Family Support Committee welcomes our newest Building Partner
The Family Support Committee welcomes our newest Building Partner, Martha Dietz. From left to right in the above photo: Family Support Chair Rev. Jennifer Fuhr, Martha, WVHH President Cookie Hagemeier, Sally Pool, and Barbara Barks.
WVHH will start construction on Martha’s home in October. Martha and her sons Taylor (18) [...]
by Volunteer Coordinator Lynn Williams (and thanks to Anna Fisher for the pictures)
Hello volunteers. Judy and family are busy getting settled in their new home. I estimated we had 45-50 people in attendance at yesterday’s dedication. As we gathered outside on the driveway and sidewalk, former Wimberley Valley Habitat President Jim [...]
June 14, 2009
To the Wimberley Valley Habitat for Humanity
by Judy Roberts
Greetings,
Today marks three weeks since our family moved into this absolutely beautiful new home. I’ve been trying to write this letter in my head every day since. However, I can never get through the first sentence. How does one adequately express [...]
by Anna Fisher
Smile, your very own Wimberley Habitat for Humanity is growing greener every day. Not only does Wimberley Habitat use innovative materials in building houses like HardiPlank and spray foam insulation, but the Board of Directors has recently adopted a recycling program. Wimberley may be the first, or is certainly, one of the first Texas Habitat affiliates to [...]
by Rick Burleson
While working with Habitat for Humanity I have seen the profound difference made in a family’s life by owning a home. As a part of implementing this wonderful mission, Wimberley Valley Habitat for Habitat strives to create an affordable yet well-designed home that provides comfort, enjoyment and roots for its owners.
There [...]
The WVHH Building Committee met on July 27th and reviewed the preliminary plan that Burleson Design Group had prepared for House #13. On Monday Jim McMeans received a report on a preliminary septic field layout from Bruce and Kyle DeHart. Kyle is a septic system designer in Hays County. Based on this information and the [...]
After six months of work on construction of the newest Habitat house, the final grading of the backyard was completed by Habitat volunteers just before a spring downpour and just in time for the house dedication on Sunday, May 17th. Wimberley Valley Habitat for Humanity partner family Judy Roberts, her children Beau, Caitlyn, Abigail, Sarah, and Dylan along with friends and family [...]
by Cookie Hagemeier
Recently, our Family Selection Committee Chair, Aubrey Tucker, had the privilege of making a very important phone call to the family selected to be our next Habitat homeowner in Wimberley. Martha Dietz was overwhelmed with the news that she and her sons, Taylor Teutsch, age 18, and Parker Teutsch, age 12, will be the recipient of House #13, which [...]