• OTHER VOLUNTEER HELP is needed in addition to the committee work indicated above.  The most evident is in construction, the Re-Store.  Construction includes preparation of a building site, building a house, clean-up, and landscaping after the house is completed.  The Re-Store needs help with retail work and loading and unloading donations and helping customers with sales.  Office support is needed with the day to day administrative activities such as answering the phone.   

Volunteerism is integral to Habitat.  Volunteers used effectively save much money, which can then be used for building greater numbers of houses.  Volunteer labor is the primary element that brings the cost of a Habitat house into an affordable range for a low-income family.

The term 'volunteer' should not be confused with a particular skill level.  Volunteers include both skilled and unskilled.  Volunteers include Habitat homeowners, members of the Board of Directors, and others, at all skill levels, who are invited into the Habitat partnership.  Some volunteers come as professionals in the various building trades