Fall 2003
The Edward Schreyer Work Project Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver 2475 Douglas Road, Burnaby, B.C. Mailing address: P.O. Box 60577 Granville Park, Vancouver, B.C. V6H 4B9 Tel: (604) 681-5618 Fax: (604) 872-0223
Email: habitat@vancouver.net Visit us online at: www.vancouverhabitat.bc.ca
The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer, former Governor-General of Canada, and his wife, Mrs. Lily Schreyer joined Mr. David Hughes, President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity Canada on a tour to build homes. The tour is sponsored in part by RBC Financial Group, The Home Depot, CGC Inc., and Philips Electronics Ltd. “This is such a year of celebration,” said David Hughes. The tour celebrates the 100th home built by Habitat for Humanity Winnipeg where the Schreyers and Hughes helped to construct the future home of Moses and Martha Shyllon as part of the Yvon Dumont build. In Regina, Saskatchewan, the group assisted in framing a single family bungalow and celebrated Habitat for Humanity
Regina’s Tenth Anniversary. Work on a triplex followed in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The tour culminated on August 14th with a full day of work on site at 8745 Government Street, Burnaby, B.C., where the Schreyers and Hughes joined about thirty volunteers under the guidance of a group of professional contractors raising walls and moving the project a big step ahead towards completion. Richard White, MLA Coquitlam-Maillardville was on hand as well. On August 15th, Weyerhauser, a major sponsor of the project, hosted a post-build reception. This visit marks the 700th house to be built in Canada since Habitat for Humanity began in 1985.
The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer
Inside this issue:
Message from the Board of Directors
The Edward Schreyer Work Project 1 From the Board of Directors
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The 12th Annual Ismaili Walk
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The USS Coronado Lends a Hand
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2003 Vancouver Home Show
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Thanks to our Sponsors
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ReStore Highlights
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Expressions of Humanity
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By Gloria Levi (from her comments at the AGM)
In May 2001, I decided that a Habitat ReStore would put Habitat on a more secure financial footing. Frankly, it was a hard sell. There was no money coming in. We had just completed our first 4 houses. People were feeling burnt out. The ReStore seemed like a pipe dream, but I promised that we would create a ReStore Committee to do the work with NO drain on the existing manpower and financial resources of Habitat. We formed a new committee with 6 women and one man…an unusual man, who jokingly referred to us women as his ladies. He didn’t exactly take over, but it took a while to get used to him. He would come to each meeting with printed paper, either an agenda, (his agenda), a report, some written policies or procedures, etc. saying, “It’s either my way or the highway.” As we got to know him better, we realized that none of it was true by the way. He said we needed a temporary warehouse to house accumulated product for the opening and phoned me daily until it was secured. (cont.)