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Habitat for Humanity International is a Christian organization and welcomes volunteers from all faiths who are committed to Habitat's goal of eliminating poverty housing.
Vision Statement:  
Blue Water Habitat for Humanity is a Christian housing ministry working to eliminate substandard housing and make it a matter of concern in St. Clair County.

Mission Statement:  
Blue Water Habitat for Humanity, in partnership with local families, churches, businesses, organizations and community members, will build, rehabilitate and repair homes in our community to form a stronger community through the elimination of substandard housing in St. Clair County.

Operating Guidelines: Blue Water Habitat for Humanity will accomplish its vision and mission by:
     ~Discovering Teamwork ; BWHFH will provide welcoming, safe and productive volunteer opportunities.
     ~Discovering Joy ; BWHFH will work to make all partner families self sustaining by empowering them to break the cycle of poverty housing through education, skill development and mentoring.
     ~Discovering Love in Action ; BWHFH will work to form partnerships with local businesses, churches, organizations and individuals to provide the necessary funds and labor to build simple, decent homes.
     ~Discovering Simple and Decent ; BWHFH will provide (sell) each partner family with a simple, decent and affordable home, either through the new construction of a home, or the rehabilitation or making of necessary repairs of an existing home.
     ~Disovering Community ; BWHFH will provide all partner families with the appropriate knowledge to become successful homeowners and good neighbors, and will build partnerships within the local community to strengthen the work done by all community organizations.
     ~Discovering New Skills ; BWHFH will provide an educational environment in which volunteers and partner families will learn new skills.
     ~Discovering Compassion ; BWHFH will raise awareness about substandard housing and the need to eliminate it.
     ~Discovering Purpose ; BWHFH will demonstrate fiscal responsibility to all donors, churches, businesses, organizations and partner families as we use those partnerships and resources to continue working toward the elimination of substandard housing.    

Events and Meetings
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Mon Oct 13 10:00 am — Affiliate Staff Meeting
Mon Oct 13 6:30 pm — Family Partners Meeting
Wed Oct 15 7:00 am — Executive Committee Meeting
Thu Oct 16 7:00 pm — Family Selection Committee Meeting
Mon Oct 20 10:00 am — Affiliate Staff Meeting
Mon Oct 20 7:00 pm — Board of Directors Meeting
Tue Oct 21 7:00 am — Finance Committee Meeting
There are additional events in the next 30 days. Click Here to go to the calendar...

Greater Port Huron Area Discount Cards now available at Blue Water Habitat for Humanity!  Discount cards are available at the ReStore or the BWHFH Office for $10.00 each and offer discounts good until December 2009.  Twenty-one local businesses are featured on the card, click here to view the discounts!

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We wish to extend a sincere thank you to Adobe for donating the Adobe Professional software to us, which has enabled us to create most of the PDF files on this web site.
A special "Thank You" to our web site sponsors!  Please click here to see the list of our sponsors and support them with your business when you have the opportunity.

 
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Habitat News
Annual Fall Fundraiser - Dinner Theater & Not So Silent Auction  [PDF: 90 KB - Sep 24, 2008]
Fall Fundraiser Sponsor Opportunities  [PDF: 90 KB - Sep 24, 2008]
Christian Concert " We Need Each Other" Tour
Women Build Planning Underway
Habitat won't wait to improve our community
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Be sure to support our web site sponsor for June 2007: Port Huron Building Supply.  Click here or on their logo to visit their web site.

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