Volunteer

Huntington Area Habitat for Humanity is a volunteer-driven organization. We welcome people from all walks of life to join us as we build simple, decent, affordable houses in partnership with God and families in need. Though the vast majority have no construction experience or building skills, volunteers are involved in most phases of construction. By working side-by-side with the family who will live in the house, our volunteers experience for themselves the joy created when a family is able to realize their dream of home ownership.

Habitat volunteers contribute more than muscle. Creativity, strategy, and technical skills are among the many invaluable traits volunteers bring to the organization. With a minimal staff, Habitat for Humanity depends upon volunteer committees for support with projects like family selection, volunteer recruitment, and fundraising.

We invite volunteers to help us build, assist with our ReStore, serve on committees and help with special projects. Time commitments vary; some volunteers dedicate every day of the week to Habitat and others just volunteer once. As a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, you can choose to volunteer as little or as often as you would like.

Individuals

We offer opportunities to help and to learn about nearly all aspects of home building. With this in mind, YOU DO NOT need to be an expert in construction to help out on a work site. There are many tasks that require only a willingness to learn and to work with others.

On-site construction work is the most popular of Habitat's volunteer opportunities. We make every effort to incorporate all willing volunteers regardless of skill level. What we ask from you is that you give us a morning, 8:30-12:00, an afternoon, 12:30-4:00, or any of your time to join us on the worksite. All volunteers on the construction site must be at least 16 years of age or older and volunteers under 18 must have a waiver signed by his/her parent or guardian in order to be on the worksite.

If you are interested in working with Habitat for Humanity and are not quite sure if construction is where you belong, we encourage you to give it a shot anyway. But not everyone is fit for construction work, and Habitat is not short on other volunteer opportunities. We are always in search of new committee members, as well as ReStore volunteers, and people to prepare lunches for our volunteers.

Here is what you need to do to sign up as a volunteer:

Fill Out and Submit the Volunteer Now Form
This information form is simply a way for us to contact you and to have an idea of how we can better partner with you. If you would like to fill out the form click here. When you have the form filled out, please don't forget to hit the "Submit" button. If you would like more information on the committees, please click here.

Groups

We welcome groups from all walks of life to join us on the worksite.  From corporate groups, to groups from all faiths, to college groups, we will work with anyone who will partner with us to provide decent and affordable housing for people here in Huntington.  We can currently take in groups of up to 15 people at a time, but multiple dates can be scheduled for groups larger than that.

In order to volunteer as a group, the group leader/instigator will first need to preview the construction calendar, fill out the group volunteer form, and then contact our volunteer coordinator.  Be prepared to provide each group member's name and email address, requested volunteer date (at least 2 weeks out), as well as some other general information about your group.

For all incoming groups, we ask that all people participating attend one of our orientation sessions. This orientation can either happen here at our office at one of the regularly scheduled events, or we can come to you. But a volunteer date will not be set until a significant number of your group members' names are given and have attended our orientation. Once this has happened, the Volunteer Coordinator will set a date for your group to be on the worksite.

To learn more or get started, click here to submit an interest form.

Office:	(304) 523-4822
ReStore:	(304) 781-1333
Fax:	(304) 523-4922