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Music Builds Homes and Communities

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On Friday December 9th at 3pm, Habitat’s New Heights neighborhood will be bustling with even more activity than usual. Following a short speaking program, Warren Haynes will join volunteers, supporters, and future homeowner Melissa Mitchell and her daughters to raise the first wall of their new home, the 2023 Christmas Jam House. This house is special for another reason too; it is 20-year Habitat staffer and Senior Construction Supervisor Kenny Busch’s 100th Asheville Habitat house!

To date, the annual Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam has raised more than $2.7 million for Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, constructing 40+ Habitat homes and helping to pay infrastructure and development costs of entire Habitat neighborhoods.

Future homeowner and Asheville native Melissa Mitchell is thrilled to be able to purchase a new and affordable Green Built Habitat home. Despite steady full-time employment in the healthcare field, Melissa has struggled to find decent housing for her family in the Asheville area, one of the state’s highest cost housing markets. With few options for affordable housing, the Mitchell family has had to sacrifice quality to make ends meet. Melissa has described her current subsidized rental as “shelter,” and looks forward to finally having a place she can call “home.”

With the return of the annual benefit concert, comes the return of Asheville Habitat’s signature volunteer experience, Before the Jam, Lend a Hand. Volunteers from near and far will help build new homes, work on a home repair project, and serve in the Asheville ReStore. Local restaurants including Luella’s BBQ and Mellow Mushroom and will feed the helpers, and Merrell will again sponsor the signature volunteer event.

Asheville Habitat’s Executive Director Andy Barnett noted, “Habitat has been uniquely blessed this year. We are proud to share proceeds of the Christmas Jam with BeLoved Asheville. Working with those facing chronic housing instability, their work is a perfect fit with our vision of a world where everyone has a place to call home.”

Interested in helping the causes that Warren Haynes and The Christmas Jam support? Here are a few suggestions:

  • There are a few Before the Jam volunteer slots available. Click here to see options and register.
  • Donate to Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity online. Select Christmas Jam 23 as Purpose.
  • Attend and participate in a variety of Jam by Day events, including a Toy Drive for BeLoved.
  • Stop by the Habitat tables at The Christmas Jam to say hello, learn about programs, donate $1 to sign a stud wall which will be used in the construction of a Habitat house, and enter a raffle to win a VIP package for the 2023 Christmas Jam!

 

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Before the Jam, Lend a Hand

Get involved with the cause the Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam supports– in a hands on way! There are still “Before the Jam, Lend a Hand” volunteer slots available.

Please consider joining us at our Arden new home construction site, Arden home repair site, or in the ReStore.

Options and sign up info can be found here:  https://ashevillehabitat.volunteerhub.com/

Thanks!

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Christmas Jam Session Ale Release Party

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Join us at Sierra Nevada’s Taproom in Mills River for the release of this years Christmas Jam Session Ale!

Doors open at 6 with live music featuring Selwyn Birchwood at 6:30pm.

$10 suggested donation at the door for Habitat for Humanity.

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30th Annual Christmas Jam

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Christmas Jam is turning 30!  Join Warren Haynes, AAHH and the growing Christmas Jam community for a weekend to remember.

This event has raised more than $2.3M for Asheville Habitat through the years!

Tickets available beginning October 26.

Find the full line up, updates and more at XmasJam.com
Warren Haynes Presents: Christmas Jam 30

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5 House Dedication

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Enjoy an afternoon ice cream followed by a very special celebration dedicating homes to 5 new homeowner families in our Arden Neighborhood:

Local Presbyterian and United Methodist Churches  ~  The Nikita Norris and Regina Hunter Family

Local Interfaith Community / Ed & Patty Prestemon in memory of Jules and Eleanor Deyden   ~  The Lindsay Parrott Family

Maccie’s Place  ~  The Melania Moyski Family

The House that Beer Built  ~  The Karen Chrisman Family

The W&S Charitable Foundation with proceeds from the Annual Christmas Jam with Warren Haynes and Stefani Scamardo  ~  The Shaneise Hutchinson Family

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Drivin’ N Cryin’ Concert and Christmas Jam Session Ale Release Party

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Come celebrate Christmas Jam Session Ale, Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, and Warren Haynes’ 29th Annual Christmas Jam in Sierra Nevada’s High Gravity Room on November 9th at 7 pm. Christmas Jam veteran Kevn Kenny will bring his band Drivin’ N Cryin’ for a free concert to help us celebrate! Doors open at 5 pm.

Concert is free and donations to Habitat are welcome!

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Warren Haynes Presents: The 29th Annual Christmas Jam

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We are thrilled to, again, be the non-profit partner of this amazing benefit concert, the Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam! Thank you Warren Haynes and Stefani Scamardo for your commitment to affordable housing and for sharing the belief that everyone deserves a decent place to live.

“Warren Haynes‘ 29th Annual Christmas Jam is once again taking over Asheville, NC’s U.S. Cellular Center on December 9, 2017, where an incredible line-up of artists will take the stage in Haynes’ hometown benefitting the Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity. This year’s line-up will feature Gov’t Mule, who will be joined by Ann Wilson of Heart as a special guest, Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB, The Avett Brothers, Les Bros. (Jaimoe, Marc Quiñones, Jack Pearson, Lamar Williams Jr., Bruce Katz & more), Blackberry Smoke, with special guests Jake Shimabukuro, Holly Bowling, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, Kevn Kinney, Mike Barnes, and more!”

For more information, including ticket purchases and updates, visit http://www.xmasjam.com.

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Christmas Jam House Wall Raising

Join us as we celebrate with Warren Haynes and his family, Before the Jam, Lend a Hand volunteers, sponsors, community well-wishers, and the future Habitat homeowner family! There will be a short speaking program, followed by the raising of the first wall.

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28th Annual Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam

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The Christmas Jam is a one-of-a-kind music marathon that has raised more than $2 million for Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity. This year’s show, which includes Gov’t Mule, the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Michael McDonald, Jamey Johnson + Alison Krauss and The Last Waltz Band, and many more, has already sold out. We are eternally grateful for Warren’s ongoing commitment to affordable housing, Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity and the families we serve.

Didn’t get tickets to this year’s Christmas Jam? You can still enjoy Jam by Day.

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Hudson Hills is complete!

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“I come home each day through the street filled with smiling children on bikes, playing on the sidewalks and shooting baskets through hoops. I come home to people visiting and sharing and laughing and smiling on their porches or walking their babies or puppy dogs. I come home to a sanctuary. A place filled with so much love. Hudson Hills Soulshine.”
~ Rhonda, Habitat homeowner

Successful affordable housing initiatives require the partnership of many constituent groups – public, private and municipalities. Last week, we celebrated the completion of our most recent neighborhood, Hudson Hills. It was made possible with the support of the City of Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, the W&S Foundation (through Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam), and many local businesses, individuals, faith partners, and foundations. Funding was also provided by Habitat homeowner mortgage payments and ReStore proceeds. And in addition to funding, thousands of community volunteers – alongside future homeowners – built these homes.

House sponsor representatives presented ceremonial keys to the last six homes in the neighborhood, among a sea of children and large group of well-wishers. Executive Director Andy Barnett pointed out that three of the program participants have dedicated their careers to affordable housing: Bill Dowse from NCHFA (North Carolina Housing Finance Agency); Lew Kraus and Joan Cooper who recently retired from Asheville Area Habitat; and Jeff Staudinger, the City of Asheville’s Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development. Leadership from affordable housing advocates like these three, coupled with diverse funding partnerships, dedicated volunteers,  and future homeowner participation has proven time and again to be a recipe for a successful Habitat community.

With the strong foundation provided by decent and affordable homes, 24 more local families now have the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build a better future for themselves. With a decent place to live and an affordable mortgage, these homeowners can save more, invest in the future, pursue opportunities, and have more stability. THANK YOU to everyone who helped us build Hudson Hills, a beautiful community of decent, affordable, energy-efficient houses, that are being turned into homes.

To see photos from the October 14th dedication event, please click here.

To see a short video produced by Buncombe County TV, click here.

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