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The Habitat Tithe

Habitat affiliates around the world raise money to build homes in their own communities, but their efforts also pay benefits in other areas of the world.

Ten percent of the unrestricted cash income received by affiliates is sent to Habitat for Humanity International for distribution in some other country to support home building. The money goes to third world countries where the tithe related to a home built in the United States is sometimes enough to build an entire home.

Affiliates are able to direct their funds to a specific country, and Habitat for Humanity of Seneca County has designated its tithe for the seven Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Nicaragua.

Habitat has been building homes in Nicaragua for 18 years. In the fiscal year from July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004, the country's affiliates built 438 homes, bringing to 3,192 the number of homes built by Habitat in the country. An average home costs $4,070 to build.

The national office of Habitat for Humanity is in Managua. The country's affiliates are:

• Jinotega
• Matagalpa
• Bluefields
• Diriamba
• Leon
• Chinandega
• Corinto/Realejo
• Esteli

Adjoining Habitat Affiliates

You also can look up any Habitat affiliate on the web site of Habitat for Humanity International.

Cayuga County

President: Tina Barry
Telephone: (315) 255-1427
Address: 169 Genesee St., Auburn, NY 13021-3403

Ontario County

President: Joan Oliphant
Telephone: (585) 425-8960
Address: PO Box 778, Victor, NY 1456
Web Page:http://www.hfhoc.org/

Tompkins-Cortland

Telephone: (607) 898-4148
Address: PO Box 4683, Ithaca, NY 14852-4683
E-mail: tompkinscortland@habitatnys.org

Wayne County

Telephone: (315) 986-9915
Address: 1160 Macedon Center Road, Macedon, NY 14502-9138
E-Mail: hfhwc@usadatanet.net
Web page: http://hfhwc.com/

Yates County

Telephone: (315) 536-9821
E-Mail: dgseager@flare.net
Address: PO Box 391, Penn Yan, NY 14527-0391

ReStores

We are often asked about the location of ReStores. A Habitat ReStore sells donated building materials which aren't needed for Habitat homes. Profit from the sales is then used to support home construction.

There are three ReStores in New York State:

Binghamton

Broome Co HFH Restore
PO Box 1922
Binghamton, NY 13902
Phone: (607) 772-0809

Middle Island

HFH of Suffolk Restore
643 Middle Country Road
Middle Island, NY 11953
Phone: (631) 924-4966 x105

New Rochelle

HFH of Westchester ReStore
525a Main St.
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Phone: (914) 636-8335 Fax: (914) 636-8592