It is a great honor for our local affiliate to receive one of three Awards of Excellence. Annually, Habitat for Humanity Canada recognizes affiliates for extraordinary accomplishments in advancing Habitat’s mission to eliminate poverty housing. This award was given in the medium category for cities with a population of 70,000 to 150,000 people. So we are honored to accept this award for our community of some 30,000.
Some of the milestones reached throughout 2009 that attributed to the reception of this award are:
Construction of three units for Partner Families
Adoption of a three-year strategic plan
Change of the board to a governance board
Approval & implementation of 2010 business plan
Signing of Adopt-A-Home agreement to build a Partner Family Home in Vermilion
Of the 73 affiliates across Canada, others to receive the Award of Excellence were Boundary, BC in the small population category, and Winnipeg, MB in the large population category. Last year Habitat built 194 homes in Canada, the most ever, and participated in an additional 380 builds through the Global Village and Tithing program. After 10 years in Lloydminster, we now have 5 homes with partner families. In the 25 years Habitat has been in Canada, a total of 1548 homes have been built in Canada, and an additional 1162 through the Global Village and Tithing Builds.