Right now the biggest impediment to our growth is a shortage of volunteers with or without construction skills. We need more volunteers - no skills or time commitment necessary. We have lots of work that unskilled volunteers can do. If, however, you are slightly or very skilled, we would especially appreciate your help. Our guidelines give you an idea of what to expect at a Habitat work site. The volunteer positions that are needed most are:

Skilled Construction Volunteers.
Some people are handy with tools but are not comfortable being crew leaders. Saturdays go more smoothly, though, if we have some handy people working alongside the unskilled volunteers. Even if you can only up for a Saturday once every few months, that is extremely helpful.
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Construction Crew Leader.
Habitat for Humanity needs people with some construction skills and people skills who can volunteer on occasional Saturdays as Crew Leaders. On Saturdays, each house has a Site Supervisor who can show the crew leaders what needs to be done. The Crew Leaders show the unskilled volunteers what to do, but always have the Site Supervisor to go to if they have questions. The houses are simple, so Crew Leaders don't need to know everything about construction. They just have to be willing to work with eager, unskilled volunteers in small groups of five.
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Mid-Week Habitat Construction Volunteers.
Habitat needs a few good retirees or others who have a day off during the week to volunteer to work on our Mid-Week Construction Crews. We have a Thursday crew and a Friday crew who have a great time together working together every week and we are starting a Wednesday crew. You don't need to come every week, but once you get started you will want to because it's so much fun. And you don't need to have any construction skills, but you will have plenty after a few months.
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Masons, Electricians, and Plumbers.
One of our greatest and most costly needs in house construction, is the specific skill that can only be performed by skilled masons, electricians, and plumbers. Anyone who has professional experience in this field is a highly prized volunteer. We work flexibly with scheduling.
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To volunteer for any of these roles, please call (434) 293-9066 or go to our calendar to sign up online.