Hosanna Industries Brings Hope to Homewood

Hosanna Industries bringing hope to Homewood

Local Nonprofit Mission to Lead Volunteers in Five Day Blitz

PITTSBURGH, PA- During the week of August 12 through August 16, Hosanna Industries will lead over 100 volunteers to "blitz build" a house in the Homewood community of Pittsburgh. Hosanna Industries' "blitz builds" are made possible with volunteer labor, donated and discounted materials and a uniquely organized building method which compresses the average length of construction to less than five days . This rehab blitz will include a complete interior renovation of all three floors and the basement. Floors will be resurfaced, plaster repaired, plumbing upgraded, electrical retrofitted, walls painted, and new kitchens and bathrooms installed.

The renovated home will become an at-risk youth center and a vital part of the Homewood Renaissance Association. The house, located on Idlewild Street, is intended to be a safe haven for children in the Homewood community. Homewood Renaissance plans to have many programs in this rehabilitated facility, including after school homework help and meals.

The Hosanna staff, made up of nine women and three men, is experienced and skilled in construction. They will lead over 100 volunteers who are mostly unskilled in the construction trades. Many of the volunteers for this project will be from Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church.

Some of the workers during this week are a part of Hosanna Industries' Trade Skill Learning Center. The students, mostly from Homewood, started learning the construction trades in January at Hosanna's campus. The program in total is three years long with a graduation goal to produce responsible professional builders. The students are also a part of the Homewood Renaissance's "All 4 Life" multi-faceted program.

The house will be dedicated with a short ceremony on Friday, August 16 at noon. At that time, visitors are welcome to tour the completed house.

Contact: Amanda M. Becker, office phone 724-770-0262, cell phone 412-559-7062, or emailamanda@hosannaindustries.org

About Hosanna Industries: Hosanna Industries, Inc. is a faith-rooted, 501 (c)3 non-profit organization in southwestern Pennsylvania. The mission includes new construction and repair/rehabilitation services for low income homeowners; leading volunteers in disaster recovery; and training young people in the trade skills to give them a hope for the future. Its typical single client household in 2012 made less than $13,000 a year. Since its founding in 1990 Hosanna Industries has provided nearly fifty million dollars worth of charitable work to the community for less than fourteen million dollars. It depends on the generosity of others to complete its work. For more information please visit www.hosannaindustries.org.

About Homewood Renaissance Association: The mission of Homewood Renaissance Association is to improve the quality of life for community residents by creating critical need programs and aligning and enhancing the efforts of other area organizations. The nonprofit is dedicated to closing the poverty gap in Homewood and working to affect the areas that bring positive long term systemic change by collaborating with others. Homewood Renaissance Association was formed by the House of Manna church as a response to voiced community concerns. Supported by committed volunteers from churches in the Pittsburgh area, they are advancing change through integrating the services of non-profit partners. For more information please visit www.homewoodrenaissance.org.
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Amanda M. Becker
Hosanna Industries, Inc.

109 Rinard Lane Rochester, PA 15074
Office: 724-770-0262 * Cell: 412-559-7062 * Fax: 724-770-0266
www.hosannaindustries.org

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Hosanna Industries to Teach Trade Skills

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Hosanna Industries to Teach Much Needed Trade Skills

Trade Skills, Business Ethics, and Entrepreneurship Taught by Local Nonprofit Mission

NEW SEWICKLEY, PA- Hosanna Industries, Inc. has recognized the need for vocational training, and is excited to meet the needs of young people in the community by providing them with a practical learning experience. The Terrell Trade Skill Learning Center is very relevant to what Hosanna has always done in that they constantly train unskilled volunteers to do meaningful work.

"The mission is being guided on an amazing path," says Reverend Dr. Donn D. Ed, Executive Director of Hosanna Industries. "It is becoming increasingly well-known in our region and throughout the nation, that there is a mounting and severe lack of skilled labor in the American workforce. We see an impending crisis developing in which work will need to be done and few people will be available with the proper skills needed to accomplish that work. We want to have a positive impact upon that impending development by training and acclimating unskilled young people in our area toward this opportunity that can have a great and positive impact upon the American culture and upon their individual vocational pathways."

Nine students, eight of which are from Homewood in Pittsburgh, are enrolled in classes which started this month. Classes meet three times a week for ten weeks per semester. The whole program is designed to be three years in length and promises to produce the most knowledgeable and highly trained skilled new labor pool in our area complete with a solid understanding of professionalism, appropriate behaviors and decorum in the workplace, and a rigorous work ethic.

This first semester they are learning nomenclature, what a builder is, basic building principles, tools, and framing. Each semester from then on has a different focus including but not limited to drywall, electrical, roofing, masonry, flooring, plumbing, and running your own contracting business.

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn," said Benjamin Franklin. The students attend class from 9-12pm in the classroom setting, and then from 1-3pm in practical instruction using the tools that Hosanna has provided them.

The trade skill learning center program is being run by Hosanna's Executive Director and mission workers. The other work of Hosanna including the rehab program for local impoverished homeowners, construction of affordable homes, and disaster relief, will continue.

The Terrell Trade Skill Learning Center is located on Hosanna's campus in New Sewickley Township. The facility will also house industrial and visual art classes for homeschooled students, Saturday seminars to teach basic home maintenance, and training opportunities for church mission trips.

Contact: Amanda M. Becker, office phone 724-770-0262, cell phone 412-559-7062, or email amanda@hosannaindustries.org

About Hosanna Industries: Hosanna Industries, Inc. is a faith-rooted, 501 (c)3 non-profit organization in southwestern Pennsylvania. The mission includes new construction and repair/rehabilitation services for low income homeowners; leading volunteers in disaster recovery; and training young people in the trade skills to give them a hope for the future. Their typical single client household in 2012 made less than $13,000 a year. Since their founding in 1990 Hosanna Industries has provided nearly fifty million dollars worth of charitable work to the community for less than fourteen million dollars. Hosanna Industries depends on the generosity of others to complete their work. For more information please visit www.hosannaindustries.org.

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Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates.  Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping.  Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work 'on' their business rather than 'in' their business.  www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh