Exotic Italian Car Show Proves to be the Hottest One Yet!

The 8th Annual Exotic Italian Car Show will be one that car owners, patrons and volunteers won't soon forget. The blistering heat definitely wasn't the hottest thing around with more than sixty beautiful cars positioned along Exeter Road on Father's Day, June 21st. When patrons weren't taking photos of the breathtaking beauties and voting on their favorites for Best in Show, they were lining up for delicious hot dogs and Frito Lay chips and entering to win great raffle items. The kids enjoyed face painting, fun games and contests that included Hula Hooping, a Water Balloon Toss and a Sack Race.

At 4:30, trophies were presented to the winners in seven categories including Best in Show. This year's Best in Show went to an orange Ferrari M16 from Nashville.

The 8th Exotic Italian Car Show was organized and presented by Memphis Cars Italia, and sponsored by the City of Germantown, Ameriprise Financial and St. Louis Motorsports, with associate sponsors Pepsi Americas, Frito Lay, Sport Clips, Trust One Bank, Lotus of Memphis, Domino's Pizza, Bunny Bread, Mirimichi, FM 100 and 94.1 KQK.

To purchase event t-shirts or photo cds, please contact Crystel Hardin at chardin@memphishabitat.com.

- June 23, 2009

Memphis Habitat Breaks Ground on Trinity Park Neighborhood

Partners in the Trinity Park project join Dwayne Spencer (far right), executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, and Tom Faller (second from right), Memphis Habitat's board president, in the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Trinity Park neighborhood.

For several years, Trinity Park, a neighborhood of 38 Habitat homes, has been a brilliant dream for many people associated with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis. On Thursday, May 14, that dream came one step closer to reality as partners in the project joined Habitat's board members, sponsors, volunteers and staff for the official groundbreaking ceremony.

Held at Medal of Honor Park across the street from the Trinity Park site, Habitat's partners and friends gathered at 10 a.m. to listen to a short program before the project's partners turned the dirt and Martha Morton, the land donor, asked the bulldozers to start their engines.

Habitat expects to begin building homes in the Trinity Park neighborhood in Spring 2010.

For more information about Trinity Park, please click here.

- posted on May 14, 2009

Memphis Habitat Dedicates Five Homes this Saturday

Youth from B’nai B’rith Youth Organization and Memphis Federation of Temple Youth take a breather during a hot afternoon of painting.

This Saturday, volunteers will come together one last time to lay sod and clean new homes in preparation for the dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. There will be two shifts: 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The shift that begins at 11 a.m. is Habitat's first Family Day shift, aimed at youth between the ages of 5 and 25 and their parents. All volunteers under 18 must have a waiver signed by their parent or legal guardian in order to participate in Family Day. Space is still available for Family Day, but slots are limited. To sign up, please email Erica Gorman at egorman@memphishabitat.com.

At 2 p.m., all volunteers, sponsors, and homeowners will gather in front of the homes for the dedication ceremony. All volunteers and sponsors who participated in the 2009 Spring Build are invited to attend. Following the ceremony, all guests will be able to tour the homes.

For more information about the Spring Build, please click here.

- posted on April 27, 2009

Spring Build Nears Completion With Only Two More Saturdays

The Youth United/Youth Build house looked move-in ready even before it received several coats of cheerful exterior paint. Painting, landscaping and touch up work are on the agenda for the next two Saturdays.

The forecast called for rain, but for once the bad weather held off until after 5 p.m. Volunteers spent much of their shifts working on exterior and interior paint work, and by the end of the day, almost all of the homes were coated with their new low-VOC paint colors. Painting will continue on Saturday, April 25.

Five of the six homes will be dedicated on Saturday, May 2 at 2 p.m. All volunteers, sponsors and friends are invited to attend the dedications, which will be held at 2614 Pershing.

May 2nd volunteers may help with landscaping during the morning shift from 7:30 to 12:30. There is also a Family Day shift for volunteers of all ages from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information about these opportunities, please contact Erica Gorman at egorman@memphishabitat.com.

For more information about the Spring Build, please click here.

- posted on April 20, 2009