On an emotionally joyous day in November, Adam Leonard, 34 of Marshfield, and his daughter Ava, 2, received the dream of an accessible, affordable home. Marshfield Area Habitat for Humanity (MAHFH) dedicated the home in a ceremony held on November 9.

Adam was critically injured in an automobile accident in 2012 and became confined to a wheelchair. As his residence became increasingly difficult to live in, MAHFH built a ramp for him to access his front door; however, he could no longer access the upstairs or basement of his home. MAHFH partnered with Adam to build his new home that would be accessible to him and eliminate the barriers that existed in his former home.

Construction on the home, which began in spring 2013, involved many Marshfield area volunteers and organizations throughout the summer. MAHFH wishes to thank the following businesses and volunteers for their time, talents and resources in building this handicapped accessible home at an affordable cost.

Leonard Home Dedication

“This is like a dream. I can’t believe all the people who came

together to build this house ”

-Adam Leonard

Local Companies

Advanced Disposal

Anonymous

Automated Products

Belka Cabinets

City of Marshfield

Creative Paint & Decorating

Dakota Electric

Dan Hiller Landscaping

Felker Brothers

House of Heating

I Brandl

JRT Porta Potty

Ken Miller Seamless Gutters

Marawood Construction

Matt Churkey Concrete

Nikolay Transport

Northern Curb Cut

ProBuild Lumber

Reigel Plumbing

Security Overhead Door

Slice of Heaven

Sternweis Cement

Top Form

Trim Pak

Trudeau Construction

Carpenters

Dave Elder

John Peterson

Norlyn Freese

Matt Tellock

Electrician

Jim Shaw

Special Volunteers

Keith Gehrett

Steve MacSwain

Ed Plotka

Habitat Board Members

Dave & Dorothy Leonard

All volunteer groups

Partner Family

Adam and Ava Leonard

National Companies

Dow Chemical

Hunter Douglas

Kohler

Whirlpool Corporation

The ReStore will even pick up your items. Call 715-384-7533 or 888-844-8055 to schedule a pick up.

Store hours are Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday 9am-4pm. For more information, visit www.centralwi-restore.com.

Regional Habitat ReStore N3696 Hwy 12-16

Mauston, WI

Marshfield Area Habitat for Humanity has partnered with our Regional ReStore to collect donations and support local low income, working families.

The Regional Restore is located just two miles south of Mauston, WI and accepts many different items including furniture, building materials, electrical items, household goods, furnaces, stoves, TV’s and much more .

Habitat invites people from all walks of life to work together in partnership to build homes with families in need.

Marshfield Area Habitat for Humanity is now accepting applications for the next home build.

To apply, please visit our website at www.marshfieldhabitat.org or call the office at (715) 384-7533.

Board of Directors

Diane Wolf

President

Matt Chalmers

Vice President

Tammy Marek

Secretary

Julie Hastreiter

Treasurer

Kevin Buchanan

Ed Crownhart

Gary Elderbrook

Keith Gehrett

Kathy Gessert

Gary Grassman

Tiffany Halan

Paula Jero

Steve MacSwain

Matt Olson

Sue Schalow

Dennis Schmidt

Brenda Zahradka

Don Zais - build committee chair

Molly Field - student liaison

Narin Jeong - student liaison

Deb Hefner - office coordinator

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Regional ReStore

Now Accepting Applications for the

next Home Build

Gifts from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013 $5000 + Marshfield Area Community Foundation Umhoefer Foundation $1000-$4999 Hampton, Tracy & Musack, Randy Hawkins, Ash, Baptie & Company Mazza, Joe & Ginny Nelson Jameson, Inc $500-$999 Bents Chiropractic Center S.C. Berry, William & Darlene Bollow, Fred & Vicki Ewert, Brian & Rulka, Kathleen Hastreiter, Julie Kruse, Charlotte McKiernan, Fergus & Ann Thomas, Marcia Umhoefer, Lois Zion United Methodist Church $100-$499 Ameriprise Financial Andersen, Victoria E. Armstrong, Mary Rose Baltaos, Vasiliki Beltaos, Dr. Efstathi & Kiki Billings, Joyce & Ken Breu, Leah & Ken Cleveland, David & Tina Columbus Catholic Schools Dalum, Pat & Peter Davis, Stephen Denny, Ed & Nelke, Laura DeVetter, Dennis & Roberta Duffy, Doug & Linda Englehart, Edward & Debra Faith Lutheran Church Fleming, Spring & Poeschel, Nick Grassman, Gary Gribble, Matt Gustafson, Gary & Marie Harrington, John & Sue Heritage Bank Hrusovszky, John & Carol Iverson, Burt KF Enterprises, LLC Leicht, Kay Magnin, George and Anna Marshfield Lions Club Marshfield Rotary Club Maurer, Ron & Ellen Mazza, Jim Mazza, Tom & Pamela McGivern, Dave & Karen Mercier, Maureen & Richard Meyer, Dick & Bonnie

Minder, Paula & Walter Mueller, Diane & Ralph Nafziger, Lee & Linda Nelson, Earl W. Oak Grove Terrace Ousley, Mary Penno, Linda & Tim Peters, Richard & Marge Porter, Katie & Hurst-Wicker, Karl Prairie Oaks Conservatory LTD Raasch, Christopher Radde, Rev Donn Radeztsky, Carole Ryan, Jane & Mike Sabel, Mike & Norma Shaw Painting Sullivan, Brad & Kathy Thomalla, Gail & Vince Thornton, John & Lisa Untiet, Paul & Borman Untiet, Sandy Vasiliki, Beltaos Wagner, Stephen & Patricia Weid, Karen & Don Wisconsin Spray Millet Corp Wyman, Lynn & Rick Zion United Methodist Church Zittleman, Ken & Norma $1-$99 Allen, Pat Becher, Al & Bertie Belongia, Edward & Comeaux, Michelle Beyerl, Pat & Gerald Brubaker, Barry & Margaret Campbell, John & Kathy Chang, Sheng-hsiung & Fang-Yuh Edlin, Dale & Jan Ferch, Priscilla & Arlan Finnegan, Brian & Karen Fleischmann, Ruth & Steven Henning, Dave & Glenda Heuer, Cathy & William Keel, Patricia & John Kofka, Karen Lasowski, Mark Lokre, Gerhard & Doris Marshfield Area Ministerial Association Mason, Sandra McCaffery, Hazel Meyer, Sue Nedd, Paul & Mary Ellen Noll, Donna

Riepe, Roger & Pat Shields, Dorothy Snortheim, Gail Sokolowski, Carolyn Stratford Continuing Education Strey, Keith & Kris Theisen, Ethelyn Tritz, Loretta Twiggs, John & Susan Vornholt, Karen Weber, David & Joan Welch, William & Beverly Wright, JoeAnn Writz, Paul & Nina

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Thank you for your generous support

Marshfield Area Habitat for Humanity P.O. Box 784

Marshfield, WI 54449 715-384-7533

www.marshfieldhabitat.org

Your donation gives

SHELTER,

SELF-RESPECT and

HOPE for a better life.

Marshfield Area Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit Christian housing ministry seeking to eliminate poverty housing and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat is not a give-away program. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates homes along side our partner families.

Donations are used to purchase building materials, land, appliances and other supplies needed to build a home. At no profit to Habitat, we give partner families a non-interest mortgage to make monthly payments on.

In addition to making a down payment and monthly mortgage payments, homeowner families invest hundreds of hours of their own labor in “sweat equity” building their house. This labor reduces the cost of the home, increases pride of ownership and fosters the development of positive relationships.

Since being founded in 1996, MAHFH has built 16 quality and affordable houses, and has celebrated the dream of home ownership with 18 families. MAHFH has also completed several smaller projects to make existing homes more livable.

P.O. Box 784

Marshfield, WI 54449

About Marshfield Area Habitat for Humanity