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Idaho Falls Area Affiliate News
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Fall and Winter 2011 - Spring 2012
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Lowe's Women Build® How-to Clinics
Coming to Idaho Falls
Habitat's® National Women Build® week is sponsored by Lowe's
Click here for Lowe's Women Build® web page.
Click here to learn about Habitat's® Women Build® program.
Clinic dates and topic list coming soon...
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RV Care-a-Vanners® Will Volunteer in Idaho Falls
Starting April 16 RV Care-a-Vanners will volunteer in Idaho Falls for two weeks, doing framing for Build 25. For more information about the Habitat for Humanity International® Care-a-Vanner® program and to register to work on a build, click here.
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Habitat® Idaho Falls Area Affiliate Preparing for Build 25
Construction is expected to start in spring 2012, with completion of the build by the end of June. The home size and details will be determined by the needs of the Partner Family, which has not yet been chosen. If you or someone you know is interested in partnering with Habitat® on this home, please click here for information and application forms. If you are interested in volunteering on this home build, please click here. We need both forms and the safety course completion certificate from you before your first day of work on a build site. Please plan to get this information to us as soon as you can. Filling out the forms and completing the safety course does not obligate you to work on the build.
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HFHI Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative
Comes to Idaho Falls Area Affiliate in 2012
In late January representatives from the Idaho Falls Area affiliate will attend the Habitat for Humanity International® Affiliate Summit. The focus of this summit is neighborhood revitalization. Read more about this HFHI® initiative and how it will benefit our community here. If you would like to be involved with this work, contact us.
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Idaho Falls Area Affiliate Local Fundraising Initiative for 2012
1000 Ways to Help Habitat® Idaho Falls
Donor grid in Idaho Falls ReStore
January 2012 the Idaho Falls Area Affiliate began a six month long donor initiative to raise money for home building in the Idaho Falls area. All donations stay in the Idaho Falls area. For more information and a printable donor receipt, click here. Habitat® is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization.
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Builds 23 and 24 Tested for Energy Efficiency
by Vital Spec of Sun Valley, Idaho
Builds 23 and 24, which were dedicated on October 29, were tested by Jolyon Sawrey of Vital Spec Inc. for infiltration of the homes' thermal envelope and heating unit efficiency. The City of Ammon references the International Residential Building Code for the part of the Certificate of Occupancy inspection that evaluates the size and air delivery of the registers and the heating unit. Each home tested better than the city requirements. The International Energy Code evaluates infiltration of insulation, windows and doors.
 Blower door test results show that these units peform 50% better than the code requires. Jolyon's test results document that these two homes are the most energy efficient of the five homes built by Habitat® Idaho Falls Area that he has tested. Habitat's® mission is to build simple, decent, affordable shelter. Our Partner Families will live in comfortable, draft-free homes and spend a very modest portion of their budgets on heat.
Vital Spec donates more than 50% of their fees and travel costs to Habitat® Idaho Falls Area, about $1,141 to date. We are grateful for their ongoing support of the Habitat® mission. The company serves all of Idaho and western Montana.
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Idaho Falls Community Work Center (CWC)
Idaho Falls has one of four Department of Correction Community Work Centers where offenders classified as minimum and community custody have work and volunteer opportunities that promote a positive and successful return to the community. Click here to learn more about the Community Work Center. Since April of this year 31 of these residents have chosen to volunteer at our Habitat® build site. As of October 22, the total volunteer hours for the current twin homes (Builds 23 and 24) is over 3,600. CWC residents contributed 984 hours from April through October 22 to the completion of these homes. The skills, strong work ethic and volunteer work contributions of the CWC residents are appreciated and we thank them for their service to the community.
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St. John Lutheran Church and Hope Lutheran Church
Volunteers arrived at the build site on August 20 to work on finishing the inside of the Thrivent Builds home. They also helped with the soffit and fascia work and building back entry porches for both homes. Lunch was provided by St. John Lutheran church.
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Lowe's of Idaho Falls Donates Large Trees to Habitat
In June Habitat® Idaho Falls Area was fortunate to be selected to receive a major donation of large evergreen and deciduous trees from the Lowe's store in Idaho Falls. These trees will be planted this fall at the two Habitat® homes currently under construction, and will complete the landscaping at the two previous Habitat® homes. Our simple and affordable homes have a modest landscaping budget that cannot include trees of this size. Habitat® Idaho Falls Area and the four Partner Families who will receive these trees appreciate and are grateful for the support of community business partners like Lowe's as we work to build simple, decent, affordable housing.
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Thrivent Builds  with Habitat for Humanity®
Sponsors Build #23
Ground Breaking March 30, 2011
Completed Homes October 28, 2011
More than two-thirds of the funding for this home will be contributed by Thrivent Financial®, its members and the local Upper Snake River Chapter as part of Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity® in 2011. David Sheldon is the Thrivent Chapter Specialist for this home build. Thrivent is the largest single corporate sponsor of Habitat for Humanity International® under the Thrivent Builds partnership. Since its inception in 2005, Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity® has helped more than 2,500 families in the U.S. and around the world achieve the dream of home ownership. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans fraternal benefit society is a membership-owned not-for-profit financial services company which supports the values of faith, family, stewardship and service.
The photo to the left is the first Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity® home in the Idaho Falls Area, completed in 2008. Thrivent sponsored another home in 2009.
“The Thrivent Builds partnership has helped Idaho Falls Area Habitat® increase the number of families served in our community,” said Karen Lansing, Executive Director for Habitat® Idaho Falls Area. “We are so grateful for Thrivent Financial’s support of our efforts to provide decent, affordable homes in partnership with families in need.”
Habitat for Humanity International hosts a photo wall web page where affiliates all over the world can post photos of their Thrivent Builds work. Click here to view the photo wall. Use the zip code 83405 to view photos of the current Idaho Falls Area Thrivent Builds home.
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BYU Pre-Med Society Student Volunteers Return
June 25 a group of students from the BYU Pre-Med Society in Rexburg contributed a second work day to the build.
These hard working and skilled students concentrated on
the garage truss, roof decking and OSB installation.
Their volunteer work hours were an important input into the progress on this build, and we appreciate and thank them for their support. To start the slide show of the day's work, visit our Photo Album by clicking here, then click on the June 25 thumbnail photo.
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St. John Lutheran Church members volunteer on June 11
With concrete poured and materials delivered, the St. John Lutheran Church volunteers were able to work all day on garage construction. At the end of the work day, both garages were framed and one had most of its OSB sheathing on.
St. John church members also provided lunch for all of the volunteers. We appreciate and thank them for their work on this build.
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Idaho Section
Our thanks to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Idaho Section, which identified the need for tools for our home building work and gave us a very generous donation of concrete finishing and power tools. For more information about the Idaho Section of ASME, click here. Idaho Section members look for ways to contribute to the communities in which they live and work. Their monthly business meeting is the first Tuesday of each month at 7am at Smitty's Restaurant in Idaho Falls. Join them for breakfast if you want to help with section activities or want to meet section members. ASME is a multidisciplinary professional organization dedicated to engineering excellence and communicating knowledge.
On June 4 Idaho Section members joined the Thrivent Builds® volunteers to work on the current home build. We appreciate their support, skills and volunteer hours.
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May 14 - Emmaus Lutheran Church members volunteer for a Habitat Work Day
Church volunteers moved building materials and nailed OSB while the roof trusses were raised and put in place.
 Thanks to their supporting work, by the end of this work day all of the roof trusses on one unit were finished. We appreciate their participation and their hours of volunteer work on this house build.
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BYU Pre-Med Society Volunteers Work on Build 23/24
Saturday May 7 the Thrivent Builds volunteers working on our current home were aided by BYU college students from the Pre-Med Society who came to Ammon from Rexburg to help build this home. Eleven students worked on the interior and exterior wall framing. They were a very hard-working and capable addition to the Thrivent crew members, who praised their work ethic and skills. We thank them for volunteering their time and talent to the construction of these homes.
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