• Married to Larry Till for 19 years
• Mother of two children – Sonya, 22 & Jonathan, 17
• Resided in Apopka for 15 years
• Resident of Errol Estate – 5 years
• Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Member – Annunciation Catholic Church
• Hobbies – Walking, Gardening, exercising, spending time with my dog: Pickles

Business and Community Involvement:

• Commissioner – City of Apopka
• Owner, Strictly Businesswear, Inc. – 1998-2004
• Executive Board Member & President Elect– Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce
• Chairman – Apopka Chamber of Commerce Secretary’s Day Fashion Show
• Board Member & President Elect– Habitat for Humanity of Greater Apopka, Inc.
• Committee Member – Errol Estate Membership Committee
• Past President – Central Florida Retail Association
• Co-Founder – Business Growth Alliance – Professional Women’s Network
• Co-Founder – Business Builders Network – Apopka Chamber of Commerce
• Co-Founder – Apopka High School Prom Dress Drive
• Member  - Apopka Foliage Sertoma
• Member – Florida League of Cities Environmental Quality Policy Committee
• Board Member – Tri-County League of Cities

• Recipient – 2001 Apopka Chamber Business Woman of the Year
• Recipient – 2002 Herbert E. Roper Humanitarian Award
• 2004 Graduate of Institute for Elected Municipal Officials & Advanced Institute for Elected Municipal Officials

Volunteer Opportunities

For more information, please contact:
Mary Ellen at 407-880-8881 or 407-880-8852

Some of our volunteer opportunities include:

• Construction
• Skilled
• Unskilled
• Family Support
• Front Office / Clerical
• Usually 1 or more days per week, 4 hour increments
• Answer phone & light filing
• Make calls to set up donated lunches, donated food for events & job sites
• Serve on a committee:

• Board of Directors (currently 10-15 members)
• Church Relations
• Construction
• Development Committee
• Family Support Committee
• Family Partnership Committee
• Home Store Committee
• Land Acquisition Committee

• Construction Needs

• Groups that can work perhaps 1 day per week on special projects
• Home Store, e.g. building shelves

• Fund Raising
• Land or grant acquisition
• Home Store

• Usually 1 or more days per week, normally 4 hour increments
• Light retail work:
• Customer service
• Run cash register
• Set up room areas for display
• Restock shelves & areas of the store
• Clean area of responsibility
• Donation pick-ups in truck (must be able to lift up to 75 lbs. weight during pick-ups)

• Provide lunch for a grateful Saturday building work crew
• Initiate and participate in a Habitat fundraising event
• Donations

• Cash donations
• In-kind donations (e.g. to the HFH Apopka Home Store or construction materials)
• Used Printer Cartridges - Re-Cycling of Printer/Ink Cartridges
  

Mailing address:  P.O. Box 1884
Apopka, FL 32704-1884
Location: 2001 North Rock Springs Rd
Apopka, FL 32712
Phone: (407) 880-8881
Home Store: (407) 880-8852
Fax:  (407) 880-8918
www.habitat-apopka.org

The next several months will be filled with volunteer opportunities. Please contact me if you are interested in volunteering.

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