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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:#FAFBFC'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:#FAFBFC'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:#FAFBFC'>Affordable Housing Advocates, Bike and Build, Stop in Missoula to Volunteer with<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:#FAFBFC'> Local Habitat for Humanity Affiliate <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:#FAFBFC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:#FAFBFC'>31 members of the Bike and Build organization will be bicycling into Missoula Monday, July 29<sup>th</sup> and building on Tuesday, July 30<sup>th</sup> at two Habitat for Humanity of Missoula projects on Burlington Avenue in the Franklin to Fort Neighborhood as well as helping at our ReStore in East Missoula.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:#FAFBFC'>Bike & Build engages young adults in service-oriented cycling trips to raise money and awareness for the affordable housing cause. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Habitat for Humanity of Missoula (HFHM) has teamed up with the Bike & Build organization for the last decade to help complete Habitat homes. The group of cyclists will volunteer at a total of 14 build sites across the country during their Central U.S. trip which started in Yorktown, VA on May 29<sup>th</sup> and will conclude in Portland, OR on August 12<sup>th</sup>, an approximately 4000-mile journey. The Central U.S. route is one of four Bike & Build routes taking place this summer across the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Each participant is required to spend numerous hours volunteering on a local build site and raise a minimum of $5,000 in order to make the trip. The organization’s requirements give trip participants knowledge on affordable housing efforts before embarking on their cycling trips. In addition, the Bike & Build organization provides grant funds to participating organizations around the country, including HFHM. Bike & Build’s partnership with Habitat has been extremely valuable in continuing to eliminate poverty housing in the Missoula community and with other Habitat affiliates throughout Montana.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The HFHM Community partners include St. Paul Lutheran Church, who provides all the group meals and St. Anthony Catholic Church, who provides the lodging for the Bike & Build team. The cyclists will work at the build site of two Habitat homes, 2219 & 2220 Burlington Avenue on Tuesday, July 30<sup>th</sup> as well as the Habitat ReStore located at 3655 MT Hwy 200 East. The two groups will converge at the Build Site on Burlington at lunch, which is being donated by Noodles and Company and members of First United Methodist Church. An evening banquet will follow Tuesday’s build day at </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>St. Paul Lutheran Church. The evening includes a program in which the cyclists</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> share their trip experience with attendees in addition to answering questions about the Bike & Build organization. The general public is invited to attend this free program beginning at 6:45pm on Tuesday, July 30<sup>th</sup> at St. Paul Lutheran Church, located at 202 Brooks Street in Missoula. The cyclists will then depart in the morning of Wednesday, July 31<sup>st</sup> to continue on their journey via Lolo Pass.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information:</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Hannah McDaniel, Habitat </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Communications & Grants Director: 549-8210, hannah@habitatmsla.org</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Frankie Feinstein, Habitat Volunteer Coordinator: 207-5733, </span><a href="mailto:frankie@habitatmsla.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>frankie@habitatmsla.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Phil Stauffer, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church: 728-8262</span></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>####</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script"'><img border=0 width=155 height=133 style='width:1.6145in;height:1.3854in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D543C1.BA393C80"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script"'> <span style='color:#0070C0'>frankie feinstein<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:#00B050'>Volunteer Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:#0070C0'>Habitat for Humanity of Missoula<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:#00B050'>406.549.8210<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:#0070C0'>frankie@habitatmsla.org OR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:#00B050'>frankie_feinstein@yahoo.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/habitatforhumanitymissoula"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=16 style='width:.1666in;height:.1666in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D543C1.BA393C80" alt=Facebook></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:#00B050'>Click here to follow us on </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:#0070C0'>Facebook!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:#00B050'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>