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Habitat for Humanity®
Idaho Falls Area
PO Box 51055
Idaho Falls, ID 83405
Phone 208-528-0298
Fax 208-528-0298
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Idaho Falls Area Affiliate News
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2012 and 2011 Affiliate News
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Director's  Corner
Click here for messages from the Idaho Falls Area Affiliate Director
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Now available at the ReStore (Tues-Sat 10am-6pm) |
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Upper Valley Initiative Presentations in Ashton
October 8 and 10
Karen Lansing, Habitat Idaho Falls Area affiliate Executive Director, presented information about the Upper Valley Initiative to the Yellowstone Business Partnership dinner meeting October 8 at the Trails Inn in Ashton.
Gurganus Photos
The Yellowstone Business Partnership asked Habitat to give a presentation to their board before their Board Meeting. There were seven Yellowstone Business Partnership members, one Ashton community member and four representatives from H abitat for Humanity Idaho Falls Area in attendance. The meeting started at 5:30 with a short walk around town, looking at a suggested housing need area and the vacant lot (photo right)where the old high school was located.
After the walk, Karen Lansing and Greer Gurganus presented information about Habitat for Humanity®, the new Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative and the Success Measures evaluation tool. After the presentations everyone enjoyed conversation about both organizations over dinner at the Trails Inn in Ashton.
At the end of the meeting, Habitat for Humanity Idaho Falls Area® officially joined the Yellowstone Business Partnership.
October 10 Karen and Greer a ttended the lunch meeting
Gurganus Photo
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October 1, 2012 starting at 9am
Hostages for Habitat
World Habitat Day
FUNDRAISER
at the
ReStore
238 Northgate Mile Idaho Falls
Hostages for Habitat is Habitat for Humanity Idaho Falls Area’s special event designed to raise awareness of the need for affordable housing throughout eastern Idaho.
Gurganus Photos
Photos from Hostages for Habitat 2012
Left, hostages on the roof of the ReStore building waiting for donations. Right, hostages lower cans on string to collect donations from people on the sidewalk that will ransom them.
Can You Help?
Habitat for Humanity Idaho Falls Area® asks anyone who wants to help raise funds for Habitat® home building and improvement projects to agree to being held "hostage" on the roof of our Habitat ReStore® located at 238 Northgate Mile in Idaho Falls until the amount you sign up for is donated and you are released. We start holding hostages at 9 am.
Questions—Call 208 528-0298
Join Mayor Teddy Stronks of Ashton, Mayor Steve Fuhriman of Ammon, Mayor Brad Anderson of Iona, Idaho Falls City Council Member Sharron Parry, Habitat Board Member Anna Gruel, Habitat Family Selection Committee member Cindy Baker, Friend of Habitat Brian Cecil, Build 27 partner family Crysten Jensen, Kim and Cyndee Denning, parents of Crysten on our roof.
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Join Us September 6 or September 13 at 7pm
Upper Valley Initiative
September 6 at the Ashton City Council Meeting
September 13 at the St. Anthony City Council Meeting
Habitat Idaho Falls Area affiliate is expanding its services into the Ashton and St. Anthony areas thanks to the generous bequest left by Kurt Kandler of Ashton. To read more about this gift, click here. Mr. Kandler donated a portion of his estate to the work of Habitat Idaho Falls Area so that people in Fremont County, starting with Ashton, could partner with Habitat® to have safe, decent and affordable housing for themselves and their families. To learn about the Habitat Idaho Falls Area Partner Homeowner process, click here. Our first goals are to determine housing needs and to build an ongoing, sustainable presence in these communities. We need volunteers and donations from both communities. We need community support to organize, plan and build.
Come and find out how you can help.
For more information about the Idaho Falls Area affiliate, click here. For more information about Habitat for Humanity International® click here. To go to the Upper Valley Initiative web page, click here.
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Idaho Falls Area Affiliate Employs First AmeriCorps VISTA
Greer Gurganus joins the staff of our affiliate for one year as a VISTA employee specializing in Program Development.  She has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees and worked during 2005-2006 as a VISTA in Helena, Montana. She is interested in learning about Habitat for Humanity, helping the affiliate grow, and being a part of the Ashton, St. Anthony and Idaho Falls communities where she works. Greer grew up and went to college in Michigan. She believes that VISTA is a great program that helps organizations grow and expand their infrastructure, utilizing indirect service. To learn more about the AmeriCorps VISTA program, click here.
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Rocky Mountain Supply Donates Pavers to Build 26
Rocky Mountain Supply of Idaho Falls donated 800 square feet of pavers to our current home build, together with the shipping, handling and delivery cost, because they believe that Habitat is a worthy cause.  They previously donated manufactured stone which is being stored for use on a future build. In September the pavers were installed by volunteers and the partner homeowner and family. 
Devereaux Family and LaRall Kent photos
As soon as the paver patio was laid the partner family children began to use it as a play area. Here they are playing a game of "chase" around the house.
Rocky Mountain Supply has sales locations in Jackson Hole, Pocatello, Boise, Twin Falls and Idaho Falls. You can request a free estimate from a form on their web page.
We and our partner family appreciate and are grateful for the support of this local business.
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Build 25 Receives Beautification Award from Idaho Falls
BEFORE
The Partner Homeowner, family, friends and a volunteer group from EITC spent a day in March cleaning up the lot so construction could begin.
AFTER
An attractive cottage with landscaping and trimmed trees fits in with the architecture of the block.
Build 25, which was dedicated on June 23, 2012, received a Residential Building Superior award for 2012 from the City of Idaho Falls Beautification Committee. The award was presented on August 7 during Community Night Out at Civitan Park. To each of the 157 volunteers who worked on this home, congratulations and thank you. It is the dedication and skills of our volunteers and the donation support of our community businesses and groups that made this home possible.
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Bike and Build Returns to Idaho Falls for the 10th Year!
Bike and Build riders on the Central US route arrived in Idaho Falls on July 22 and spent July 23 doing volunteer work for the Idaha Falls Area affiliate. Their next stop is Arco, Idaho. They left Virginia Beach, Virginia on May 27 and will end their tour in Cannon Beach, Oregon on August 8 after pedaling 3,790 miles. Bike and Build organizes cross-country bicycle trips which raise money and do volunteer work for affordable housing groups along their route. You can read more about the history of this group here. In 2012 the organization celebrates its 10th year of service. Idaho Falls Area affiliate has participated each year. First Presbyterian Church of Idaho Falls supports this work by providing a place for the riders to stay, breakfast and dinner.
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Habitat Idaho Falls Area Announces
IBEW Participation in Build 26 Electrical Wiring
Laurie Watters, an electrician and member of Local 449 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), met with the Idaho Falls Area Executive Director on July 21 to discuss the electrical wiring work for Build 26, a SIP (structural insulated panel) home constructed with panels donated by sPanels LLC of Idaho Falls. Wheeler Electric Inc. is using this SIP home to train some of their union workers in how to do electrical wiring in a SIP home.
Electrical Wholesale Supply of Idaho Falls is donating the majority of the materials. The IBEW Labor Management Cooperative Committee of Local 449 is coordinating the volunteers and providing additional materials and tools when needed. We are proud to be able to provide a training opportunity to Local 449 workers that will add to their skills, and grateful for these significant donations from Electrical Wholesale Supply and Wheeler Electric, which celebrates its 50th year in business in 2012. Our thanks to all who are participating in this work.
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sPanels LLC of Idaho Falls Donates Panels for Build 26
Habitat Idaho Falls Area is the recipient of structural insulated panels (SIPs) made for Build 26 and generously delivered and donated by Jackie Mitchell of sPanels LLC of Idaho Falls. We are grateful for and thank sPanels for their support.
Northwest Foam Products of Twin Falls donated a portion of the expanded polystyrene foam which went into the panels. Habitat Idaho Falls Area supplied the plans which sPanels used to create fabrication drawings. G&S Structural Engineers of Idaho Falls donated time for the engineering calculations required by Bonneville County.
sPanels has been in business since 2004 and is a member of SIPA (Structural Insulated Panel Association). You can click here to read and/or download the company's brochure and learn about the panel fabrication process and the benefits of building with SIPs. sPanels products have a limited 20 year defect or delamination warranty. SIPs were adopted into the International Residential Code by the ICC (International Code Council) in 2007. Other technical information is available here.
Greg Mitchell, who is the logistics planner for sPanels, supervised the process and coordinated the materials that went into the panels. Chris Wallis is the sPanels fabricator and estimator who made the panels. Stephen Magnan is the sPanels drafter who used CAD to draw up the panels and provided the information for this article.
All three donated their time and were on hand June 23 to provide on-site technical assistance to guide and help the Habitat volunteer work crew lay out the panels and put them in place.
By 2:30 in the afternoon the work was complete.
LaRall Kent and Devereaux Family Photos
View photos of the panel delivery and placement by clicking here. Build 26 is a Thrivent Builds With Habitat for Humanity® home.
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Volunteer Work Day Build 26
June 23 - help install SIPs (structural insulated panels) generously donated by sPanels of Idaho Falls. For more information about building with SIPS, click the sPanels link above or email info@spanels.com
Please take the online safety course and send your course completion certificate to Habitat Idaho Falls before you join the construction work. For more information about the safety course requirement, click here.
Build 26 is a Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity® home. For more information about this program, clilck here. For a construction photo log of Build 26 and up to date progress information, click here.
Groundbreaking Ceremony for Build 26
A Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity® Home
Habitat® Idaho Falls Area affiliate is pleased to announce that the partner family for our 26th home build has been chosen. The groundbreaking ceremony held May 19 at 11am, 3907 East Deloy Drive, Ammon was attended by family and
friends and included introduction of the partner family, a groundbreaking prayer, and special words from the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans® Chapter Specialist.
Devereaux Family Photos
Thrivent Financial and the Upper Snake River Valley Chapter are partnering with Habitat® in this home build. The first volunteer work day is June 16.
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 2012. David Sheldon is the Thrivent Financial Chapter Specialist for this home build. A fundraising dinner held May 12 at the Idaho Falls Country Club sponsored by the Upper Snake River Valley Thrivent Financial Chapter included cocktails, dinner, speakers and a silent auction in the ticket price. This event generated another ten per cent of the home cost to add to the fifty-five per cent donated by Thrivent Builds. This home is one of 142 Habitat® home construction or rehabilitation projects in 32 states funded for 2012.
Thrivent Builds 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 2,600 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.
lf you plan to be a construction volunteer, please be sure you have 1) taken the online Habitat® Safety Course and sent your completion certificate to the Idaho Falls affiliate; 2) filled out and submitted your liability waiver form. To complete the online safety course, click here. To download or print the liability waiver form, click here.
There will be a volunteer work day each Saturday until the first of October. For details about the work to be done and the start and stop times, please call Karen Lansing, Habitat Director 208 528-0298 or David Sheldon, Thrivent Financial Chapter Specialist 208 522-2268.
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McAfee Idaho Falls Employees Volunteer on Build 25
A group of Idaho Falls software engineers celebrated McAfee's corporate Global Community Day of Service by working on Build 25, one of three local service projects.
The volunteers worked on fences, installed lights, smoke alarms and appliances, did some painting and landscaping repairs.
Bryan Hagman organized the software engineers who chose to work on the build, supported by his family which supplied lunch for the volunteers. McAfee's Global Community Day of Service is voluntary and no work schedules are adjusted for it. Employees who choose to participate must still complete their usual work hours. Habitat Idaho Falls Area affiliate is proud and grateful to be chosen for these donated community service hours.
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Women Build Day at Build 25
The Idaho Falls Area affiliate participated in National Women Build Week by sponsoring a Women Build day at Build 25 on Saturday, May 12.
The 42 volunteers divided into groups to work outside on landscaping and completing fence installation or inside on painting. Many of the volunteers brought snacks.
Lowe's sponsorship of the Habitat® Women Build program includes providing a selection of Women Build logo items to participants. Our volunteers got a choice of hat styles plus work aprons, T shirts and water bottles.
For more information about the Women Build program and Lowe's support, please click here and here.
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Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7621
Volunteer at Build 25
CWA Local 7621 members organized a volunteer day for Saturday May 5.
They hand dug over a dozen fence post holes and installed the posts.
CWA and Local 7621 are structured around member support and community service. Local 7621 members volunteer for many local community service organizations - they cook and serve meals at a local shelter, sponsor a family at Christmas and participate in events such as Walk a Mile and Relay for Life. They decided to volunteer at Build 25 because the partner homeowner was a CWA member for many years. We thank them for their participation in this build.
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Habitat® Idaho Falls Area Affiliate Build 25
Groundbreaking Ceremony
Saturday March 10 4pm
107 East 18th Street, Idaho Falls
Partner Homeowner breaks ground for Build 25
Family of 5, 4 BR 2 BA home with basement, buit to Energy Star and Water Sense standards.
Foundation work starts in March 2012, with build completion by the end of June. Construction volunteers will start work in April 2012. LaRall Kent is Construction Manager, Rob Kaptein of Kaptein Builders is Construction Superintendent.
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.
May 12 - Women Build day at Build 25
For more information about Habitat's® Women Build program, click here.
Any organization, individual or group interested in donating coffee, donuts or water, or sponsoring lunches for the volunteers, please call the Habitat® office at 208 528-0298. Habitat® is a 501 (c)(3) not for profit organization.
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Eastern Idaho Technical College Paralegal Students Work on Build 25
Saturday March 10 ten paralegal program students from EITC volunteered to help with lot clean up for Build 25. They quickly removed a lot line fence,
dismantled it, and separated the wood and metal fence materials for recycling.
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Lowe's FREE Women Build® How-to Clinics
in the Idaho Falls Lowe's Store
Call the Habitat Idaho Falls Area office 208 528-0298
Saturday March 24 at 10am - drywall installation, taping and texturing
Saturday April 21 at 10am - how to hang and trim a door
Clinics last about 1.5 hours.
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.
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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
In 2012 the Idaho Falls Area Affiliate began a 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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2011 News Fall and Winter
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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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