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Meet our New Executive Director: Mark Prokop
World Habitat Day - October 6, 2008
Thank You Alisa Donohue Design
Christmas in August - ReStore Sale
Welcome Home Ostrander Family
Granville Habitat for Humanity is now on MySpace
ReStore Celebrates it's First Year
Granville County HFH meets with Bible Baptist Church

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 18 years. Mark and Betty have been married for 11 years and they have 2 children, Matthew, age 9, and Luke, age 6. 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. The Prokop family 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. Mr. Prokop occasionally picks up food from a local grocery store and delivers it to the State Employees Credit Union (SECU) Family House for their residents to enjoy during their stay. Mr. Prokop also watches the children in the church nursery every Sunday and is a part of St. Thomas More’s Respect Life Committee.

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.

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In recognition of World Habitat Day, October 6, 2008, "A Place to Be", Granville County Habitat for Humanity will address the lack of decent housing around the world, including the need for affordable housing in Granville County.

Read the Press Release.

Visit the official World Habitat Day Site.

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We would like to thank Alisa Donohue Design for creating our new and exciting web site. They did a complete makeover of our site including all new graphics, interactive elements, pages, forms, and much more.

Alisa Donohue Design is a print & media boutique located in New Jersey, but they work with clients all over North America. (Our entire site was done over email!)

Web sites are not all they do. ADD designs and prints everything from invitations to brochures. If you have a personal or business project, we highly recommend them.

Visit Alisa Donohue Design

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For the entire month of August, Granville County Habitat for Humanity will not only be selling brand new building products and used furniture/appliances at their Re-Store, but they will also be selling Christmas items as well. Items that can be purchased in the “Christmas in August” sale include Christmas tree ornaments, indoor/outdoor decorations, lights, and collectibles. The Habitat Re-Store is located at 604 West Industry Drive in Oxford and is open each Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to the general public.

Read the Press Release.

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As of June 1, 2008, a new family will be moving 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 in Stem, North Carolina, which is in the southern part of the county.

Read the Press Release.

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Granville County Habitat for Humanity is now on MySpace!

Click here to visit our page and add us as a friend!

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The Re-Store celebrated it's first year open on June 1, 2008.

Thank you for all for helping to make our ReStore a success.

Click here to visit our ReStore.

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Mark Prokop recently 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 the county.

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