Guest blog written by Laurie, Holy Hammers and Women Build volunteer
I have lived in the Twin Cities all my life. I'm a facilitator, most recently in educating adults about diversity and inclusion, which fits perfectly with Habitat for Humanity's mission of providing homes for families regardless of who they are or what they believe.
Guest blog written by Shelby Vraspier
Twin Cities Habitat Engagement Associate
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity is extremely lucky to have our Women Builders on site during the summer swinging hammers and building homes. Last summer, around 1,000 women build volunteers worked together to make a difference as change makers in the community.
As you may have read on our previous blog, Holy Hammers, a faith coalition group is celebrating their 20th year in partnership with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. A group is made of individuals, and we wanted to highlight one individual who builds with New Life Presbyterian Church - Darby.
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.
