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THURSDAY. MARCH 16. 2017 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 15A
Friendship Force helps Pickens Habitat for Humanity
The Friendship Force lunch preparation crew: June Tredway, Sherry Wileman, Bob
Anderson, Ches Tredway, Linda Kadechuk, Barry Kadechuk, Alan Johnson (notpictured
Mary Ellen Johnson, coordinator and photographer)
By Mary Ellen Johnson
Friendship Force Coordi
nator
A cold, dreary morning
greeted Saturday’s volun
teers at New Hope Acres as
siding work was the major
plan for the workers, includ
ing one returning volunteer,
a Big Canoe/North Georgia
Friendship Force Club mem
ber, Alan Johnson, who en
joyed the camaraderie of
fellow workers at the job site,
in spite of still recovering
from a recent fall at his
home. Seven other Friend
ship Force members pre
pared lunches for the
18-man/woman crew of vol
unteers at the job site.
Our club was inspired to
help out as the result of host
ing Republic of Georgia
Open World delegates in
their study of NGO’s, includ
ing Pickens Habitat for Hu
manity. Monique Vinelli was
last year’s Pickens Habitat
host for the delegates, whet
ting the Club president,
Linda Kadechuk’s appetite to
help Habitat. The Open
World Leadership Center, an
arm of the U.S. Congress, in
troduces rising leaders of
emerging countries to the im
portance of legislative func
tions in creating and
sustaining democracies.
We will be hosting an-
Siding workers.
other delegation from the Re
public of Georgia, arriving in
Atlanta March 31 and depart
ing April 8, who will be fo
cusing on Young
Professionals: Entrepreneur-
ship in Rural Areas.
If you are interested in
being a part of Habitat’s mis
sion to provide decent afford
able housing for lower
income families, please call
706-253-2393 and leave a
message, or email picken-
shfh@gmail.com to find out
how you may volunteer. Do
nations of time or money are
always appreciated. To learn
more about Friendship
Force, contact Membership
chair Bob Anderson, 706-
579-1708, or check out our
websites for Friendship
Force International (FFI)
www.friendshipforce.org and
our Club www.ffbcng.org.
Lennar Atlanta partners with Habitat
Builder donates as-new cabinetry from six model homes for future Habitat builds
Last week, the Pickens
County affiliate of Habitat
for Humanity sent a number
of large trucks to half a dozen
different Lennar Atlanta
communities to collect six
complete sets of never-used
kitchen and bathroom cabi
nets.
Lennar Atlanta, a division
of Lennar (NYSE:LEN), the
second-largest residential
builder in the U.S., regularly
installs upgrades and new
finishes in its model homes
to show homebuyers the lat
est quality products that are
available.
“This time, before carting
last year’s product offerings
away, we decided to contact
Habitat for Humanity to see
if they would be interested in
our cabinetry,” says Scott
Gold, Construction Manager
with Lennar Atlanta at Dan
bury Farms, one of the more
than 40 different communi
ties that Lennar Atlanta has
built in the metro area since
2010.
Even though an in-kind
donation of this size is often
a logistical challenge for
Habitat for Humanity, Grady
Hopper, Vice President and
Construction Manager with
Habitat for Humanity in
Pickens County knew imme
diately that this was an out
standing opportunity.
“This is top quality cabi
netry, and in perfect condi
tion,” notes Hopper. “Using
Lennar Atlanta’s donation in
six new Habitat homes will
lower the homes’ individual
construction costs by thou
sands of dollars - which in
turn reduces the cost of the
mortgages. This type of do
nation directly benefits the
homeowner. In addition, it
helps save the environment.”
Adds Gold: “Our Lennar
Atlanta team is proud to sup
port Habitat for Humanity lo
cally in such a practical
way.”
About Lennar Atlanta
Since 2010, Lennar Atlanta,
part of Lennar Corp. (NYSE:
LEN), has developed more
than 40 residential communi
ties throughout the greater
metropolitan Atlanta area
and Georgia, with additional
new home neighborhoods
scheduled to open in the near
future. Headquartered in
Roswell, the Lennar Atlanta
team is led by Steve Atchison,
Division President.
About Habitat for Hu
manity - Pickens County
Habitat for Humanity - Pick
ens County is part of a
Lennar Atlanta donates top quality cabinetry to Habitat for Humanity - Pickens County
Pickens GOP announces
Scholarship essay contest
The Pickens County
Georgia Republican Party is
pleased to announce the 2017
Scholarship Essay Contest!
This year we will challenge
public, private and independ
ent students throughout Pick
ens County to increase
constitutional literacy and
awareness of individual
rights. The essay contest asks
graduating senior students to
compose essays exploring
the contemporary meanings
of the relationship between
the founding documents - the
Declaration of Independence,
the U.S. Constitution, and
the Bill of Rights.
Pickens County GOP cor
dially invites all county citi
zens and high school seniors
to attend the March 20th
Kickoff event @6:30 p.m. in
the back basement room of
the Pickens County Adminis
trative building. Don't miss
your chance to hear the de
tails of this wonderful schol
arship opportunity unveiled!
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global, nonprofit housing or
ganization operated on
Christian principles that
seeks to put God’s love into
action by building homes,
communities and hope.
HFHPC is dedicated to elim
inating substandard housing
locally and worldwide
through constructing, reha
bilitating and preserving
homes; and by providing
training and access to re
sources to help families im
prove their shelter
conditions. New Hope Acres
is the group’s first multi-
home subdivision.
Important contest dates in
clude:
March 20, 2017 - One of
the greatest oratory presi
dents, Abraham Lincoln, will
visit to discuss his life and
times. Essay contest rides
presented to students and
parents, and contest opens.
Submissions will be accepted
through Pickens County
email submission (pickensc-
tygop@gmail.com).
April 15, 2017 - Last day
for essay submissions.
May 6,2017 - Essay con
test winners will be an
nounced. Awards will be
presented to PHS graduates
during the PHS Scholar
ship/Senior Honors Night
ceremony. If winner is not a
PHS student, an alternative
presentation will be estab
lished. Winning essays will
be published on the Pickens
County GOP website.
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