A four-footed beach walker
Habitat for Humanity Beach Walk 2007 On Saturday, September 22, hundreds of walkers showed their support for Florence Habitat for Humanity by participating in the annual fund raising event. Walkers started at the North Jetty parking lot and ended at the lawn of Driftwood Shores where they enjoyed music and refreshments. Over twenty teams participated in the Beach Walk as well as a large number of individuals. Walkers received a light blue Beach Walk T-shirt. In addition to the Beach Walk, this year’s event featured a home tour of a Habitat house only one block from Driftwood Shores. Walkers toured the Garcia house at 4613 Falcon Street. This is the twelfth house completed by Florence Habitat and was dedicated on Sunday, October 7. Funds raised from the 2007 Beach Walk will buy materials for the Hendricks-Davis Habitat house to be built on Nineteenth Street near Miller Park. The new homeowners for this house will be Jack and Cristin Hendricks-Davis and their two sons, Jackiedean and Isaiah. Florence Habitat for Humanity has been in existence since 1999 and has built twelve Habitat houses. The affiliate has over a hundred dedicated volunteers who do everything from pounding nails to writing grant applications. “We feel we’re a real grassroots community organization,” said Bill Fulton, Executive Director of Florence Habitat. “We appreciate the support from all parts of the community.” This year there are two levels of sponsors for the Beach Walk. Premier sponsors are KCST Radio, Siuslaw News, and SELCO Community Credit Union. Basic sponsors include Coastal Impressions, Coldwell Banker/Coast Real Estate, Driftwood Shores, Ocean Dunes Golf Links, Oregon Pacific Banking Company, Prudential Pacific Properties Real Estate, and Siuslaw Bank. |