.A Day Out with Thomas 2009

Habitat for Humanity is once again providing volunteers for the Thomas the Tank Engine Event at the Illinois Railway Museum.  We need 300 volunteers to help with all aspects of annual event.   Jobs include parking lot guide, ticket sales, Thomas store, story telling, video attendant/imagination station, crossing guards, line attendants, car hosts and more.  Volunteers will receive free parking and lunch. 

Not only is a Day Out With Thomas a lot of fun, but it is a fundraiser for Northern Fox Valley.  Habitat partners with the museum by supplying volunteers and in turn, the museum makes a generous donation for every hour of volunteer work contributed.  Monies raised are used to support our building program.  Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older, great group event.

The 2009 dates for Thomas are: Friday August 14th, Saturday August 15th, Sunday August 16th, Saturday August 22nd and Sunday August 23rd. 

To sign up... go to our Volunteer Now page and look for your preferred date and assignment or email connie.kitzinger@hfhnfv.org.

To see available assignments by day (they fill up fast)  click here.

Each day we need:

Volunteer Coordinator:  Welcomes volunteers and helps them find their work location

Ticket Sales:  Sell Event Day Tickets

Admission:   Collect tickets

Crossing Guard:  Our safety crew  manages the railway crossing

Train Service:  Help them board Thomas and ride the train to monitor guests

Tattoo Artist:  Apply temporary tattoos.

Store Clerk: Sales clerk and keep the shelves filled.

Story Teller:  Read Thomas stories to Thomas’ fans

Thomas Photo Line:  Direct Thomas fans to have their picture taken with Thomas

Sir Topham Hat Photo Line:  Direct Thomas fans to have their picture taken with Sir Topham Hat

Floater:  Help where you are needed

Dream Builder's Soirée IV

Was held March 14 at Geimer's Green House.  Our goal, to raise money for our first 'Green' home construction project.  The event was allot of work, allot of fun and a great success from:

the efforts of our dedicated volunteer team to getting the venue ready for the event,

to seeing the greenhouse being transformed into a dining venue,

 and watching our guest have a great time.   

We want to thank, our Event Planning team, Geimer's Green house in Long Grove for a spectacular setting, Chef Zee from Artistic Cuisine in Palatine for an international dining extravaganza, our sponsors and everyone who attended.

Spring Walk-a-Thon... 2009..2010

Our 2009 Walk-a-Thon took place on Feb 28, our 2010 event will be on Feb 27,2010, mark your organization's calendar, and contact Connie Kitzinger, our volunteer coordinator at (847) 836-1432 to get details and register your team.   The event will run from 8:00 to 10:00 AM at Spring Hill Mall.  The purpose is to raise local awareness of the Habitat for Humanity work in our area and help fund our construction program.  Each participant  will receive a t-shirt and there will be a trophy presented to the team that  raises the most money to support our 2010 build program.  The event is open to anyone who would like to use this opportunity to support HFHNFV.   

Our 2009 winner, the Elgin High School Maroons; showing school pride and dedication to the community. 

Help us build homes and change lives again next year.

Earth Day comes to HFHNFV

We support a number of special events including special opportunities to support our build sites.  Details are on the Events & Classes Page.  One event brought Earth Day to NFV when Sebert Landscaping of Bartlett brought their landscaping passion  to our homes on Lincoln.  Their team graded the property, planted trees and bushes and put down sod and seed. 

Thanks for your dedication!