Women Build Registration Open!

WOMEN BUILD

ABOUT WOMEN BUILD
Women Build brings the community together to help local low-income women and their families achieve a more stable and secure life through affordable homeownership. Over 70% of local Habitat homeowners are women.

Men are welcome to participate!

Teams fundraise or are sponsored (or both!) and then build for a day, which helps contribute to making Habitat homes affordable.

We provide a secure, easy-to-use donation platform, fundraising tips, and content that can be shared with family, friends and colleagues.

Through shelter, we empower!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Dates available year-round. We build Wed-Sat from 8:30AM – 4:00PM. Dates based on availability, first come, first served.

To register as a fundraising team or individual, please email Sara.Costello@habitatmwgw.org.

For information about becoming a sponsor, contact: Deborah.huegel@habitatmwgw.org

HOME REPAIRS
Our Home Repair program conducts critical repairs so women and families can remain safely in their home with pride and dignity. The program focuses on health, life, and safety/code issues. Women Build teams can choose to participate in Home Repairs, which are essential for the safety of the respective homeowners.

13 HAWLEY STREET, WORCESTER BUILD
This single-family home is well under way! Your Women Build team will work on projects needed to help build the home; specific tasks vary depending on site progress.

Once complete, this 1,560 sq foot home will include 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The floor plan incorporates first floor aging in place as well as green energy building practices. The site is within walking distance of several restaurants, churches, small food markets, public buses, a small park, and other amenities. In addition to providing a much-needed homeownership opportunity, building a new affordable home on this formerly vacant and overgrown property will better integrate the space into the community.

521-523 SUNDERLAND ROAD, WORCESTER BUILD
These two single-family homes are well underway! Your Women Build team will work on projects needed to help build a home; specific tasks vary depending on site progress.

Once complete, these 1,560 square feet homes will have 3 bedrooms and a full bathroom upstairs, with an optional 4th bedroom and full bathroom on the 1st floor for aging in place. 2 bathrooms and full basement. Located in an accessible area for shopping, schools, parks, and highways, two local low-income families will build strength and stability through affordable homeownership.

ASK ABOUT OUR CURRENT BUILDS AND HOME REPAIRS UNDERWAY.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Platinum Hammer

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Roof Raiser

Friends and Framers

Learn more about Women Build by viewing a video filmed onsite at Sunderland Road by American Dream TV.

Funds raised through Women Build help future Habitat Homeowners obtain safe and affordable housing!

Funds raised through Women Build help future Habitat Homeowners obtain safe and affordable housing!

HABITAT HOMEOWNER PHOTOS

EVENT DETAILS

JOIN AS A FUNDRAISING TEAM
Create your team of volunteers. Contact sara.costello@habitatmwgw.org to confirm your build date.

CREATE YOUR FUNDRAISING PAGE
Each participant is encouraged to raise $500 to help build strength, stability, and self-reliance for local families. Every amount matters.

We will send you simple instructions for creating a fundraising page, and tools and templates to support your efforts.

BUILD DAYS
Our build sites are open to volunteers Wednesday – Saturday from 8:30-4:00 PM.

Women Build dates are available April, May, and June 2024.

Please reserve your Wednesday – Saturday date by contacting sara.costello@habitatmwgw.org for fundraising teams, or Deborah.huegel@habitatmwgw.org for sponsored teams.

JOIN AS A SPONSOR
To become a sponsor please contact Deborah Huegel, Vice President of Philanthropy at 508-799-9259 ext. 118 or email Deborah.huegel@habitatmwgw.org.

JOIN THE EVENT AS AN INDIVIDUAL!
Don’t have a team? We will work with you to help you get started. Contact sara.costello@habitatmwgw.org

FAQS

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
We have staff and regular volunteers on site who will train and lead you in your build activities. We’ll provide all the tools you’ll need, but you are welcome to bring your own well marked tools if you’d like.

MEN ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US
While the overall goal of Women Build is to achieve significant female participation, all are welcomed.

YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
No matter how you support Women Build, know that you are making a difference for women, your community, and the world.

NOT ABLE TO JOIN US FOR WOMEN BUILD 2023?
You can still invest in the Women Build mission by clicking here. Your contribution helps give women and families the opportunity to achieve strength, stability, and self-reliance. Through shelter, we empower.