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Hannah Faith Partners with GCHFHBelk Charity Day!
Volunteer at The ReStore
New ReStore Hours
ReStore Hires a New Administrator
Meet our New Executive Director: Mark Prokop
World Habitat Day - October 5, 2009
Welcome Home Ostrander Family
ReStore Celebrates it's Third Year
Granville County HFH meets with Bible Baptist Church
Hannah Faith Partners with GCHFH
Oxford, NC, 4/9/10 – Faith is the confident belief or trust in the truth or trustworthiness of a person, concept or thing. It is an important word that is heard throughout the world, whether in churches or in organizations like Habitat for Humanity. But Granville County Habitat for Humanity (GCHFH) has its own version of faith.
GCHFH is teaming up with Hannah Faith, a nine year old girl from Oxford whose parents are Zaye and Melonie Brewer. Hannah is a Christian Country artist who released her first single to radio in January 2010. She even has a CD where a portion of the money from the sale of her CD will be given to GCHFH so the next Habitat home can be built in Oxford. The cost of the CD is $10.00. Call 919.691.5053 to purchase it. Hannah even has a website, which is www.hannahfaith.com.
Belk Charity Day!
The Spring 2010 Belk Charity Day is scheduled for
May 1st from 6am-10am. This event is a
unique way for organizations to raise money and for
Belk to give back to the community. Participating
organizations will recieve fliers and tickets (free of
charge) for an additional 20%-50% off at all Belk
stores. These tickets will be sold for $5 dollars
each. 100% of proceeds from ticket sales goes
directly to organization who sells them. The
customer, in return, receives the additional discount
on their purchases as well as $5 off their first
purchase. Purchasers of the $5.00 tickets can go to
any Belk store between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. The
closest Belk store is in Henderson, NC but there
are Belk stores in Roanoke Rapids, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Zebulon, Cary, Rocky Mount, Wilson, and Burlington, NC, AND in Virginia, in Danville and South Boston.
Click Here to find Belk stores near you. Ask your local store about the "Early Bird Specials"
Volunteer at The ReStore
The Re-Store is always looking for volunteers to
help out on Tuesdays and Thursdays (from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.), and Saturdays (from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.). If you are
interested in volunteering or have any questions 
about the Re-Store, pleas contact our Re-Store
Administrator, Phil Hanny at
granvillerestore@embarqmail.com. We invite
retirees, church groups, businesses, and
community members to join together and
consistently manage the Re-Store on another
weekday so we can serve the general public even
better.
New ReStore Hours
The Re-Store is open on most Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. and on most Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Also, it’s a good idea to call 919.693.5694 and
make sure the Re-Store is open.
Learn more about the ReStore here.
Re-Store hires a Re-Store Administrator
On October 15, 2009, Granville County Habitat for Humanity Re-Store hired a new Re-Store Administrator. His name is Phil Hanny. Phil was born and raised in Delaware. In 2007, Phil and his wife moved to Henderson, NC. Since then, he has done home repair for a living. Granville County Habitat for Humanity welcomes
Phil to the Habitat family. Executive Director 
Mark Prokop is very excited to have Phil
around. “Phil has done a wonderful job and has
made a huge impact in the short time that he has
been the Re-Store Administrator.” Phil is happy to be here and looks forward to many years managing the Re-Store. If you have any questions about the Re-Store, Phil can be reached via email at granvillerestore@embarqmail.com
Meet our New Executive Director
On April 15, 2008, Granville County Habitat for 
Humanity welcomed a new Executive Director. His name is Mark Prokop.
Mr. Prokop was born in Silver Spring , Maryland in
1964. He is the 4th of 6 children. He grew up in
Darnestown, Maryland. After graduating from
Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, MD,
Mr. Prokop attended Frostburg State College in
Frostburg, MD. He graduated in 1986 with a major
in Accounting and minors in both Business and
Computer Science. After graduation, he worked as
an accountant and also attended Bowie State
University in Bowie, MD. There he received a Graduate Certificate in Management Information Systems.
In July 1993, Mr. Prokop moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina where he worked at UNC-Chapel Hill (UNC). In 1995, while working at UNC, he met a woman which turned out to be his future wife, Betty Jo Warner. Betty has been an Oncology nurse at Duke Hospital for 20 years. Mark and Betty have been married for 13 years and they have 2 children, Matthew, age 11, and Luke, age 8. Betty also plays softball and has been a team leader for the Durham County Relay for Life for over 10 years. Mr. Prokop and his family currently live in Chapel Hill, NC.
Mr. Prokop and his family attend St. Thomas More Catholic Church which is also located in Chapel Hill. Mr. Prokop is very active in their church and their community. Every eight weeks, Mr. Prokop donates blood at the American Red Cross. Once a month on Sunday afternoons, Mr. Prokop visits sick patients at UNC Hospitals. At St. Thomas More, Mr. Prokop also teaches the Pre-K Sunday School class, watches children in the church nursery, is a part of the Respect Life Committee and a member of the Knights of Columbus (Council 10910). Mr. Prokop also helps coach his son's baseball and basketball teams.
After leaving UNC in 2001, Mr. Prokop accepted an Accounting job at a Durham non-profit. Since then, he has directed two Triangle non-profits before coming to Granville County to direct the local Habitat for Humanity in Oxford.
If you are interested in having Executive Director Mark Prokop speak about Granville County Habitat for Humanity at your group's next meeting, then please contact him at 919.693.5694 or email him at granvillehabitat@embarqmail.com.
World Habitat for Humanity Day
In recognition of World Habitat Day, October 5,
2009, "It All Starts At Home", Granville County Habitat for
Humanity will address the lack of decent housing
around the world, including the need for affordable
housing in Granville County.
Visit the official World Habitat Day Site.
Welcome Home Ostrander Family!
On July 4, 2008, a new family moved into a
new Granville County Habitat for Humanity home.The
Ostrander family is the 8th family to move into a home
in Granville County since Habitat started there in 1992.
Their new home is located between Oxford and Stem, North Carolina, which is in the southern part of the county.
ReStore Celebrates It's Third Year
The Re-Store will be celebrating it's third year open on June 1, 2010. Since the ReStore first opened in 2007, GCHFH has diverted over $200,000 of merchandise from local/regional landfills.
Thank you to everyone for helping to make our ReStore a success.
Click here to visit our ReStore.
Granville County Meets with
Bible Baptist Church
In 2008, Mark Prokop met with Keith Howze, Youth
Pastor of Bible Baptist Church, to provide
information on the work that Granville County
Habitat for Humanity provides to the citizens of Granville County.