What would we do without our volunteers. Check out our 2010 Habitat Cracker HoeDown building crew gearing up for the Nov. 13 event; and the State Champion Vero Beach High School Girls Lacrosse team donating a precious Saturday to build for Habitat. →
Volunteers Are Our Lifeblood
The vision our Habitat's founder, Millard Fuller, included a ministry whose lifeblood would be its volunteers. And Indian River Habitat for Humanity could never have become and continue to be as successful as it is without this priceless asset. There are several ways you can be a Habitat volunteer. Working on the construction site, of course, is the Habitat job most folks think about, wielding a hammer, actually building or renovating a home.
But you can also choose to serve on one of our event or program committees; provide snacks for workers on the job sites; help in our office; work in our wonderful Home Center; or be a Family Support Partner.
Contact Volunteer Coordinator Jessica Schmitt, 772.562.9860 X212, for details. We look forward to hearing from you.
Check out our Volunteer Spotlight!
IMMEDIATE NEED: Spanish-speaking Volunteers Needed Urgently!
Volunteers are needed NOW to work closely with our Spanish-speaking home buyers and homeowners. This will include assisting them with the application process to helping teach home buyer classes: there is a wide range of opportunities to become involved in this area.
Opportunities are available in our Fellsmere office and our main office in Vero Beach. Full training will be provided.
Please contact Jessica Schmitt at 772-562-9860 X212 or Lindsey Goodall at X211 for more information.
Sign Up For Construction 101!
This is a 4-hour class to educate and empower the Habitat homebuyer AND Habitat volunteers by providing an understanding of what to expect on a Habitat construction site.
Construction 101 classes take place the third Saturday of each month, 8 am - Noon.
Next class is August 21, 2010, 8 a.m. til noon.
Volunteer Orientation
Volunteers MUST attend a Volunteer Orientation prior to attending Construction 101.
Sign up on line. or Contact Assistant Operations Manager - Family Support Lindsey Goodall directly at 772.562.9860 X211.
A NEW Volunteer Opportunity (it's for the birds!)
BIRDHOUSE DECORATOR: An exciting new volunteer opportunity allows all you creative individuals to put those skills to use to help raise funds for IRHFH's Scholarship Program that provides after-school care subsidy money and college scholarships to Habitat homeowner’s children! Decorated Birdhouses are sold at different community events and all proceeds are received by the Scholarship Program. From the understated to the elaborate, Habitat birdhouses are selling like hot cakes and we need interested volunteers to help us decorate them! This volunteer role can be done at your leisure, whenever the time and place suits you to work on it! All you have to do is arrange with Lindsey Goodall, X211 or Debbie Parcher, X232 to pick up a birdhouse to decorate and return it to us upon its completion!
Be A Family Support Partner
The Family Support Committee at IRHFH is in need of Family Support Partners for new families who are beginning the Sweat Equity process.
A Family Support Partner is a volunteer who basically nurtures a partner family through the process of becoming a Habitat homeowner. Once paired with a family, a Family Support Partner makes a commitment to that family from the time of selection until at least 6 months after the family moves into their new home. During that time, a Family Support Partner’s responsibilities to their family range from staying in touch regularly (anything from a weekly phone call to in-person visits) to encouraging the family throughout the process and assisting the family with the groundbreaking ceremony and/or home dedication.
The influence that Family Support Partners are to their partner families is an intricate part of the process and is what makes this volunteer position so important. If you are interested in becoming a Family Support Partner for one of the new partner families, you must have a willingness to commit to weekly contacts with the family as well as monthly meetings of the Family Support Committee. Training is held monthly. To sign up, please call Lindsey at 562-9860 ext. 211.
HERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES. . . . .
Click on any of the following links to see more information about the many opportunities you have to make a difference by volunteering with Indian River Habitat for Humanity
Construction
Committees
Food Angel
Home Center Volunteers
Photography
Special Events Volunteers
Women Build
Youth Activities Volunteers
Family Support
Volunteer Now -- Take the next step to get involved! Contact us in any of the following ways:
