Connecting Sources

Iris Philips article, “Homeownership Impact on Habitat for Humanity Partner Families” is a very useful one for me when it comes to sources. It discusses much about Habitat all the way from what Habitat is and why it has started, to the impact it has on the home owners.  Since this article covers so much it happens to overlap with many of my other articles.  To begin, “HABITAT for HUMANITY” by Judy Watts connects in that it shares a family’s personal experience with receiving a house and how it changed their lives. Another article that supports the first is, “Creating High-Impact Nonprofits” by Heather McLeod Grant, and Leslie R. Crutchfield.  This relates in the fact that different practices of non-profit organizations, and different myths that many have about non-profit organizations.  These articles overlap by talking about the purpose and reasoning behind non-profit organizations, Habitat in particular.  Finally, “Making a Difference through Habitat for Humanity” by Joyce Davis and “Affordable Housing and Pro Bono” by  John J Ammann, both talk about the variety of volunteers that come from all over with different backgrounds to help build these houses.  These sources overlap with the first in that Habitat would not be able to make such a big impact on so many home owners life’s if it weren’t for the volunteers who help build the houses.

Paraphrase Activity

"If it hadn't been for this house, I think we would have ended up on the street or in a shelter," says Rosemary. (F1)  http://search.proquest.com/docview/373804435?pq-origsite=summon

1.)    If Habitat was nonexistent the family would have no place to live and would be in a homeless shelter or living on the streets.

 

2.)    Habitat has given families a home who if they had not been helped would be living on the streets and would have no place to call home.

 

3.)    By helping the less fortunate Habitat has given families security by building them a place to call home and keeping them off of the streets.

“Often, low-income families have no other recourse than to live in substandard, unsafe dwellings that could be harmful to their physical and mental health.” (Pg. 2)

1.)    Due to the price of housing now a days, those who are less fortunate have no way of owning a nice home, which forces them to live somewhere dangerous that can harm their physical and mental health.

 

2.)    Those who are low-income are not able to provide for decent living situations which means they are forced to live somewhere that is damaging to their health.

 

3.)    With prices going up it is very difficult for families with low-income to afford nice housing, due to this they are living in poor conditions which are harmful to both their mental and physical health.

 

 

Living is expensive, not just if you the latest and greatest technology, even for the necessities such as food, water, and shelter.  The price of housing is continuing to rise and it is becoming more and more difficult for families to be able to afford a standard house or even apartment.  Due to the high price of housing, “Often, low-income families have no other recourse than to live in substandard, unsafe dwellings that could be harmful to their physical and mental health.” (Pg. 2)  This is a serious problem and Habitat for Humanity is working to put an end to this, one house at a time.  One member of a family who received a house from Habitat said, "If it hadn't been for this house, I think we would have ended up on the street or in a shelter." Habitat has helped families by building them houses and keeping them off of the streets.

Annotated Bibliography and Project Proposal

Annotated Bibliography

 

“Affordable Housing and Pro Bono”

Ammann, John J. “Affordable Housing and Pro Bono: Habitat for Humanity Provides Valuable Pro

              Bono Opportunities.” Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 4.3

              (1998): 225-227. Web. 23 March. 2015.

 

The author of this article is an assistant professor, and a member of the law committee of Habitat for Humanity in Missouri.  The purpose is to show how lawyers, attorneys, and law students help to contribute to Habitat.  The intended audience is other attorneys and law students who are looking to get involved in serving others.  In this article they explain a little bit about Habitats mission and then it goes into discussing how attorneys, lawyers, and law students spend quite some time volunteering to help Habitat.  Whether it be on the site building the house, or with the legal aspect of it.  This article will help with my paper when discussing how volunteers come from all different backgrounds.

 

“Making a Difference through Habitat for Humanity”

Davis, Joyce. "Making a Difference through Habitat for Humanity." Journal of Family and Consumer

                Sciences 94.3 (2002): 77-78. Web. 19 March. 2015.

 

This source is written by a retired teacher who now works volunteering with Habitat for Humanity.  The intended audience is teachers, which was the same profession of the author. The purpose of this article is to show how Habitat can affect you when you spend time volunteering.  In this article the author, explains how when she retired she found herself becoming higher and higher on the board for Habitat, she started as a volunteer and worked her way up to president. She explains how volunteers come from all different careers in life, all the way from the mayor to fraternities and sororities, and that volunteers are what make Habitat work.  This source will be helpful in my paper when talking about building skills, it shows that you do not have to be a construction worker in order to volunteer with Habitat, anyone can help no matter your skill level.  People come from all different backgrounds and are able to make the same amount of impact.

 

“Creating High-Impact Nonprofits”

McLeod Grant, Heather. Crutchfield, Leslie R. “Creating High-Impact Nonprofits.” Stanford Social

                Innovations Review n.p. 2007. Web. 1 April. 2015.

The authors of this magazine article are two women who work for higher educated universities such as Stanford, and the other works with researching non-profit organizations. The purpose is to inform others about non-profit organizations.  The audience is for those who are higher educated looking into non-profit organizations.  In the article they discuss different non-profit organizations.  They share six myths that many have about non-profit organizations, and then they discuss six ideas that non-profits practice.  I will utilize this article when discussing the impact Habitat makes on those it works with.

 

“Habitat for Humanity: Walker Machine Co. helps build home”

Mendez, Josephine E. "Habitat for Humanity: Walker Machine Co. Helps Build Home." Charleston Daily

            Mail (2014): C.1. Web. 23 March. 2015.

 

The author of this article is a women who is a part of the mail staff. The purpose is to inform others how anyone is able to volunteer, and just how rewarding it is when you do.  The audience of this article is the general public.  This article talks about how when volunteering for Habitat you have to have no prior skills, everything you need to know how to do is taught on the site.  It talks about how you work very hard each day you are volunteering, but there is no way one can leave the sight without a smile on their face, know how much they accomplished that day.  I will use this article when I talk about building skills.

 

 

“Homeownership Impact on Habitat for Humanity Partner Families”

Phillips, Iris. “Homeownership Impact on Habitat for Humanity Partner Families.” Social       

                Development Issues 31.3 (2009): 48-65. Web. 23 March. 2015.

 

The author of this article is a scientist who conducted an experiment to test different ways Habitat makes an influence. The purpose is to show how much of an impact Habitat has on their homeowners. The audience is the general public, they are informing them on what Habitat does. The author begins by explaining a little bit about what Habitat for Humanity is. They explain what many of the families living conditions are like before receiving a home, and just how difficult their living conditions are.  They then go on to explain what kind of impact receiving and owning a house has on the family, and how much it can change their lives.  I will use this article when explaining how impactful Habitat is, it most definitely impacts the volunteers but that’s not even close to the impact it has on the homeowners.  

 

 

“HABITAT for HUMANITY”

Watts, Judy. “HABITAT for HUMANITY.” The Post and Courier (2003): F1. Web. 23

                March. 2015.

 

The author of this is a reporter from that area. The purpose is to share how important Habitat is to many families in low-income situations.  The audience is people with money who would be able to donate to Habitat. This article shares a story from a family who received a house and how it saved them, they said if I wasn’t for the Habitat house they would be out on the streets.  I will use this article when talking about the impact Habitat has on the families that receive their houses.

 

 

 

Project Proposal

Thesis: Habitat for Humanity is an organization that impacts the volunteers, by teaching them new skills and building community, but the biggest impact it actually makes is on the homeowners receiving the houses.

 

            Three questions that I will cover in my paper are as follows; what exactly is Habitat for Humanity, and what is the purpose of it? How does Habitat for Humanity impact the homeowners who receive the houses? Who can volunteer with Habitat and what kind of skills do those volunteers develop, as well as what kind of community do they build while volunteering through Habitat?  I will cover these question through my different sources I have found.  When explaining what Habitat is and its purpose I will use “Homeownership Impact on Habitat for Humanity Partner Families” because it explains how the families are before they are helped and gives people an idea of why Habitat chooses who they do, and I will use “Affordable Housing and Pro Bono” because it talks about the mission of Habitat.  Next, when discussing how Habitat impacts the house owners I will use my sources “Homeownership Impact on Habitat for Humanity Partner Families” because it shows what a family is like before and after Habitats help, “HABITAT for HUMANITY” because it tells a story about a family and how it kept them off of the streets, and finally “Creating High-Impact Nonprofits” because it talks about different myths non-profits have received and what they actually do.  Finally, when covering the skills and community the volunteers build I will use “Making a Difference through Habitat for Humanity”, “Affordable Housing and Pro Bono”, and “Habitat for Humanity: Walker Machine Co. helps build home” because they all give examples of different groups coming together and working towards the same goal, and they are all coming from different backgrounds and different knowledge and skill levels.