A PIZZA CELEBRATION!

Malawi's Pizza recently accomplished a goal of providing 250,000 nutritiously dense meals to children to living in Malawi, Africa. To celebrate this milestone, the local pizza restaurant will be encouraging their customers and supporters to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity of Utah County at the end of May and early June and will be providing lunch for build site volunteers. 

To kick off their local efforts, Malawi's held a pizza party with their portable wood fire pizza oven this past week providing 50 pizzas for Xactware employees volunteering their time to hang drywall at a Habitat home under construction in Provo.

Women Build Ends on a Roar!

Happy Valley Derby Darlins and Pink Crush helped Habitat for Humanity of Utah County roll to a winning touchdown and close out its 2013 National Women Build Week this past Friday at the build site at 1042 North 950 West in Provo. The local female sport teams’ members joined special guest, Noelle Pikus Pace, in the afternoon to hang ceiling drywall at the home being built with the Artanduaga family. The Pink Crush’s Sasquatch Mascot, Harley, was escorted in by a team of Harley riders to start the afternoon build shift with a roar. Special thanks to Timpanagos Harley for sponsoring Pink Crush.  During the morning, local female business leaders volunteered their time to get the drywall started. The business women had lunch together sponsored the Utah Valley Chamber and Women Business Network at lunch time. We appreciate Habitat International, Lowe's, Ancestry.com, Pikus Pace, and all that other supporters, sponsors and volunteers that made this amazing week a huge success. Because of all your generous efforts, the Artanduaga family's dream of safe and affordable homeownership is much closer to being a reality.

Getting Ahead in Life!

Three new graduates from the "Getting Ahead in a Just-Getting'-By World" program were honored at a graduation ceremony this past week at the Provo Seventh Day Adventist Church. Graduates include Habitat moms- Adonica Limon, Tiffany Eden, and Zoe Lang. This is the first time the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate has partnered with the Utah Valley Circles initiative to provide the Getting Ahead course for its families. We hope to continue this partnership in the future.

A "Healthy" Home

Today, female health care professionals and staff from Intermountain Healthcare worked together to finish the upper siding and hang drywall at the National Women Build Week site in Provo. Special thanks to Intermountain Health Care for sponsoring the day for their employees and providing lunch for the hard working volunteers.

UNIVERSITY WOMEN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

As part of Habitat's National Women Build Week, female students, faculty, and staff from Utah Valley University (UVU) and Brigham Young University (BYU) worked together yesterday at the Artanduaga Habitat home in Provo. Paige Holland, wife of UVU President Matt Holland, and Noelle Pikus Pace, UVU alumna, Olympian and World Cup skeleton champion came at lunch time and helped put up siding during the first part of the afternoon. The annual University Build event was sponsored the UVU’s Women’s Success Center. Special thanks to Peggy Pasin and LaNae Valentine for making this day possible.

Building Together!

Democratic and Republican Women and Bank and Credit Union employees joined to together to make a difference in their community yesterday at Habitat's National Women Build Week Build Site in Provo. Democratic and Republican Women worked with Cedar Hills City Council Member, Jenny Rees, and special guest, Noelle Pikus Pace, in the morning. Local financial institution employees braved the rain and cold in the afternoon to work on the home. Orem City Council member and longtime Habitat supporter, Karen McCandless, shared some inspiring remarks at lunch time about the importance of women serving in the community.

EARTH DAY DONATION!

Western Metals Recycling presented a check to Habitat for Humanity of Utah County ReStore Director, Rick McBride, today at their recycling site in Provo. The generous donation was determined based on the amount of scrap steel and non-ferrous metal that was recycled at company's Ironton location during April's Earth Day week. We appreciate Western Metals annual donation and their continued support of Habitat's local recycling programs.