Building Freedom Day
Every year on the anniversary of the tragic 9/11 attacks, Habitat for Humanity Tucson begins construction on several homes, building them from the ground up, to not only memorialize the victims, but to celebrate hope, community and the American dream at its annual Building Freedom Day.
This year we’ll be starting eight new homes at Building Freedom Day.
Be a part of this momentous event by supporting one of the eight
Building Freedom Day homes!
More than 350 volunteers come out that day to help us raise the walls on the homes. Community members, representatives from local businesses, congregations, members of the military and Habitat homeowners come together to help make the dreams of several families come true.
“Building Freedom Day began as a way to heal the community,” said Michael McDonald, Executive Director. “By focusing on others and providing an activity that answers a pressing community need, people are not only called to action, but it is also a way for us to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.”
Building Freedom Day began in 2002 on the first anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center as both a symbolic and a substantial way of commemorating the true spirit of American opportunity, community and hard work.
Since then, more than 6,000 volunteers have come together to start construction on a total of 63 Habitat homes at Building Freedom Day. Each volunteer has had a hand in changing the lives of those 63 families forever.
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“… the volunteers seemed to have a good time while staying productive. They went home with a sense of accomplishment. The future homeowners were on site, and their sense of quiet gratitude was coming through…It seems almost like magic, to take a large number of unskilled people, a few more knowledgeable ones, and mostly frame someone’s home in a day. I have done it many times with a pro crew, but this was special.” Bruce Hallowell |
For the last two years, Building Freedom Day has been located at our Corazon Del Pueblo home development located at the I-10 and Craycroft Road exit.
Each year on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centers, Habitat for Humanity Tucson honors hope and the American dream with a service and remembrance project called Building Freedom Day. Each year we raise the walls on several new homes for hardworking Tucson families. At this year’s Eighth Annual Building Freedom Day, more than 350 volunteers, made up of community members, representatives from local businesses, congregations, members of the military and current and future Habitat homeowners, came together as early as 4 a.m. to raise the walls on four Habitat homes. photos contributed by: Dan Francis, Martha Retallick, TMC, Amanda Thomas and many other friends of Habitat Tucson.
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Click here to view photos from our 2008 Building Freedom Day.
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Thank you to our Building Freedom Day 2009 sponsors!
Home Builders
$70,000 and up
Carondelet Health Network
Tucson Medical Center
Long Realty Cares
Foundation
Construction Partners
$25,000-$49,999
Cox
Dale and Joan Kreider
Direct Mail Donors
Augie’s Welcome Home Fund
Roof Raisers
$10,000 - $24,999
Tucson Association of REALTORS®
Bank of America
St. Philip’s In The Hills
Episcopal Church
The Home Depot USA
Uncle Bill’s tiyospaye apikiya Fund
Uncle Bill’s Peace Within These Walls Fund
CAID Industries, Inc.
Wall Raisers
$5,000 - $9,999
Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Arizona
Border Glass & Aluminum
Citi
Community Foundation
for Southern Arizona: Pam Grissom Fund
Eugene C. and Wiletta F. Denton Family
Foundation
Jan and Art Hoffman
Lon D. and Lucille Barton Charitable Foundation
Lowe’s
Northern Trust Bank
SCF Arizona
ScriptSave
Sundt Construction, Inc.
Tucson Electric Power
US Bank
Vance Foundation
Ground Breakers
$1,000 - $4,999
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
M3 Engineering
The Groundskeeper
The Robert E. Hopper
Family Fund
Bank of the West
Charles Court Construction, Inc.
Community Church at
SaddleBrooke
Fennemore Craig Foundation
Lloyd Construction
Company Inc.
Sanofi-Aventis Employees
Sierra Woodworks, LLC
Soroptimist International of Desert Tucson
St. Pius X Catholic Church
The Mahoney Group
Anonymous (3)
BBVA Compass
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
AAA LANDSCAPE
Casas Adobes Congregational Church
Fred and Ann Boice
Judy Dare
Affinity Financial Group
Concrete Done with Love
Copper State Bolt & Nut Co.
Foley Tile Inc.
Gene and Kristina Young
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona: Harold and Nancy Willingham Charitable Fund
Granite Construction
Company
J.B. Steel
MKB Construction Inc.
Sturgeon Electric
Sun Mechanical Contracting, Inc.
Wilson Electric Services
Corporation
In-Kind Donors
American Red Cross of
Southern Arizona
Bashas’
City of Tucson Real Estate Program
Cox Road Show Truck
Culligan/OASIS
Davis Monthan Air Force Base
Discount Disc Jockey
Guy Atchley
Madden Media
Photo Fun Booth
PRO EM - Party Concepts
Soundwave Sound Systems
Tucson Newspapers Inc.
Tucson Recycling and Waste Service
Public funders also include:
Pima County, General Obligation Bonds
City of Tucson, Home Funds
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Alliance Bank of Arizona, AHP Funds
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