Guest Blog by CJ Fitzsimmons
Women Build Committee Member
Over the summer over 700 women came together to build a home in St. Paul! Along the way, they each learned something new, whether it be skills, facts about affordable house, or what it takes to complete a build project.
House Month Volunteers are individuals who choose to give a month of their time on a single project. They go through a training class, and get to see the progress of a home for an entire month! How exciting is that?
Not only is it interesting to see how much can be done on a home within that time-frame, but a House Month Volunteer also gets to meet several groups of volunteers that come to help and grow a rapport with the site supervisor and/or AmeriCorps member.
Dave and Hannah have both finished their hard work on site, and Bashir is working right now - so we wanted to share a little bit about each of them and what they had to say about their service as a thank you for all their hard work.
Interested in volunteering with Women Build? Hear great reasons why our staff and committee members enjoy their build days - and why they volunteer again and again.
Guest Blog by CJ Fitzsimons
Women Build Committee Member
Another exciting year of Women Build kicked off June 4th with a strong showing of support from many volunteers and leaders. One in particular, Twin Cities Habitat's new President & CEO, Chris Coleman, decided his first on-site involvement was to come out and support this excellent program; how awesome!
Guest Blog by Diane Blake
Member of Women Build Steering Committee
Meet Rhonda Thorson who has been a site supervisor at Twin Cities Habitat for 17 years.
Guest Blog by Amanda Meemken
Women Build Volunteer
When your group arrives at the Women Build site, you’ll be greeted by a Habitat Site Supervisor. For the past month, that has been Ashley Rose. I recently had the opportunity to meet this awesome woman, and I want you all to as well.
Women Build is a month into the 2017 season and going full steam ahead! Since June 5th, all-female teams have been crushing it daily at the Women Build site in North Minneapolis. So far, 19 Team Leaders have recruited women crews and fundraised to support their build days.
Guest blog by Julia Brauchle
Twin Cities Habitat Staff
Earlier this month, Habitat for Humanity celebrated its 10th annual National Women Build Week, which invited women to devote at least one day to help build decent and affordable housing in their local communities. More than 17,000 women from 300 Habitat affiliates in all 50 states participated in Women Build projects last week. The week is sponsored by Lowe’s Home Improvement, who donated nearly $2 million to support National Women Build Week.
Why should you get involved with Women Build at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity this year? Bestselling author and activist Marianne Williamson sums it well in her book A Return to Love:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is
When Tami initially applied for a Habitat home in 1990, she was living in a Transitional Housing Program with her four small children. Her neighbor told her about Habitat's Homeownership Program, and Tami recalled feeling excited about the prospect of owning her very first home.