Habitat of Baton Rouge and Hurricane Gustav Update
The Fall 2008 Build season is under way! Here are the builds that will taking place this Fall:

Buffini Blitz Build  : Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge's parntership with Buffini & Company began in 2006 when they came down to build four houses in an effort to aid in Hurricane Katrina relief.  Their first Hands of Hope project was such a great success Buffini & Company have decided once again to partner with Habitat to build one home.  The "blitz-build" will be an eight day build that will include volunteers from the Buffini & Company Community as well as Servant Leaders from its staff. The build will begin with the Blessing of the Build on October 25 and last until November 1.  

Faith Build  : The Faith Build is a build that urges members of faith to take their faith and put it into action.  Through this build, Habitat also recognizes church partnerships.  The Faith Build will begin with the Blessing of the Build on Saturday, October 4 and end December 20.  As of now, we will only be building on Saturdays, and the home will be built in Cypress Heights subdivision. You can support the Faith Build in many other ways beside working on the actual building of the house.  If you are interested in offering devotions before the build, planning and/or hosting worship services, organizing prayer support groups or anything else that you believe will help to aid us during the build please contact us.  We would love hear from you!

Methodist Build  : The United Methodist Churches have build 22 homes in the Greater Baton Rouge area, and this fall they will add one more.  The build is set to begin on September 27 in Rosewood Subdivision.  The build will take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays until November 15.

Women Build  : The Women Build, an initiative of Habitat for Humanity International, brings together women from all walks of life to actively address the problem of children living in poverty by building safe, affordable homes. Construction for the Women Build house will begin on November 8 in Rosewood subdivision in south Baton Rouge, and will continue for the following eight Saturdays.  

Strap on your pink tool belts and join us for the Fourth Annual Pink Tool Belt Bash to support Women Build 2008.  The event will be held on November 11, 2008, at Juban's Restaurant from 6-8 p.m. and features lots of great women, pink drinks, good food and a silent auction. Tickets are $50 each.  Click here to purchase tickets on-line.  Sponsorships are available. E-mail lynn at lynn@habitatbr.org for more information.

If you have any questions concerning the upcoming build season, please contact Volunteer Coordinator, Katie Paulson, 225.927.6651 or e-mail katie at katiep@habitatbr.org .

Habitat Calendar [click on underlined titles for details]

Wed Jan 7 7:45 am —	Women Build
Fri Jan 9 7:45 am —	Faith Build
Fri Jan 9 7:45 am —	Community Build
Sat Jan 10 7:45 am —	Faith Build
Sat Jan 10 7:45 am —	Women Build
Wed Jan 14 7:45 am —	Women Build
Fri Jan 16 7:45 am —	Faith Build
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