Habitat for Humanity 5410 W. Palmaire

Early Saturday morning, volunteers from across the valley met at 5410 West Palmaire Avenue to work at the Palmaire Court Habitat for Humanity construction site in Glendale, Arizona. The first two homes for this subdivision were started on January 8, 2010. Just after the permits were received, the digging began. The walls went up on February 6th. The two new homes were finished in about 20 weeks.

But this area was to have more than just 2 homes...

"In all 11 homes will be completed, five two-story duplexes that are connected at the garages and one single family home. The homes are three bedrooms with an option of a fourth. Living space is 1,443 square feet. "Jenny Norton and Bob Ramsey will be providing the funds necessary for LEED Certify this development. American Solar has agreed to donate solar panels for each of the 11 homes in Palmaire."

http://www.habitatcaz.org/news-events/monthly%20enews/February10.php

At first, all of the activity, noise and people made the construction site a little chaotic, that is to the uninitiated eye. House Leaders (green t-shirts) and Team Leaders (yellow t-shirts) have things under control. Todd Buckner, Construction Operations Manager, West Division for Habitat for Humanity, was on site Saturday morning.. The new homes in Palmaire Court should be completed by this June.

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Palmaire Court is located at 5410 West Palmaire Avenue, Glendale, Arizona.

"Palmaire Court is an 11-unit project of Twin Homes homes located in the City of Glendale on 54th avenue between Myrtle Avenue and Glenn Avenue. These homes are two-story single family attached homes (they are duplexes attached at the garage). There are three and four bedroom homes ranging from approximately 1,340 square feet to 1,443 square feet. This project began in 2010."

http://www.habitatcaz.org/construction/current-construction-projects.php

J. Sadin paints the frame around a front window on one of the new homes. This is the second Habitat house J. Sadin has painted.

Saturday, April 30 was Leslie Anderson's (white t-shirt and shovel) first time at a Habitat for Humanity site. Ms. Anderson is about to retire from 31 years in education. When she arrived at the construction site on Saturday morning she was not sure what what she could do to help, but she knew she could follow instructions. She moved a lot of gravel for the new landscaping.

Jim Phelps of Discover Financial Services stands in front of the house that his team is building. Discover Financial Services (DFS) builds about a 12 houses a year. Employees of DFS look forward to getting outside and doing some physical labor which is a change from their usual workday routine. In all. about 150 employees participate.

American Solar donated the solar panels for each house. The solar panels will definitely help to lower the new homes utility bills.

Several homes are sill under construction at Palmaire Court. This is the back to the duplexes that are attached at the garages.

Simon Chatfield of the Chatfield Group in Mesa checks to see if his team needs any

help. Simon's teammates wore light blue shirts on Saturday. Chatfield Group volunteers did not mind getting a little paint on their t-shirts.

Every new home needs landscaping to make it look and feel like a home and not a construction site.

It is starting to look more like a neighborhood. A security fence is setup until all of the construction is complete.

When the security fence goes up, the job is just about done for the day. David Radosevich from Glendale pounds one of the fence posts into place. Hard work, but worthwhile judging by the huge amount of positive energy that was abundant Saturday morning.

Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona Corporate Office - Peoria
9133 NW Grand Avenue, Suite 1, Peoria, AZ 85345.
Office Phone: 623.583.2417
Office Fax: 623.583.2705
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M
Please visit the Habitat for Humanity website for information on volunteering or making a donations.
http://www.habitatcaz.org

The Basha/Elgod family is currently renting a two bedroom apartment in a location that the family feels is an unsafe environment

for their 2 young daughters. The apartment lacks living space and has frequent plumbing leaks. Also, the apartment is infested

with roaches and is without a working fire alarm. Mohamed wishes for a functional and sustainable home that his family can live

Mohamed and Sakina are originally from Sudan where many families have been displaced due to the war. They moved to the

United States in 1994 in hopes for a better life. Mohamed works as an aircraft fueler to provide for his family and has maintained

this job for over 5 years. Sakina is a stay-at-home mom who takes care of their two children, Soanja and Mendy. Soanja, a six

year old, dreams of being a doctor when she grows up and she is doing very well in school. Mendy is a thriving one year old! As

The Basha/Elgod family learned about Habitat for Humanity from a friend who told them about how the organization worked.

Mohamed has always dreamed of being a homeowner, but could not do so through traditional lending options. With the generosity

and partnership of his sponsors, Mohamed will finally be a homeowner and will live without the fear of not knowing where his

family will go once a lease agreement comes to an end. The family is grateful to their sponsors and volunteers who are making

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