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East End Blitz Homeowner Support
Volunteers needed! In May, we will
work with Open Hand Ministries (OHM) to install a fence and do
some light landscaping and electrical work for our Blitz homeowners.
If you can help, please talk to Dick Headley, 412-421-5871, or
Emily Rosenthal, 412-963-0139.
Please review the “wish list” of
material items and skills that OHM could use as it grows as an
ongoing faith-based organization (see below). If you are able
to help, please contact Michael Stanton, 412-400-7253, Emily Rosenthal,
or the Rev. Patrice Fowler-Searcy.
Open Hand Ministries carries on
the mission of the East End Blitz Partnership to provide affordable
housing to low-income households in East Liberty and Garfield.
OHM continues to serve new clients as they qualify for mortgages
and look at houses that could be potential homes while raising
funds and creating partnerships with congregations, trade skill
professionals and building materials businesses. By June 2009,
the ministries’ goals are to rehab three houses for three families,
provide continuing support to them, and to assist four additional
families through credit repair process to make them viable home
owner candidates.
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Donated/Discounted
Services and Skills:
Master plumber
Electrical laborers
HVAC
Systems development (database, website, etc.)
DVD reproduction services
Brochure printing services
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Items:
High-efficiency boilers/furnaces
Stamps
Printer paper
Dell ink cartridges
Computer
Printer
Blank DVDs
25 pairs of work gloves for volunteers
25 safety glasses for volunteers
Hammers
Tape measures
Utility knives |
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