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Ready, Set, Make A Difference!

Tracey Hall — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:00:55 +0000

I hope that this finds you and your loved ones well. As we are closing in on one year since the world’s challenges shifted, I hope that you can reflect with gratitude on all the good that surrounds you, despite the difficulties that have been presented.

I have the honor of representing an organization that offers a dynamic menu of ways to make a difference. As the Director of Development & Volunteer Services for Coastal Habitat for Humanity, a small affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, I serve as a vehicle to help people to give, to volunteer, to have purpose, to explore new experiences to discover themselves and to grow. I am so excited to be supporting my organization’s Women Build Initiative this year. This initiative supports housing and the difference that women can make in their local communities. I will be raising funds that will benefit Coastal Habitat for Humanity’s next new home build for a family in southern Monmouth County and I welcome you to construct an in-person team event, to help to build this home.

Please join me to make a difference in the lives of others, to have great incentive to exercise and to promote camaraderie in your family, amongst your friends or with your colleagues. All are welcome to participate.

I am celebrating with gratitude the power of resilience, good health, the impact of homeownership, volunteerism and all the good things that balance out what has been a challenging time for us all. Thank you for your support!

~Please stay healthy and positive minded~

For details and more information about the Coastal Habitat for Humanity Women Build 5k Run / 2 Mile Walk, please visit the website below or feel free to reach out to me via email at [email protected] or by phone 732-898-4094.

https://secure.frontstream.com/women-build-2021-5k-run-2-mile-walk

We Will Get Through This Together!

Tracey Hall — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 19:24:58 +0000

By Kim Sambade ~

I hope that this finds you and your loved ones well, healthy, safe and always hopeful. It is hard to believe that we are experiencing such unsettling times. We will get through this together. I am proud and so grateful to represent an organization that serves our special Jersey Shore community and to be a vehicle to help those to who wish to give and to volunteer. As we move forward through this year, with some uncertainty ahead, it is our goal to pivot and create new opportunities for supporters to give and connect, as we wish to engage in new and additional ways other than the typical team builds that we are accustomed to hosting.

We look forward to safely resuming our work building together and assisting our homeowners with necessary repairs that they need as we advance through the year, however for now there are still many ways to engage with Coastal Habitat for Humanity safely, effectively and in a way that makes everyone feel comfortable. If you are interested in crafting a volunteer experience please reach out to me. I am encouraging those working from home, youth and anyone who would like to give back to get creative, to collaborate and design experiences to feel connected, safe and giving.

There are many ways that you can join us. Please consider an at-home scavenger hunt to collect items to be donated to our ReStore, plan a virtual run or walk as a way to encourage exercise and perhaps fundraising. Think forward and plan a food or a toy drive, as there is still a need for food in our local community and the holidays may be difficult for so many families. For those who are interested in volunteering on-site, in a small group or as an individual, let’s discuss this too. I am happy to join a Zoom meeting or conference call to speak interactively with you or a team to create an experience that will have impact.

And last but not least, spread the word! Please share our mission and ideas with others. We are our best when we are giving and through difficult times, this is personally and professionally so rewarding. Let’s remember that this is for now, not forever and we will always stand together.

Coastal Habitat for Humanity looks forward to continuing our mission of making sure that everyone has a safe and affordable place to live and take pride in and to making the world a better place. Please stay safe, be kind to yourself and always believe in the good in the world!

Kim Sambade

Director of Event & Volunteer Services

Coastal Habitat for Humanity

1105 Memorial Drive

Asbury Park, New Jersey 07712

Phone – 732-898-4094

https://www.coastalhabitat.org/

Take A Calendar Challenge!

Tracey Hall — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:00:06 +0000

By Kim Sambade ~
Three short weeks ago, I looked at my calendar and I wondered how I was going to survive it. I’m a working mom who had a “to do” on just about every single day through March and April, many in May and some sporadic events sprinkled through the balance of the year, no different than anyone else. I am a dinosaur still married to my paper calendar, as I find that writing my schedule helps my recall. I had all sorts of writing and highlights on it, dentist appointments, work engagements, a doctor’s appointment, meetings etcetera (when is the last time you saw THAT word spelled out, this is what having time on my hands has afforded me, no need for abbreviations,) all great things, but a lot and certainly no different than any other person.

I look at those calendar blocks now as each day passes, and my obligation is no longer. Where I would have been, what I would have been doing and who I would have been doing it with are not taking place. The days have halted and I am now home with my kids. Which in light of current circumstances feels amazing. As a planner, it’s difficult to have surrendered control though. My calendar dictated my existence. At times that was great and other times not so great because free time is not too often.

So now, I started a new calendar, a blank one and it has been quite therapeutic. I have made appointments to facetime loved ones and to exercise more. The events I am planning are phone calls and zoom meetings. My administrative tasks are writing notes to my people, sending texts and messages to remain and feel connected, both personally and professionally. I have scheduled time to meditate. Meetings from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. on a Thursday, are emailing others to make sure they are ok and check on them. My calendar of tasks for now, has just shifted. I have replaced all of the prior engagements with new ones. And I am ok with this, I don’t really think I have a choice, and when that happens, I embrace it!

I ENCOURAGE you to mourn your calendar as you knew it, with all of the great plans that decked it out, because, yes, it is sad, but I CHALLENGE you to rewrite it. Classify your meetings, events and appointments as opportunities and obligations to do good for your loved ones, your pets, your colleagues, your business AND yourself. Set personal and professional goals and write them down. WRITE THEM DOWN! Do it. Writing is powerful and realizing them in ink, will promote success and sanity. It’s old school but we have all paused and we all have the time to do it. Take one week or even one day at a time, whatever feels most comfortable to you.

We are in it together, for now…not forever!

Stay healthy and hopeful!

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Kim Sambade

Director of Event & Volunteer Services

Coastal Habitat for Humanity

1105 Memorial Drive, Asbury Park, NJ 07712