• The FAMILY SUPPORT COMMITTEE provides the important service of assisting and guiding selected partner families through the process of becoming successful homeowners.  Most Habitat partner families have no experience as a homeowner, and many are unskilled in financial and home management.  The committee assists the families both informally through friendly contacts and in more formal classes and activities organized for this purpose.

Being friend and helper to a family is the special role of the "family partner," a volunteer who becomes the primary contact between the family and the Habitat organization.  The family partner works closely with the family during construction of the house and for a year or so after the family takes possession.  Serving on this committee as a family partner is an excellent contribution for a volunteer who seeks to assist families in the unfamiliar process of becoming homeowners.

Family Support Committee 

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HELPING TO PREPARE A FAMILY

FOR HOME OWNERSHIP? JOIN THE FAMILY SUPPORT COMMITTEE. DUTIES OF THIS COMMITTEE INCLUDE:

• Teaching the family about Habitat for Humanity and the guidelines for participation
• Tracking sweat equity hours
• Educational programs on topics pertaining to many aspects of home ownership
• Assist the family (and RCHFH construction committee) with planning the home
• Plan for and participate in the dedication ceremony when the home is completed
• Attending one meeting each month
• Be available to the family to answer questions for a time, after they have moved into the home  
• But …………The most important duty of all is to be a friend and a mentor to a deserving family who is about to become a homeowner!
  
  

Contact RCHFH at 573-635-8439.