2008 TOUR DE GREENE
 On May 24th, Spring Hill Baptist Church will be hosting a multi-event fundraiser which will benefit Greene Habitat and the Greene County Educational Foundation. The event will be a Run / Walk / Kid Dash / Bike Ride to be held at the church and the adjacent Dover Foxcroft Farm. Volunteers are needed for this event! Please contact us ASAP if you can volunteer a few hours from 7am to 9am. They need greeters, parking attendants and other fairly easy-to-do jobs to keep the event running as scheduled. You can also sign up to run or bike in one of the events. For more details, check out Spring Hill's website here
Steering Committee Selection
Most of the positions for the inaugural steering committee have now been filled. I want to thank all of the dedicated folks that have stepped forward and committed themselves to Greene Habitat. I would like to introduce these folks to you.
Steering Committee Chairman - Jonathan Hensley
Steering Committee Vice Chairman - Bill Martin
Budget Coordinator (Treasurer) - Mary Jeffries
Records Coordinator - Barbara Dickson
Family Support - Joan Richardson
Communications Coordinator - Jonathan Hensley
Volunteer & Event Subcommittee Chairman - Joan Richardson & Barbara Dickson
Resource Development Subcommittee Chairman - Bill Martin
Faith Relations Subcommittee Chairman - Doris Swenson
Chapter Representative on Affiliate Board #1 - Barbara Dickson
We still have a few vacancies on the committee, however, and there's lots of subcommittee positions that need to be filled, so if you haven't jumped in yet, now's your chance. Here's the list of all the positions we still need to fill. For position descriptions, please email us and we'll send you the document which has all the details.
Site Selection & Building Subcommittee Chairman
Records Coordinator
Chapter Representative on Affiliate Board #2
Volunteer & Event Subcommittee members (5)
Faith Relations Subcommittee members (5)
Resource Development Subcommittee members (3)
Site Selection & Building Subcommittee members (3)
New Director!
The biggest news by far this month is the hiring of Greene County's first paid employee, our new part-time Director. Jerry Besanson responded to our ad and interviewed with the hiring panel in March. Then, during April's meeting, the full group approved the hiring panel's recommendation and Jerry was selected as our prime candidate. Next up, was a second interview performed by the leadership of the Greater Charlottesville Affiliate who will be the ones actually paying and employing him. He passed the second interview with flying colors and was hired the very next day. Be sure to come out to June's meeting so you can meet and congratulate him in person.
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Strawberry Festival
 Stanardsville United Methodist Church will be holding their 18th annual Strawberry Festival and Pancake Breakfast this year, a week earlier than usual, on May 31st. Greene Habitat will be there with an informational booth, our kiddie moon bounce and our "jail". We'll be working to raise awareness, raise some money and just have fun. Please stop by and say hi and be sure to check out our strawberry-themed craft items and our Habitat T-shirts.
June Spaghetti Dinner
 Our next Spaghetti Dinner will be held on June 14th from 5 to 7PM at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Volunteers are needed for this event, so please email or call us if you can help. Also, there's still plenty of months left in 2008 if you'd like your group to get involved! If you're a member of a Greene County church or organization, please contact us if you'd like to host or sponsor a dinner or other event.
April and May Spaghetti Dinners
Last month, our Spaghetti dinner at Stanardsville Baptist Church was a resounding success and brought in over $500. But then this month, Grace Episcopal Church upped the ante by bringing in $800! Grace was gracious enough to volunteer their social hall as well as most of the food and volunteers to host the dinner for us. Thanks to Grace and everyone who came out to help, donate food and eat!
June Meeting
Our next monthly meeting will be on June 2nd at 6:30pm. We'll be meeting in our usual spot at Stanardsville Baptist Church (Map). Come join us on the first Monday of each month to find out what we're up to and how you can help.
Shed Project
 As we have grown as a chapter over the last few years, we have also begun to accumulate all of the normal signs, banners and other materials used by a fully functioning non-profit organization. These materials are currently being stored in sheds, garages and basements of folks in the chapter who would like to eventually get their space back. A project has been underway over the last 6 months to build a permanent storage solution for the chapter. This project has recently taken some important steps forward and we hope to receive official approval soon to proceed with construction.
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