A New Day For Habitat’s Sunshine Coast Village

Seeing the morning sun come up over the treetops and light up the smiling faces of Shelley McDade, CEO, Sunshine Coast Credit Union, and Ron Pepper, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity at Sunshine Coast Village was a perfect illustration of brilliant cooperation. With the generous and exclusive sponsorship of Sunshine Coast Credit Union, Habitat is now getting ready for their grand opening of Sunshine Coast Village in Wilson Creek on September 30, and a new beginning for Habitat families. Habitat is planning a spectacular celebration to welcome the first two hard-working families to their new homes in at Sunshine Coast Village. It is also a celebration of the dedication and …

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$3,000 from the Royal Bank’s RBC Foundation

Ron Pepper, Habitat for Humanity’s Executive Director, recently received a donation of $3,000 from the Royal Bank’s RBC Foundation as part of the 2012 RBC “Day of Service.” Royal Bank employees of both the Sechelt and Gibsons branches donated a day of service to Habitat’s Sunshine Coast Village, a project which is building affordable houses for 14 hard working families on the Sunshine Coast. Each RBC branch donated $1,000 and together they applied for a further $1,000 by writing a story about their experiences in their day of service at Habitat’s Wilson Creek site. Habitat Sunshine Coast is extremely grateful for the generosity and efforts of all the RBC employees …

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Construction Update for April 2012

The following is a summary of where construction stands today and our plans to move forward: – Julian Burtnick and his Maycon crew and Jim Wheeler Electric, following criteria set by Hydro, will be installing the underground services for Phases I, II, & III starting this week. This is a long-anticipated project and will be much appreciated by all of us, particularly Sean and Ken when they no longer have to unwind and rewind that huge extension cord every day! Phase I (Units 7 & 8 on the plans): – Drywall has been moved to both floors in this duplex thanks to Sean, Karl, the Ace-It students and to GBS …

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Infra-Structure nearing completion

Progress has been made during this last month of good weather. I all goes as planned the culvert will be installed , allowing the paving of the roads within the Village site. The large tree which the site designer had hoped to retain was found to be unsound, so was taken down the day the upper picture was taken. Another smaller tree came down in the recent wind storm, but there was no other damage. The first duplex has taken on a new look with the addition of porches, thanks to the work of Wakefield Construction. The siding is on its way and will be the next step toward completion. …

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Prudential Golf Tournament Donation

The 1st annual Gordon Harmon Memorial Golf Tournament held on Friday, September 9, 2011, donated $5,000 toward the building of affordable housing on the Sunshine Coast. Thanks to all who volunteered to make this event possible and successful, especially to Prudential Sussex Realty in Gibsons and Kenan Mackenzie for the continuing support in fulfilling the Habitat vision– a world where everyone has a safe and decent place to live.

2009 Annual Report Presented at April 13, 2010 AGM

On April 13, 2010 Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast held its Annual General Meeting at Living Faith Lutheran Church in Davis Bay. You can download the Annual Report using the links below (4 small PDF files): 2009 Annual Report – Page 1 2009 Annual Report – Page 2 2009 Annual Report – Page 3 2009 Annual Report – Page 4