- or, just make it easy on yourself and pick on up in our ReStore at 1519 Executive Avenue (854.626.5577).

Heading into the Holiday Season

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As we head into the Holiday Season, be sure to keep non-profits like ours in mind. While it is easy to fall into the Christmas shopping hype of buying up the latest video games and whatever version of Tickle-Me-Elmo has come out this year, remember that Habitat can only survive off of the donations of its supporters.

So, maybe one less video game or trinket gets purchased this year and you make one more donation to a worthy mission? Or, even better yet, start up a trend with your family and friends by donating in the name of someone.

There are few gifts more rewarding then eliminating poverty housing worldwide and making sure that children -- many of whom rarely get to experience Christmas -- have a roof over their heads and solid foundation under their feet.

Change the world this Christmas!

Only 9 Foursomes Remain in our Golf Tournament

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The foursomes are going quickly! We're almost full with just 9 foursomes remaining. Get over to our golf registration page to sign up and maybe, just maybe, you can pull a shot like this one off (...no, you will not win a BMW...):

House #97 Begins Today!

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We just kicked off house #97 this morning with First Presbyterian's Beach Castles group! This house sits on Canal Street here in Myrtle Beach. This is the first house of a five-house subdivision that Habitat is building.

We are inching ever so closer to the big #100! We will have three to four homes being built within the next two months, so if you are interested in building on any of these homes, please head over to the Volunteer section of our website and sign up!

http://www.habitatmb.org/volunteer.html

We hope to see you out there as part of our Volunteer Team!

Help Build A House

Women are raising funds for Habitat for Humanity of Horry County's 99th house - the third Women Build-sponsored home, the affiliate's first LEED house, and the first 5-bedroom home built by volunteers.

Thank you for your efforts in making a difference in a family's life and for helping to build simple, decent, affordable housing in Horry County. Women Build construction begins Sept. 19.

Habitat for Humanity of Horry County needs help. Women Build must raise $30,000.

In Mark 12, a woman gives a fraction of a penny, which was "all that she had" (v. 44). Jesus honored that little bit. Her sacrifice is an encouraging example to all.

Please consider this kind of generosity. Help us make affordable housing a reality in Horry County. When we give all we can, Jesus honors it.

Think with your heart; give with your hand; and help build a house. Thank you!

Laurie Suprano
Assistant Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Horry County

Team-Building Group Days - Join Us!

Group Challenge - 20 Groups. Sign up now! A group of 10 people pull together and register for a Group Build Day. Group Registration is $500/day. Will you consider an investment of $50 and get 9 of your friends, family, community or church members, neighbors, competitors involved? Join HFH for a fun, make-a-difference, team-building construction day on site! Contact laurie@habitatmb.org

Bringing Down the House!

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Now this is how you take down a house! This home sits on a recently subdivided piece of property that will soon have five Habitat homes on it right here in the heart of Myrtle Beach! The home has been vacant for some time now and was being used as a 'drug shelter' at times. Habitat cleaned the location out this past week and will fully demolish the home the week of July 13th!

The tree that landed on this home during the clearing out of the lot was of tremendous size, around 15' feet in diameter and almost 200' tall. Unfortunately the tree sat right in the middle of the area that needed to be built on for this Habitat home.