From: Whipple, Deb (GOV)
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 4:50 PM
Subject: What the Governor's Talking about Today
What the Governor’s Talking about Today

Friday, August 6, 2010

 

Governor Urges Community Service through Habitat for Humanity

In her weekly radio address, the governor today said that with the National Day of Service and Remembrance coming up on September 11, getting involved now with a Habitat for Humanity affiliate is a great way for Michigan residents to serve their communities.

 

“Last month, my husband Dan Mulhern and I hosted a family reunion and used the opportunity to help build a new Habitat home in Detroit, one not far from where Dan’s mother grew up,” the governor said.  “The idea for this project came from seeing members of our families volunteering to help rebuild neighborhoods in New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina.  We thought, why not encourage our own family members and friends to come home to Michigan and help build housing here?”
 
“That led to the creation of the MI Family Builds Michigan initiative in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity of Michigan,” the governor continued.  “This initiative encourages Michigan families to help other families by reaching out to their local Habitat affiliate and working on a home right in their own community.  The goal of MI Family Builds Michigan is not only to assist Habitat in building quality, affordable homes but also to demonstrate how community service can help speed Michigan’s recovery from the recession and the mortgage foreclosure crisis.”

 

“When you volunteer to work on a Habitat for Humanity home, the new homeowners aren’t the only ones who benefit,” the governor said.  “One volunteer put it best when he said, ‘The relationships with the homeowners and your co-workers are the most important things that are built on Habitat worksites.’  With the National Day of Service and Remembrance coming up on September 11, now’s the time to participate in a Habitat project in your community.”

 

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To listen to the radio address, click on the following link: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/gov/Gov261Full_329719_7.mp3
 

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