Habitat for Humanity
2022 Habitat Project
Habitat for Humanity is a great way to put your faith into action by showing our love for our neighbors! You will also meet other interesting people with a willingness to serve, making new friends. NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY! Back this year: Lunch! Site hosts!
Our 2022 Habitat building is a single family home, new construction.
720 Jenks Avenue East, St. Paul
We will build during the following four weeks:
June 6-10, June 13-17, June 21-24 (June 20 is observed holiday Juneteenth) and July 11-15.
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
COVID Safety Guidelines
- All volunteers must indicate that they have either been vaccinated or have tested negative for COVID-19 within 48 hours of each time on site. Volunteers will be asked their vaccination status when signing up online. Masks are optional.
- Please read our full COVID-19 Safety Guidelines for more details.
How to Get Involved
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DONATE SNACK AND FOOD ITEMS. We will be accepting donations of Diet and regular soft drinks, bottled water, sparkling water, juice, sport drinks, regular grind coffee, chips in individual packages, breakfast bars, hard candy, other candy (e.g.Twizzlers). Contact Peggy Engh (2luckypeg@gmail.com) with what you plan to bring to ensure an adequate mix. Drop off donations starting May 22, 2022 at the Great Hall – hallway to the kitchen.
- BE A SITE HOST. We are again going to have site hosts! Site hosts bring ice and a mid-morning snack; welcome volunteers with a devotion/prayer; prepare coffee, drinks and snacks; help with lunch setup and ensure volunteers are hydrated. Sign up to be a site host using the online registration link.
- PROVIDE AND SERVE LUNCH. Great lunches are a tradition at St. Andrew’s and we have missed them these last two years! Each of our 19 days we will need volunteers to bring and serve a delicious lunch for 20 volunteers and staff. Sign up to bring lunch using the online registration link. Questions? Contact Vicki Henry, virohenry@comcast.net.
- VOLUNTEER AS A CONSTRUCTION TEAM MEMBER. Volunteers must wear sturdy, closed toe, closed heel shoes to participate (tennis shoes or work boots are great). Youth under 16 are not allowed on site; all 16-17 year olds on site must be accompanied by an adult 21 or older. Please bring work gloves and refillable water bottles to the site. Read the full Volunteer Guidelines for more details.
Information for Volunteers
Online Registration and Waiver Instructions
Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. We are excited to have you share your time and talents with our community! Please sign up for your volunteer day and complete our online waiver at: http://sta.tchabitat.volunteerhub.com/
You will not be permitted to volunteer if you have not completed this process. You can find additional instructions for the sign-up process here.
About
More about Habitat for Humanity
2022 is the 31st year St. Andrew’s has helped a family achieve home ownership. St. Andrew’s has a reputation of providing the most volunteers and sponsorship dollars of any church in the Twin Cities. Habitat for Humanity does not give away homes. Homeowners pay a mortgage with payments set for 30% of their income. Homeowners are carefully selected from applicants; only one in ten qualified applicants is offered one of the 50-60 homes built each year by volunteers and Habitat families here in the Twin Cities.
Your Prayers and Financial Support is Critical
We are asked to raise $30,000 to pay for the materials we will use during our weeks of building. If you give directly to Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, please ask that your donation be credited to St. Andrew’s. Go to saintandrews.org/give, and choose Habitat from the dropdown menu.
Here is what your gift to Habitat will buy:
$10 = Box of Nails
$100 = Kitchen Sink
$150 = Front Door
$1000 = Wallboard
PRICELESS = Building a house and new friendships with fellow volunteers to help a family get a decent and affordable home.
