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An amazing project that began on a clear spring morning was completed just a few months later on a muggy August afternoon: ADFAC’s 25th Anniversary House.

This unique home, the result of a historic partnership between UT-Battelle and ADFAC, was built using over 950 hours of volunteer labor from 78 ORNL employees. Taking place over 5 Saturdays, the volunteers constructed the framing, flooring and walls as well as planted dozens of plants, shrubs and trees on the property. Additional

New home built by Team UT-Battelle marks ADFAC’s 25th anniversaryconstruction support was provided by Chr is Lane Construction.

The 1,000 square foot home, with 3 bedrooms and 1 ½ bathrooms, is ENERGY STAR certified t o e n s u r e l o w e r energy consumption. In fact, this home is the best rated ENERGY STAR home ADFAC has completed to date!

The new homeowner is Carly Gilbert, a long-time Oak Ridge resident and first-time homebuyer. Carly, who works in early childhood education

and is expecting her first child in October, had a hands-on experience in the construction

of her new home. On the first week of the build, Carly was on site beside the dozens of Team UT-Battelle volunteers, helping to hammer nails and

measure lumber. Carly also worked with ADFAC’s staff to choose paint and siding colors, fixture styles and other design elements of the home.

The home was dedicated on August 30th, with well over three dozen in attendance.

Speakers at the ceremony included Thom Mason, ORNL Director, Tom Beehan, Oak Ridge Mayor and ADFAC board member and Rick Morrow, Director of the United Way of Anderson County.

After the dedication ceremony, Carly was led into one of the bedrooms in her new home, where employees of UT-Battelle had pitched in to outfit a nursery for Carly’s baby. Complete with a crib, sheets and blankets, a changing table, hamper, clothing, diapers and baby toys, the jungle-themed room is definitely ready for its

Mark your calendars - Feed the Need is October 15 - 19!ADFAC’s 6th annual Feed the Need event is less than a month away! Please see the enclosed list for a schedule of participating restaurants. A huge thank you to our event sponsors: WBIR Channel 10, B97.5, Oak Ridger, SAIC, TNBank, UT-Battelle, Assurance Center, Courier-News,

Downtown Hardware, Enrichment FCU, J & M’s Butcher Shop, Holman’s, Mortgage Investors Group, Oak Ridge Observer & ORNL FCU.

soon-to-be occupant!O t h e r p a r t n e r s w h o contributed to ADFAC’s 25th Anniversary House include the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Second Harvest Food Bank and several churches, businesses and individuals who provided food or other support for the volunteers who constructed the home.

We are sincerely grateful to all who played a role in this historic and special project. Thank YOU for making the ADFAC 25th House possible - and for making it wonderful!

25th Anniversar y Celebration

Monday, October 8 • 5:30 - 7:30First Presbyterian Church, Oak Ridge

featuring

Catering by Buddy’s BBQMt. LeConte Jug Band

Raffle • Auction • Balloon Art • and more!This fun & family-friendly event is free, but we request that you

please make reservations if you plan to attend (and we hope you do).To RSVP, contact Jamie at adfacjamie@bellsouth.net

or 425-0256 x 108.

School Supplies program serves over 1,400 students

Are YOU ready to win?

With thanks to generous support from our community, ADFAC’s School Supplies program served 1,456 students this year!

Students had the opportunity to visit the School Supply room, where they could pick the backpack of their choice and the color and style of the supplies. ADFAC uses lists provided by the school systems to ensure students receive exactly what they need for their particular school and grade.

While the need for basic school supplies is a sobering re m i n d e r o f t h e to u g h economic times faced by hundreds of local families, we are heartened by the response of the community to meet this important need.

Volunteers came from across the area to support the effort, including dozens from B&W Y-12, ORAU and Boy Scout Troop 42. Over 100 local individuals provided financial support and/or donations

tsThe quarterly newsletter of Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties Fall Edition • September 2012

Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian CountiesPost Office Box 5953 • Oak Ridge, TN 37831

(865) 425-0256 • www.adfac.org

Celebrating 25 years of neighbors helping neighbors

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of supplies, and dozens of churches, businesses and civic groups worked to make sure the youth of our area arrived at school prepared and ready to learn.

Grants from Altrusa/Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary, the Aslan Foundation, Safeco Insurance and Variety of Eastern Tennessee helped to purchase many of the new supplies which put the wonderful smiles on the faces of so many children.

A sincere thank you to all who support this program, and also to program coordinator Doris Doherty and the entire Social Services staff for working countless hours to make it all possible.

Two of the highlights of ADFAC’s 25th Anniversary Celebration on Monday, October 8th are a raffle and a live auction - both of which promise to bring the elements of surprise, luck and excitement to the event!

For several months, the 25th Anniversary Committee has been working with local businesses, clubs and individuals to put together some fantastic donated prizes for the raffle and auction. There’s something for everyone!

The prizes are still being organized, and a partial l ist is included below. For the most up-to-date information and photos of the prizes, please visit www.adfac.org/raffle.htmlTickets for the raffle are $5 each, and an order form

and envelope are included in this newsletter. Tickets can also be purchased via ADFAC’s web site and on the night of the event itself, if tickets are still available. The raffle and the auction will begin at approximately 6:30 on the night of the 25th Anniversary Celebration.For the raffle, you need not be present to win.

Because all of the prizes are donated, the raffle has the potential to raise $5,000 to directly support ADFAC’s work in the community, and the live auction can bring in even more! We hope you will try your luck to win one of these great prizes - which would not only be a win for you, but for the thousands served by ADFAC each year!

• Bass Pro Shops

basket • Basket of Knowledge• Cat & Dog care baskets • Framed, signed &

numbered artwork - “Sloppy Joe’s Bar”

• Fairy Garden planter• Knitting basket• Massage basket• Pottery by Bill

Capshaw• 2-night stay at Oak

Hill Cabin• “Vera & Vino” totes

A sneak peek at some of the donors and prizes for the raffle & auction:

adfac.org/raffle.html

You just can’t miss the smiles on the faces of these two girls! Both received new backpacks and supplies through ADFAC’s School Supplies program.

Grand BenefactorAnonymousB & W Y-12 EmployeesJohn Kelsey

BenefactorCrystal SchrofPaula K. Van SlykeBill & Jeanie Wilcox

Grand SponsorMary Lou DaughertyJoe MarshallJim & Susan MillerORAU EmployeesRufus RitchieDavid Stanley, MDWoy Family

SponsorAnonymous (1)Beverly & James BaumanTom Beehan & Kay BrookshireSara BensonDonald J. Cipriano, Jr.Kenny & Gail CookChuck & Nancy Ann CoutantBetty & Michael DaleyLola DowdellMike & Charlotte FriendDr. & Mrs. Jim HenryJim & Fretta HiltonDiana JacobsonMavia Joy JusticeHelen KapralDorothy KellerJeff & Nancy KileRalph KinnamonShirley KnightAddison KoellaJim & Carol LyonPenny LukinWayne & Paulette MissagiaChet & Jane MorrisTim & Teresa MyrickSteven & Michelle PawelLois & Dick PhilipponeRobert L. Pryor, DDSKarleen RichterBill & Anna RobinsonEmily RuckartJames & Mildred ScottWesley Singer, DDSCarolyn & Julian SteinLeslie S. WellsRobert & Gwendolyn Wendt

ContributorAnonymous (1)Marty Adler-JasnyMr. & Mrs. W. L. Beck, Jr.Michael BradshawRobert & Mareta Browell

Corporate ContributorCitizens First Bank

George & Lucy CagleyJo CogswellMary Ann DavidsonSteven DrevikJohnnie GaryLarry & Janette GreeneDon & Jeanie GregoryTerrell HorneElizabeth JohnsonJane KarlsonRaymond KendallElsie KnokeDorothy D. LevinLinda MannDave MasonJohn & Evelyn McKamyBob & Jane MeyerLee & Gerry MorrisDavid & Ella MowrerNorman & Maryann MulvenonGerry & Carol O’FarrellElizabeth PeaseMargaret PharesJoyce PhillipsPat PowellDonald & Delores ShanerBear StephensonKurt & Catherine Warmbrod

MemberAnonymousEva H. AndrewsJ. L. & Bobbie ArrowoodDiana & Bob BagguleyAlex & Jane BoernerElinor & Lloyd BrownEdith ButlerMary CarpenterPatricia CoxAllen & Susan EkkebusEleanor & Charles GreenJane Green Margaret GregoryMichael & Katherine GuerinDean & Eileen HartleyDorothy JonesKimberly W. KeckClifton & Judith KellyMartin & Anne McBrideKathleen MihalczoBarbara MoonDavid & Ella MowrerWallace Hynds & Carol MullBarbara NeillDavid & Kathy OlsenStephen & Ruby PageMary Kerr PigeonSusan PotterCindy RossMrs. Billy SmithTony & Carlene StewartBill & Ouida SteinkampMarjorie L. Swenson

Amy T. TamuraPhillip & Cathy WallacePeter D. WhiteSusan WhitneyJohn & Ulilla WitherspoonJ. F. WingSue WiseCalvin WrightIona WyattNeil James YoungNorval Ziegler

Churches & OrganizationsAltrusaCentral Baptist ChurchClinton Civitan ClubEpiscopal Appalachian MinistriesFaith Bible FellowshipFirst Baptist Church

Friendship ClassGolden Circle Class

First Christian Church First Cumberland Presbyterian

ChurchFirst United Methodist Church

Fully Alive SS ClassGenesian ClassHomemaking Circle

Grace Covenant ChurchJane L. Pettway FoundationMt. Pisgah Baptist ChurchOak Ridge Associated UniversitiesOak Valley Baptist ChurchRobertsville Baptist ChurchSt. Joseph Council of Catholic WomenSt. Mary’s ChurchSt. Stephen’s Episcopal ChurchSunset Rotary Club of Oak RidgeTaoist Tai Chi Society of the USA –

Oak Ridge BranchUnited Church - Chapel on the HillWest Village Christian Church

Honorary ContributionsIn honor of Jim Bailey

Pat PowellIn honor of Jeff Kile

Robertsville Middle SchoolIn honor of Camille Mauk-Olson

RMS Interact Club

Memorial ContributionsIn memory of George Kidd -

Jim & Jackie BallTom Beehan & Kay BrookshireBill & Debbie BostickThe Bowers FamilyMary Lou DaughertyJohn & Marion McGaughMaryann & Norman MulvenonJanice & John RamseyMurray and Mimi Rosenthal

In-Kind Donations (School Supplies and/or Pantry Items)

AltrusaAnna’s Book ClubB & W Y-12CASAClinton Civitan ClubFaith Lutheran ChurchFirst Baptist ChurchFirst Christian ChurchFirst United Methodist Church

Homemaking CircleGrace Covenant ChurchGrace Lutheran ChurchIAAPKern Memorial United Methodist

ChurchFriendship Class

Jewish Congregation of Oak RidgeNew York Avenue Church of ChristOak Ridge Alliance ChurchORAU Employees’ ClubScarboro Church of ChristSt. Stephen’s Episcopal Church - DOKTaoist Tai Chi Society of the USA –

Oak Ridge BranchWest Village Christian ChurchWilliams Small GroupY-12 Federal Credit Union

Amy ButcherJohanna CandlerSonya ColandroAnnie D’AzevedoNancy DeleneKaren EatonEsther HalliwellBill IsselHelen KapralNorma LutonDonna MosbyAnn PendergrassJane PeplowKate PorterPatricia ReussMalcolm Theisen

As mentioned in the last two issues of ADFACts, we are now recognizing all donors in our newsletter. The list in this issue is especially large, thanks in part to the dozens of individuals and families who responded to ADFAC’s School Supplies program. We appreciate the support of each of you!

Members and Friends of ADFACdonations received from 6/2/2012 - 9/7/2012

If we have omitted or misspelled your name, if you would like future donations to be anonymous, or if you

would like more information on becoming an Individual or Corporate Member of ADFAC, please contact Jamie at 425-

0256 ext. 108 or adfacjamie@bellsouth.net.