CONSTRUCTION VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION
Knoxville Bar Association
Habitat for Humanity Service Project 2010

The Knoxville Bar Association Habitat for Humanity Committee invites you to participate in the KBA Habitat project this April. Volunteers have already committed to the planning and implementation of this project and we need your assistance to turn these preliminary plans into a house.

Simply put, building a Habitat House for a deserving family is not a handout. Habitat families each contribute a minimum of 500 hours of labor ("sweat equity") on their house and other Habitat homes and make monthly payments over a 20 year period. In building this house, we are helping someone help themselves. Habitat for Humanity Founder Millard Fuller, a former millionaire attorney who gave up his career to empower poor families, puts it best "People who are economically poor need capital, not charity. They need co-workers, not caseworkers".

This April, Knoxville Habitat for Humanity will build 5 homes in a single week, and the Knoxville Bar Association will build one of those homes. The construction process will be very similar to that followed on our previous 10-week houses, but with longer days and less administrative time. KBA will supply approximately 40 people per day on the first day, and approximately 20 people per day thereafter. We plan to begin doing the framing work at 7:00 a.m. on April 17, and have a home ready for occupancy by a family by later that month.

By now I suppose you are wondering how you can help. Block off the week of April 17 - April 24 and sign up to volunteer! Complete the Volunteer Registration Form

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The KBA and Habitat Needs You!
This project will not be possible without your support.
 

Since 1994, the members of the KBA have been responsible for building five Habitat homes in the Knoxville area. This is an accomplishment that all of us can be proud of. As you may know, the Board of Governors, on behalf of the KBA, committed to partnering with Habitat once again to build the sixth KBA Habitat house in 2010. Before our volunteers can begin swinging hammers, there is one other critical component that the KBA must put in place. As a covenant partner with Habitat, the KBA has committed to raising one-half of the cost of the materials to build this home or $30,000. The KBA's financial commitment is not a hand-out, but a hand-up to a hard working family.

If you think well of our request, your tax-deductible contribution can be made payable to Habitat for Humanity and forwarded to the KBA office at Post Office Box 2027, Knoxville, TN 37901-2027. Or you may make a contribution by credit card by clicking here.

Support a deserving family by making a contribution today!

 Click here to make a contribution online or download a contribution form to mail if you prefer to send a check.