• A $400 minimum (20 people x $20 person) is acceptable and is the same as for the Allentown Club
• Private conference style room set up with round tables of 8 people each
• A table at the entrance for the Sergeant at Arms.
• The installed AV equipment is professional grade and sports two projection screens
• Food, beverages set up at the back of the room furnished from the cafeteria kitchen across the hallway from the conference room.
• Lavatories nearby
• Entire campus is ADA compliant meaning that no stairs are required to enter or move about any of the buildings. Elevators from the ground floor.
• Walkway from the parking lot to the building is flat and macadam.
• There are 4 parking spaces in front of the building for mobility challenged individuals
  
  On this basis we are contracting for 1 month (two meetings) to try out the venue. It is available under contract for periods of as long as 1 year at a time.

Recently some of our members attended a presentation arranged by former AWRC President Amir Famili and led by Habitat for Humanity Alli Ingram, Director of Marketing & Resource Development. Alli gave an informative and heartfelt talk describing Habitat for Humanity’s beginnings in Atlanta, GA. She explained how she had worked in the ReStore and came to her present position from there, which she said has many challenges but even greater rewards, especially when it comes time to hand over the keys to a family.

She told a story of how one of Habitat’s family members came to need medical care, and the family explained that she was a Habitat for Humanity volunteer and to treat her with special care. The Doctor replied that he certainly would—having been a Habitat for Humanity kid himself. Alli pointed out how this demonstrated how generational change can manifest when a family has a chance to get ahead through hard work and a helping hand.

Alli spoke about Habitat for Humanity’s track record of building 133 homes for hard-working, disadvantaged families. She also said that they are poised to begin work on 56 homes in Easton, the largest effort to date in the Lehigh Valley. They will need money and volunteers.

Amir Famili also spoke about the rewards that this simple and noble service brings. Amir is the go-to in our club for those who wish to volunteer at Habitat for Humanity and has himself been a longtime volunteer. It was a cold day, but one remark that both Alli and Amir echoed was that whether it was working outside on a scaffold or on a frigid day handing over the keys, both felt the kind of warmth that comes from within. AWRC has collected donations from our member to purchase Giant gift cards for the new families that will be moving into the homes seen above.

Get in touch with Amir to become a volunteer.