News briefs

Habitat seeks home volunteers

The Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity is looking for a family displaced by Hurricane Katrina to occupy a new home made possible by a $49,000 donation from a Nashville couple. The house is tentatively scheduled to be built in March. Qualifying families for the Habitat program purchase their homes at cost (usually $60,000-80,000) and repay the mortgage with no interest over a 20-30 year period. Additionally, families are required to accumulate "sweat equity" hours, earned through HomeWORKS classes, build site time, and community work or volunteering in some other aspect of Habitat operations, such as the HomeStore. To request an application or to receive more information about Habitat, call 254-HOME or visit www.habitatnashville.org.

Basketball camp accepting applications

Applications are now being evaluated for the Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. The camp is by invitation only. Boys and girls ages 10-19 are eligible to apply. Past participants include: Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antawn Jamison. Players from 50 states and 18 foreign countries attended the 2005 camp. College basketball scholarships are possible for players selected to the All-American Team. One of the camp locations is in Lebanon. For a free brochure, call (704) 373-0873.

Retriever group seeks donations

The Middle Tennessee Golden Retriever Rescue is requesting donations of items that can be sold by auction on eBay in March to raise funds to help pay veterinarian bills. Anyone with new or collectible items they would like to give for the auction should call 893-2649 or email s.cheek@gte.net. All of the money raised on eBay will go toward costs incurred in placing homeless Golden Retrievers into new homes. More information about the group is available at www.rescueagolden.org.