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<td width="height" colspan="2" align="left"><font face="FontName, times new roman, times, georgia, serif" color="#333333" size="4"><strong>November 2009 News</strong></font></td>
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<td width="287" valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><strong><a href="http://lists.habitatforhumanity.org/t/808579/6059847/1753/0/">The Carter Work Project: Mekong Build</a></strong><br/>
The 2009 Carter Work Project was a success! More than 160 families in Thailand, China, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam enjoyed first meals and true happiness inside their new Habitat homes.
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<td width="287" valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><strong><a href="http://lists.habitatforhumanity.org/t/808579/6059847/1789/0/">New partnership with The American Legion</a></strong><br>
Habitat has joined The American Legion to help Legion members become a part of the effort to end substandard housing. A new guidebook outlines ways that veterans can get involved in supporting Habitat’s mission.
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<td width="287" valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><strong><a href="http://lists.habitatforhumanity.org/t/808579/6059847/1790/0/">Thrivent Builds Worldwide participants give back</a></strong><br/>
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans members learn new skills, experience a different culture and help give families a hand through Thrivent Builds Worldwide short-term build trips to the Gulf Coast, El Salvador and dozens of other locations around the globe. Learn more about Thrivent Builds Worldwide.
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<td width="287" valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><strong><a href="http://lists.habitatforhumanity.org/t/808579/6059847/1800/0/">The Perfect Holiday Gift</a></strong><br>
Honor your loved ones with a special gift when you make a tax-deductible donation to Habitat for Humanity. Your loved ones get a unique Habitat gift card – either in the mail or by email (your choice!). Your gift then helps families around the world get into homes faster. Send a Habitat gift card or e-card to your loved ones today.
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<td width="287" valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><strong><a href="http://lists.habitatforhumanity.org/t/808579/6059847/1796/0/">Reform foreign assistance and include affordable housing</a></strong><br>
Currently, both Congress and the Obama Administration are working to reform foreign assistance. With 1 billion of the world’s poor living in slums, there couldn’t be a better time to make foreign assistance more effective and increase the focus on adequate housing. Please act now: Ask for affordable housing to be a priority of the reform.
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A young homeowner in Cambodia anticipates a cleaner and healthier future for her two daughters.
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It’s the time of year when many people make decisions about their year-end philanthropic gifts. Got a question about how Habitat measures up, compared to other giving options? Send it to QandA@habitat.org.
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<p><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" color="#005596" size="2">54: percentage of households earning between $30,000-$39,999 that own their homes
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<sup>1</sup>Source: 2008 Pew Research Poll
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