Wilmington's 2010 Turkey Trot

Join Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity for the 2010 Turkey Trot.

Thanksgiving Morning
November 25, 2010
The Loop at Wrightsville Beach Park

You can take part in the Turkey Trot around the Loop (2.4 miles) or Gobbler Family Fun Walk (1 mile).

Registration/Check-in begins 7:30 am and the Run/Walk begins 8:30 am.

The entry fee for Walkers is $15. Runners can register in advace for $20 or register on-site the day of the Turkey Trot for $25. Children 10 & under walk/run free.

Proceeds from this event benefit Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity. Visit the event website at WilmingtonTurkeyTrot.com.

Need more information? Call 910-762-4744 ext. 100 or email info@capefearhabitat.org.

Sea Coast Realty Breaks Ground on New Habitat Home

On Saturday, September 25, 2010, a small crowd gathered in an empty lot on Corbett Street in Wilmington, NC. Despite the early hour, the group was buzzing with excitement, because soon a new Habitat for Humanity home would begin to take shape.

Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty associates, staff, and their families joined with representatives and volunteers from Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity to say prayers and well wishes before the ceremonial first shovels of earth were turned. When the ceremony ended, an army of volunteers armed with shovels, including the homeowner and her daughter, were hard at work digging the footers for the new home.

The new homeowners hope to be in their completed Habitat home by January 2011. The home is sponsored by Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty.


Check out our photos of the occasion on our Facebook photo album.

See news media coverage of the groundbreaking ceremony:

Ceremony today to begin ground breaking of Habitat for Humanity home (Star News)

Mom and daughter break ground for new home (WECT)

Can you dig it - Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty sponsors new Habitat project (Star News)

Huge Indoor Yard Sale to Benefit HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

More than 325 agents & staff at Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty are cleaning out our closets and garages to benefit Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity!

GIANT INDOOR YARD SALE
Saturday, October 2, 2010
7:30am-Noon

894 South Kerr Ave #5
Wilmington, NC 28403
Click here for a map.

It's located in Crossroads Center at the corner of Wilshire Ave. and Kerr Ave., behind Harris Teeter. Just look for the aqua metal roofs.

This huge sale is indoors and air-conditioned, so it's not exactly a "yard sale." However, if you need a yard, we'll be happy to sell you one of those too!

Cash and local checks with ID.

We need your junk!
Want to clean out your closet or garage to benefit Habitat for Humanity too? We're accepting donations at above address Thursday, Sept. 30 (10am-4pm) and Friday, Oct. 1 (10am-1pm). Just back your vehicle up to our doors (look for the orange cones) and we'll be happy to unload your donated items.

Questions? Reach our Wilmington office at (910) 799-3435.

Sea Coast Realty Meets Future Habitat Homeowner

Meet Carol – a single mom and soon-to-be homeowner thanks to Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty, Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, lots of volunteers, and her own hard work.

When she’s not at her full-time healthcare job, you can find Carol earning 250 hours of “Sweat Equity” by working on other Habitat for Humanity homes. “She is a kind, dependable, hard-working lady who truly embodies the Habitat spirit,” said Jane Roberson, Director of Family Services with Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity.

Construction of Carol’s new Corbett Street home is scheduled to begin September 25, 2010. The home is sponsored by Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty and will be dedicated as the “Barbara Birkenheuer House” in honor of the Retired Executive Director of Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity. By sponsoring a Habitat for Humanity home, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty will provide $60,000 in financial support and volunteer labor each week of the home build.

Sea Coast Realty president Tim Milam pledged Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty’s sponsorship of this home at Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity’s 9th Annual Golden Hammer Pledge Breakfast in May 2010. The breakfast marked Executive Director Barbara Birkenheuer’s retirement from Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity after ten years of service. In honor of her leadership, Milam announced that the Habitat home Sea Coast Realty builds will be dedicated as the “Barbara Birkenheuer House.”

Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity helps families work toward the purchase of a home. Habitat constructs quality homes at a significantly lower cost than government or for-profit organizations. That allows it to provide no-interest, 30-year mortgages to qualified families. To help its families succeed, Habitat offers credit counseling, mentoring, and education programs.

Sea Coast Realty has sponsored three other Habitat homes since it began its involvement with Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity in 1997. Sales associates and staff from Sea Coast Realty’s Leland office also helped with construction of a Habitat home in Navassa in January 2010. Russ May, a sales associate from Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty’s Wilmington, N.C. office, is president of the Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors.

“While sponsoring three homes in the Wilmington area, we have learned how valuable homeownership is to those who thought they would never own a home,” said Milam. “I cannot think of a more worthy housing organization.”

Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity is one of 76 Habitat for Humanity affiliates in North Carolina and is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. For more information about Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, please visit capefearhabitat.org.

For more than a decade, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty has been southeastern North Carolina’s largest and best-selling real estate company. It operates ten offices with more than 325 sales associates and staff in New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, & Onslow counties. For more information, please visit SeaCoastRealty.com.

Sea Coast Realty Will Build Habitat for Humanity Home

Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty is pleased to announce that it will begin work this fall on a Habitat for Humanity home. Sea Coast Realty president Tim Milam pledged his company’s sponsorship at Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity’s 9th Annual Golden Hammer Pledge Breakfast held May 25, 2010.

The breakfast marked Executive Director Barbara Birkenheuer’s retirement from Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity after ten years of service. In honor of her leadership, Milam announced that the Habitat home Sea Coast Realty builds will be dedicated as the “Barbara Birkenheuer House.”

By sponsoring a Habitat for Humanity home, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty will provide $60,000 in financial support and volunteer labor each week of the home build. Sea Coast Realty has sponsored three other Habitat homes since it began its involvement with Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity in 1997. Sales associates and staff from Sea Coast Realty’s Leland office also helped with construction of a Habitat home in Navassa in January 2010. Next month, Russ May, a sales associate from Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty’s Wilmington, N.C. office, will become president of the Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors.

“While sponsoring three homes in the Wilmington area, we have learned how valuable homeownership is to those who thought they would never own a home,” said Milam. “I cannot think of a more worthy housing organization.”

Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity is one of 76 Habitat for Humanity affiliates in North Carolina and is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. For more information about Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, please visit capefearhabitat.org

“Raising Walls, Raising Spirits”

Sixteen associates and staff from Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty's Leland, N.C. office recently took time out from selling homes to build one. The real estate professionals joined other volunteers in painting a home for Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity Saturday, January 23, 2010.

Howard Bailey, Julie Bass, Scott Bowser, Bruce Brown, Linda Cline, Peter David, Kari Essig, Brenda Freckleton, Doug Jackson, Linda Killian, Denise Kinney, Peggy McKay, Leslie Morgan, Karen Schwartz, Regina White, and Ophard Willis spent the day painting the primer coat on a new Habitat home in Navassa. They were joined by the homeowner, her family, Lam Nguyen from Alpha Mortgage, their friends and families, and other Habitat for Humanity volunteers.

"Throughout the day, we shared laughs and splattered paint marks on our faces," said Denise Kinney, managing broker of Sea Coast Realty's Leland office. "Volunteering for Habitat for Humanity was an amazing experience. I was so proud to see the Leland office supporting our community by lending a helping hand. We have a great team."

Since 1997, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty has been involved in the construction of several homes for Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity.

"Raising walls, Raising spirits" for Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity are (left to right): FRONT: Julie Bass, Linda Cline, homeowner Carrie, & volunteer Lindsay Bass. BACK: volunteer Stephanie, Peter David, Lam Nguyen of Alpha Mortgage, Peggy McKay, Leslie Morgan, Howard Bailey, volunteer Corey, Bruce Brown, Doug Jackson, volunteer coordinator Julie Hale. Not pictured are: Scott Bowser, Kari Essig, Brenda Freckleton, Linda Killian, Denise Kinney, volunteer Trace McKay, Karen Schwartz, Regina White, volunteer Eddy Wilkinson, and Ophard Willis.