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Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:50 PM<br>Subject: Habitat Update from Habitat for Humanity International<br>To: Grace Lee <<a href="mailto:gracelee@mit.edu">gracelee@mit.edu</a>><br><br><br>
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<td colspan="2" align="left" width="height"><font size="4" color="#333333" face="FontName, times new roman, times, georgia, serif"><b>October 2009 News</b></font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font size="2" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/newsroom/2009archive/10_19_2009_Volunteer_Awards.aspx" target="_blank">Habitat volunteer named "Ultimate Volunteer"</a></b><br>
Tom Gipson, a Habitat volunteer and professional homebuilder in Raleigh, North Carolina, was selected as the grand prize winner of The Ultimate Volunteer Contest sponsored by ABC’s "The View." </font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font size="2" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/partnerships/media_entertainment/hammer.aspx" target="_blank">New book about Habitat inspires young readers</a></b><br>
If I Had a Hammer: Building Homes and Hope with Habitat for Humanity, written by David Rubel, is a nonfiction book for readers ages 9 and up. It includes a foreword by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and an afterword by HFHI chief executive officer Jonathan Reckford. The book is for sale at <a href="http://www.habitatstoreonline.com/" target="_blank">http://www.habitatstoreonline.com/</a>. </font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font size="2" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/ages_14_25/collegiate_challenge/default_collegiate_challenge.aspx" target="_blank">Register for Collegiate Challenge</a></b><br>
Collegiate Challenge is Habitat's year-round alternative school break program that offers students ages 16–25 the opportunity to work with a U.S. affiliate to help eliminate poverty housing. Students from throughout the United States and Canada can connect with new people in new places and make a meaningful difference through Collegiate Challenge! </font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font size="2" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/photogallery/VolOpSlideshow/index.html" target="_blank">Volunteers make the difference</a></b><br>
Around the world, Habitat volunteers are fundraisers and advocates for the mission. View a slideshow that highlights how you can volunteer. </font></td>
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<td colspan="2" align="left" width="height"><font size="4" color="#333333" face="FontName, times new roman, times, georgia, serif"><b>Get Involved with Habitat</b></font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font size="2" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://secure.habitat.org/c.fpIQK4OyFkG/b.5073627/k.4C2E/Tell_Congress_to_pass_the_SLUM_Assistance_Act/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx" target="_blank">Tell Congress to pass the SLUM Assistance Act</a></b><br>
Today, 1 billion people live in slums, and that number is growing rapidly. Urge your legislators to support the SLUM Assistance Act--a bill that calls on President Obama to help establish and implement programs that create sustainable urban development and give essential services and infrastructure to the poor. </font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font size="2" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/faces_places/hom/hart.aspx" target="_blank">From a house to home</a></b><br>
A mother in New Zealand builds a new house—and friendships. </font></td>
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<td align="left" width="132"><font size="2" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/faces_places/vol/qandaoct2009.aspx" target="_blank">Q&A: Youth, education and housing</a></b></font></td>
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<td align="left" width="132"><font size="2" color="#005596" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif">Find out how education and housing go hand-in-hand in this month’s Q&A. </font></td>
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<p><font size="2" color="#005596" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif">50 percent and five years: minimum down payment and maximum term of mortgage to buy a house in the 1920s in the United States.<sup>1</sup></font></p>
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<td colspan="3" height="30"><font size="1" color="#999999" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif"><sup>1</sup>Source: Habitat for Humanity’s Shelter Report 2010 <br>
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