A message from the staff of Operation Home Delivery
(June 2006)
Volunteers still needed for Gulf Coast building

Operation Home Delivery has been making great progress over the last several months. Currently, 220 homes are under construction and nearly 80 have been completed along the Gulf Coast. There is much more to build and the number of available volunteers is beginning to run short.
Please put the word out to local volunteers and corporate and church groups that the need for volunteers continues in hurricane affected areas.
To organize a group of volunteers from your affiliate, please contact the Operation Home Delivery volunteer coordinators or 800-422-4828, ext. 2183.
Please also encourage individuals to sign up as an Operation Home Delivery volunteer by going to the Habitat website at www.habitat.org/disaster/OHD/default.aspx. Select the volunteer option and complete the information.
There is much more work to do for many, many months to come along the Gulf Coast. Please encourage your local volunteers to sign up for Operation Home Delivery. You might consider e-mailing your volunteers and including the request in your local newsletter.

Thank you for your continued support of this effort.

Please see the locations and volunteer needs below. We ask volunteers to provide at least one week of service.

Thibodaux, La.
250 volunteers a week until September 2006
Slidell, La.
90 volunteers a week until January 2007
Beaumont, Tex.
50-75 volunteers a week until December 2006
Lauderdale County, Meridian, Miss.
22 volunteers a week until August 2006
Biloxi, Miss.
30 volunteers a week until December 2006
Bay St. Louis, Miss.
20 volunteers a week until December 2006
Mobile, Ala.
20 volunteers a week until October 2006

Thank you,
HFHI Operation Home Delivery staff

Houses Under Construction Break the 100 Mark

As Habitat affiliates along the Gulf Coast and in the affected areas have worked to get back up to speed and as more and more construction plans have been finalized, home construction has steadily increased. As of February 1, 2006, there are 106 houses under construction in all four hurricane-affected states!

To have more than 100 homes under construction is certainly a milestone to celebrate. The Operation Home Delivery (OHD) management office congratulates all of the affiliates for their hard work and appreciates the help and support of our entire affiliate family, corporate partners, donors and volunteers who have helped make this possible. It is a true testament to our resilience as an organization and to the dedicated people who make this their life’s work.

Every person has a story. Habitat homeowners, Habitat volunteers and Habitat staff members alike have been affected by the hurricanes in the Gulf Coast. We invite you to share their stories. Gulf Coast Stories