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Dick Hardy Community Improvement Award honorable mention: Greg Dixon

By Kayla Habermehl | The Bay City Times
January 01, 2010, 7:05AM

Greg Dixon is a 2009 Dick Hardy Community Improvement Award honorable mentionGreg Dixon fell into helping build houses for Habitat for Humanity about five years ago.

Since then, he’s worked on 16 houses and other Habitat projects, including the group’s new ReStore warehouse on Huron.

He was named the Habitat for Humanity Volunteer of the Year and was featured in the Times’ Making a Difference section.

He says he enjoys the hands-on work in building houses.

“It’s good for the soul and good for the heart to help people,” he said. “I have a God-given talent to do it, and it just feels good to be able to help the  community and people in need.”

Dixon got involved with Habitat when he was leaving church one day. Habitat was selling wreaths and Dixon signed up to help.

When he was interviewed earlier this fall, Dixon said helping people without any strings attached is a great feeling.

“If you can do something for somebody and don’t expect anything in return, it comes back to you and really helps a person feel good about themselves,” he said.

Pennies for Hope and Homes

In November, Bay County Habitat for Humanity through the Bay City Mall  School Is Cool program, began a very ambitious fund raising campaign called PENNIES FOR HOPE & HOME.  Our goal is to raise 5 Million pennies which will equal $50,000.00 to assist us in building a new home for a Bay County family in need.   Schools  involved are challenged to find  creative ways to raise pennies that will be used to help pay for a home to be built in the Mall parking lot during the fall of 2010.

Mackensen Elementary School students from the Bay City School district held a school wide competition and  raised a total of $981.60.   The winner from grades k-1-2  was Mrs. Pfenninger 2nd grade classroom. The  winner from Grades 3-4-5 was Mr. Snover 4th grade classroom. We would like to thank Volunteer Coordinator Rosie Detzler,   Mr. Folsom, Building Principal , the  teachers, and all other volunteers who assisted with the project

Events and Meetings [click on underlined titles for details]

Wed Feb 10 —	Haiti Fundraising Restore
Thu Feb 11 —	Haiti Fundraising Restore
Fri Feb 12 —	Haiti Fundraising Restore
Sat Feb 13 —	Haiti Fundraising Restore
Wed Feb 17 5:30 pm —	Board of Directors
Thu Feb 18 12:00 pm —	Home Application Meeting
Mon Mar 1 5:30 pm —	Construction Team Meeting
There are additional events in the next 30 days. Click Here to go to the calendar...

Bay County Habitat For Humanity does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, handicap, religion, marital status, or because any portion of an applicant's income is derived from public assistance programs.