January Recap

Habitat for Humanity La Crosse Area has been very busy the past few weeks. In fact, a lot of our big events happened on the same day.

Saturday, Jan. 12 started with an Individual Build Day. This is one of our regular volunteer events. It can sometimes be intimidating to step on to a build site for the first time, especially without a group to support you. Individual Build Day helps bridge this gap. Anyone can sign up for this volunteer day, and our construction staff and regular volunteers will help show them how it’s done. We have several Individual Build Days planned for 2019. Learn more and sign up here.

While these incredible individuals were working on a family’s new forever home, Habitat La Crosse staff were busy serving (and tasting!) chili at Beer By Bike Brigade’s 2019 Chili Slam. This is a philanthropic event put on by the organization. Local businesses make a batch of chili, and attendees vote on their favorite flavors. There were tons of spicy tastes to test. 

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​After all of our chili had been eaten, we had a couple of hours to prepare for our annual Raise the Roof benefit concert at Pearl Street Brewery. We set up the stage, VIP area and raffle prizes as the bands arrived. The evening kicked off with Matt Monsoor for our VIP hour. People snacked on Pogy’s catering and grabbed their On Three Printing & Design commemorative t-shirts while Monsoor sang. Then as the night went on and more guests arrived, Rhythmic Justice, The Executives, Tugg and Heatbox played. Guests danced throughout the evening, drinking beer and having their portraits drawn. 

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Raffle prizes were on display throughout the evening. Guests could buy tickets and put them into jars for specific prizes. We raised over $700 through this effort.
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The biggest event of the evening was when Habitat La Crosse revealed that we will be raffling off a restored 1953 Chevy truck valued at $40,000. Tickets are only $25 or five for $100. You can learn more about this on our website and social media pages. 

A week after this jam-packed weekend, we hosted our first Veterans Build of 2019, part of our new Habitat for Heroes program. Eleven veterans volunteered their time to join us on the job site, helping to build a family’s forever home. Habitat for Heroes aims to use volunteerism to provide our community’s veterans with opportunities to socialize and continue giving back after their remarkable service. The ultimate goal is to build a home for a local veteran and their family. This will be a home for a veteran built by veterans. To learn more and sign up for our 2019 Veterans Build Days, click here.
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2019 has already been a successful year for Habitat for Humanity La Crosse Area. We can’t wait to let you know what else is in store for us.