Opportunities: Cities - Land Acquisition Faith Community Corporate Programs Signature Program Industry Campaigns Contact: Don Varney Faith Development Officer (650) 568-7341 dvarney@peninsula habitat.org Home Faith Community Faith-Based Organizations Provide Support for Peninsula Habitat From the beginning of Peninsula Habitat for Humanity, faith-based organizations have played a major role in helping to fulfill the mission of eliminating poverty housing in San Mateo County - putting faith into action to build hope and transform lives. Peninsula Habitat benefits from all the contributions that faith-based organizations make through financial and volunteer support, including specific sponsored builds. All Faiths Build Day, which joins different faith groups in collaborating, sharing diversity, and investing their community support to help deserving low-income families, was held June 23, 2007. Working together at the Brisbane and South San Francisco sites, the All Faiths Build Day joined more than 40 volunteers from local Christian and Muslim faith organizations. Additional All Faiths Build Days were held one day each month in March, April and May, representing more than 150 volunteers helping to build homes over the four-day event. Compassion Weekend, a unique outreach program of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, was held on April 21-22, 2007 and raised more than $60,000 to cover construction financing and operating expenses at the San Bruno Ave. project in Brisbane - Peninsula Habitat's 100th home. The event mobilized more than 200 members of the church congregation volunteering at the construction site. "Compassion Weekend was one of the most meaningful investments of time that I have ever made," said Tom Bowman, church volunteer. "It is not often that at the end of the day you can look back and see that you had made a difference, albeit just a small one." Contact: Don Varney Faith Development Officer (650) 568-7341 dvarney@peninsulahabitat.org