NOW OPEN

Offering Gut Wrenching Bargains --- We mean that ---

Our prices are "Habitastic"

180 W. Joe Orr Road - Chicago Heights

Hours:  Wednesday - Friday (9-6)  Saturday (8-3)

We are recruiting volunteers to help in the store.  Please sign-up by

using the Volunteer Now! link shown above.

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Please visit the "Our Sponsors" section of this

site.  We hope you will support the companies

that have chosen to help us build homes for

deserving working families.

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Check-Out the              New Project Started in Harvey!

"New Build" tab                                       14338 Normal Avenue

for another project !                                      (Click here for map)

                           March 8, 2008                                        Dan Chester, Jessica Green, Joan Binkow

    [Current plans are to complete this home by the end of May.]                 [Sponsor]                                                     [Sponsor]

         along with Delores Green's daughter - Jessica]

We are thankful for volunteer crews from the Cook County Sheriffs Office

who have been leading the work on this site. As of March 8th, the HVAC and

rough electrical are completed.  Coming up soon will be sheetrock installation.

If you would like to volunteer to work on this project please contact us via email at:

cathy4habitat@sbcglobal.net

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May 5, 2008

This week we start to build three homes in Riverdale Illinois as part

of the Thrivent Builds with Habitat sponsorship.  We are excited about

this new project and wish to thank Mayor Zenovia Evans for

her leadership in helping to create a partnership between

the Village of Riverdale and Habitat for Humanity Chicago South Suburbs.

WELCOME!

The official State of Illinois Comprehensive Housing Plan indicates there are over 58,000 households in the southern suburbs defined as having "housing problems". This means they are paying too much of their monthly income for housing (30%, 40%, 50%+) and /or living in substandard quality or overcrowded conditions.  This is the market we are trying to assist with our simple, decent homes.

The houses built by HFHCSS are sold to those in need at no profit and with an interest free loan maintained by the affiliate. Habitat is not a giveaway program. In addition to a down payment and monthly mortgage payments, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor - sweat equity - into building their Habitat house and the houses of others.

However, to continue fulfilling our mission we need your help. We rely on the generosity of our fellow citizens to help build these homes and, importantly, to pay for the materials used in their construction. When you consider that only 200 donations of $300 would pay for one of our houses it seems reasonable to expect that we will achieve our annual goal of building eight houses.

Of course, you're financial donation is fully tax deductible. Likewise, if you have materials to donate we can provide all of the necessary documentation necessary for your tax return. Please consider helping HFHCSS to build more houses for working families who truly deserve our support.

Our location:

Habitat for Humanity

Chicago South Suburbs
139 West Joe Orr Road - 2nd Flr.
Chicago Heights, IL 60411

Phone 708-756-2015
Fax 708-756-2075