Give your team something to look forward to this year
A Habitat Build Day is a perfect opportunity to bring the team back together safely for a deeply meaningful and rewarding experience.
Last year was challenging on many levels, yet also brought us many examples of compassion, generosity, and resilience. We have all had ample time to reflect upon and appreciate the things we value most. To us at Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver, our focus remains on providing decent and affordable housing for working families.
As many of us start the year with hopeful optimism, we are all eager to re-connect with colleagues, friends and family. With robust COVID safety protocols in place, and plenty of space to socially distance, Habitat Build Days offer a unique opportunity to unite in a safe and uplifting environment. We invite you to join us at our build site in Mission, BC!
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade kick starts 2021
In January, The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade members joined together to fundraise and volunteer to transform the lives of our partner families. For many of the volunteers, this was the first opportunity they have had to escape their home office and feel connected to their community again.
“It was my first time volunteering at Habitat for Humanity and helping to build affordable housing and the experience was superb! The work was tremendously meaningful, and it felt good helping build homes for families who are in need of housing. Would definitely volunteer again!” Ray Wang, RW Digital
You help us build homes, we help you build teams
A Habitat Build Day offers a full day of camaraderie, teamwork, laughter, photos, learning new skills and importantly, building homes and impacting the future of dozens of families. We accept volunteers of all skill levels and create an experience your team will never forget.
HFHGV relies heavily on the support of our surrounding community to help us build homes and break the cycle of poverty, both through financial contributions and volunteering. Your sponsorship and commitment will make a life-changing difference to our partner families for generations to come as dozens of families call these houses home over their lifespan.
Participation is a minimum donation of $5000 for corporate groups. Some organizations have this type of event covered under human resources or marketing budget items, and others like to experience the fun and challenge of fundraising. If you choose to raise funds as a team, you will receive your own fundraising team website and full support from the Habitat team.
100% of all donations are directly invested into the build for things such as skilled labour and materials necessary for completion.
There are reduced donation requirements for associations, schools, non-profits and churches.
14 new families are moving in this spring
The final 6 homes in Richmond and the first 8 homes in Mission are scheduled for completion this spring!
While this is an amazing achievement and represents our biggest year to date, the pandemic has compounded the struggle for many families, some of them front line workers, and has further increased the urgency for more affordable homes. This January we also broke ground on the final 11 homes in Mission. We invite you to please join us at a Build Day - change lives and help build strength, stability, and independence for hard-working local families just needing a hand up! You will leave yearning for more..
Learn more: www.habitatgv.ca/habitat-build-day or contact Carina Stirling, Community Engagement Manager cstirling@habitatgv.ca/ 236-888-1344.