Women Build is back this year with a hybrid of in-person service and virtual fundraising! We are inviting all of Alamance County to join us in raising the funds to sponsor the Women Build Habitat house! The Women Build program is not about excluding men; it's about including women and challenging them to help eliminate poverty housing in our community by providing a female-friendly work site that empowers women to take leadership roles and learn new skills.
Our goal for this event is threefold: Raise money to build the house, empower women, and raise awareness of the need for affordable housing. You can be part of our effort by signing up to serve and/or donating below. Share the link to this page with your friends and network. Help us get the word out!!
Building together: You will find women of all ages, ethnicities, professions, and faiths serving together on the Women Build construction site. We hope you'll join us!
Financial support of the Women Build house:
1). She Nailed it! Week: If you choose to serve as an individual volunteer on the build site during our She Nailed It! week (September 7-10th), you'll be making a $50 fundraising gift as part of your registration. That is the first option listed in the donation section below.
2.) Make a donation: If you would like to make a general donation to the Women Build house, you can do so below by selecting an amount in the "Other Habitat Donations" section. You'll then select the "Women Build 2022" fund.
3.) "Buy" an Item for the house: In addition to (or in place of) serving on the build site, you can donate funds which we will use to buy an item for the Women Build house! Items are listed below and available in a variety of options and price points.
Steps in the process to "buy" an item for the house:
- Select your item from the options listed below that you wish to “buy” as a donation for the house. If you want to select multiple items to "buy", select the Donation to "buy" multiple items for the Women Build house and enter the total dollar amount of the multiple items you are selecting (example: 2 cans of paint = $70 or 1 can of paint and 1 light fixture = $95). Then in the Comments box in the section below, enter the items you are "buying". Stay tuned. If these items "sell out" other items of similar value will replace them.
- Add name(s)/message: In the Comments box below, you can provide a name and message (prayer, blessing, wish, scripture) to appear on the item and we’ll add that to the stud, back of the cabinet, etc. that you “buy.” If you ask your family, friends, Sunday School class, office, etc. to share the cost of the item(s), we can list all the names. If you prefer NOT to have your name appear on the item you “buy”, you can list your name as “Anonymous” and still include a message. There is a 15 word maximum.
- The house is built with the gifted items you “bought.” If you’d like to help our Core Crew by volunteering to build, see options above to sign up. Also, you can watch our Facebook page for progress on the house.
- Come see your item in the home at a Gift-Finder party: If weather permits, we hope to have a drop-in event on a Sunday afternoon at the end of September so you can stop by the build site with friends and family to see where your gift is in the house.
- Attend the house dedication to see the finished product of the house built using your item(s) with your name and message on them that will live forever within the walls of the Habitat home… wrapping arms of love around that family!
If you have any questions, contact [email protected].
If you prefer to donate by check, mail it to Habitat Alamance, P.O. Box 5036, Burlington NC 27216. Be sure to include the message you'd like to appear on the item with your name.