First of all, thank you sooooo much to all of you who managed to come to our meeting last night. We really appreciate you all taking time out of your busy schedules to come check out our group. We have really high hopes this year and having a large membership would make our goals much easier to achieve. We hope the attendance stays up throughout the year!

Last night’s meeting was super long and we threw a lot of information at you guys all at once. Don’t be scared — most meetings are NOT like that, we’re usually done in 20 minutes or less. Here is a slight recap of last night’s meeting for those of you that weren’t there:

- We had signups for the Dorchester Build Trip this Saturday (9/19/09) and the Bedford Build Trip the following Saturday (9/26/09). The 12 people that go on this trip will be selected randomly, so don’t worry if you were one of the last people to get your name on the list…it’s definitely not the first 12 people as that wouldn’t be fair. And please don’t be discouraged if you don’t get picked for one of the first trips, as John will record who has been on one and who hasn’t. You WILL get a chance! We promise.

- We had a presenter, Greta, come from Habitat of Greater Boston. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!! That was the 3rd or 4th time we’ve seen her presentation and it’s awesome every time. The Dacia Street project is really important and special since we are a large part of it. You’ll keep hearing about our “house project” — we have to raise another $20,000 to finish our sponsorship!

- We gave you some info on our A-Team, a Fundraising Action-Team that helps our Fundraising Chair, Ashley, accomplish the huuuuge job she has of raising $20,000.

SO:

If you didn’t get to sign up and want more information about the A-Team, please email amichael@bu.edu

If you want to get involved with advertising or public relations for our club, please email pnelson@bu.edu

And if you have questions about Spring Break, please email meeg178@bu.edu

***For those of you who have emailed me about not being able to make the meetings this year but still wanting to be on build trips: Unfortunately, we cannot let people sign up by email right now. Due to the amount of people we have at meetings, it is only fair to let those that can come sign up first. However, if there is ever a special circumstance or there are spots that are open, I will send out a message to all of you to let you know. In addition, helping us fundraise and spread awareness is just as important as building, and we need all the help we can get.

I think that’s it! Here are our websites, twitter, youdo@bu, and facebook. Check them out!

Website: http://people.bu.edu/habitat/home.html

Calendar: http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=723l08uas6msnvauj7slso86bo%40group.calendar.google.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/buhabitat

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=2200025951&ref=ts

YouDo: http://bu.collegiatelink.net/Community?action=getOrgHome&orgID=17905

Again, thank you all so much! If you have any questions at all, feel free to email me.

Lauren Harwood
Secretary
BU Habitat for Humanity

For those of you who are new to our chapter of Habitat, here’s a
little background
information:

The Habitat for Humanity organization is a non-profit group that
works
towards providing affordable housing for families all around the
world. The BU chapter usually sends two groups of students per
weekend
to a local site to help do construction, renovation, deconstruction,
and other fun stuff like painting. It’s really great and gives you a
good chance to meet people, do something a little different, and make
a huge difference for a family in need.

Our chapter is affiliated with Greater Boston Habitat for Humanity, a
really great affiliate that is currently working on an amazing
project
that we’re helping out with. The project entails renovating a bunch
of
old houses and apartment buildings on a few choice streets in
Dorchester that have been plagued with foreclosures during the
economic recession. This is a really important project (as all
Habitat
projects are), but especially hits home since it is so close to us
here at BU. Make sure to come to the meeting for more information on
this project — we have a person from Greater Boston Habitat coming
to show a slideshow and give some more information about what they’re
doing and what we can do to help. It’s going to be really amazing and
hopefully will get you fired up for this year.

Number Two: The meeting! You’ll have the chance to ask questions and
find out more about our chapter and all of the exciting things we
have
planned for the upcoming year, including fundraisers, build trips,
etc. You will have the opportunity to sign up for our very first
build
trips and learn about our new committees. Also, we’ll be selling our
T-
SHIRTS for only $10! They’re really snazzy and a must for any
hardcore
Habitat-er. With that said…

DATE: Tuesday, September 15th
TIME: 8pm
PLACE: STO-B50

Our meetings usually run an hour or less. I think that’s all the info
you need. We love new members and are really excited about the
upcoming year! Make sure to come and bring your friends!

We have our last meeting before Sleep Out tomorrow night and we’ll be
holding Sleep Out volunteer sign ups. We’ll also have a fun
demonstration on panhandling and someone from Marsh Plaza will be there
to speak about their Marathon Monday fundraiser. Same time and place
(CAS B50 at 8).

Hope to see you there!

Emily Nolan
Secretary, BU Habitat for Humanity
habitat@bu.edu

Our meeting tonight is a very important one because we’ll be holding elections for next year’s executive board. We need everyone to come and vote (or run)!

There’s a build trip on April 11th to Dorchester for members to sign up for tonight. We’ll also have Sleep Out info and will be showing off our new website.

See you at 8 in CAS B50,
Emily Nolan
Secretary, BU Habitat for Humanity
habitat@bu.edu

We have a general meeting tomorrow night at 8 in CAS B50. There will be
build trip sign ups and information about the upcoming eboard elections.

See you there!

Emily Nolan
Secretary, BU Habitat for Humanity

to reply, email habitat@bu.edu

We will be having a general meeting tomorrow night at 8 in CAS B50 as
usual. There will be build trip sign ups, info on our Raise the Roof
event, and more info on our fundraising effort with Hodara Real Estate
Group.

See you there!
Emily Nolan
Secretary, BU Habitat for Humanity

Because we have a monday schedule next tuesday, we have moved our next
general meeting up a week. We will be meeting in CAS B50 tomorrow night
at 8. There will be a guest speaker from Boston Habitat for Humanity
and we’d really like to have a good turnout. There will also be build
trip sign ups.

Hope to see you there,

Emily Nolan
Secretary, BU Habitat for Humanity

to reply, email habitat@bu.edu

This is just a reminder that our first general meeting will be tomorrow
night at 8 in STO B50.

See you there!
Emily Nolan
Secretary, Habitat for Humanity BU Chapter

to reply, email habitat@bu.edu

Our first general meeting will be next Tuesday, the 20th at 8. Same
place as usual, CAS B50. We will have build trip sign ups and a short
power point presentation and we’ll be discussing our plans and goals
for this semester.

Hope to see you there!

Emily Nolan
Secretary, Habitat for Humanity BU Chapter

to reply, email habitat@bu.edu

I hope everyone had a great holiday! We have a build trip set up for
Saturday the 17th to Bedford, and as we’re not going to have a meeting
before then, sign ups will be through email.  There is a 12 person
limit, so it’s first come, first serve. Email me back as soon as
possible if you’d like to go.

Have a great rest of the vacation,

Emily Nolan
Secretary, Habitat for Humanity BU Chapter

to reply, email habitat@bu.edu