Habitat for Humanity
What is Habitat for Humanity?
At Habitat for Humanity, we build. We build because we believe that everyone, everywhere, should have a healthy, affordable place to call home. More than building homes, we build communities, we build hope and we build the opportunity for families to help themselves. Come together and help us build.
We volunteer at build sites where we work on homes at whatever stage they're at. We are taught safety and how to do the different jobs at the beginning of the build, then we get to work! The homes we help build go to lower-income families in our community who help build it alongside us.
Currently, volunteers tend to serve at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Orem. This is a home improvement thrift store where the public can purchase new and gently used building materials and home improvement supplies for 50-75% off retail prices.
All proceeds go towards the building and repairing part of Habitat for Humanity, so It's very important we serve here too!
How do I get involved?
BECOME A VOLUNTEER
Volunteer Description: The majority of the service is done at the ReStore in Orem. Volunteers may also have the opportunity to be on-site working with basic building and garden equipment.
Volunteer Commitment: We have projects almost every other Saturday from 9 AM to 12 PM. We meet at the WILK roundabout around 8:30 AM, then carpool to our project (usually in Provo or Orem, but occasionally in American Fork or Spanish Fork.) We try our best to be back to BYU by noon.
Send us an email at habitat@byu.edu with your BYU email letting us know you're interested in volunteering. We will add you to our email list so you are in the loop with what's happening. Information about events are sent on Tuesdays (week before Saturday) so make sure to look out for those!
BECOME A LEADER
Volunteer Leader Description: There are two kinds of leadership positions: Lead Program Director and Program Director. A program only has one Lead Program Director, but multiple Program Directors. Leaders are generally responsible for overseeing recruitment, retention, and reflection with volunteers. They also coordinate service with community partners and ensure their program runs smoothly. Volunteer leaders may also share the responsibilities of volunteers as outlined in the Volunteer Description. For more information, visit our section called Be a Leader!
Volunteer Leader Commitment: In addition to volunteering, Volunteer leaders commit to a 1-hour monthly team meeting to discuss needs and make plans for the program.
Step 1:
Apply to become a leader by completing the application below:
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One of the builds we did last semester was for a veteran of the Vietnam War. His house was old and decaying and he had only one son there to help him out. Habitat for Humanity took the remodeling project on and we were lucky enough to be a part of it. I attended the build when we put siding around his entire house. What 12 inexperienced volunteers did in one morning would've taken this man and his son several days! At the end of the build, his son came out and thanked us for our help and took a picture with us. You could see how grateful he was. I felt like the lucky one as I was able to provide meaningful service to this man and his father.
We finished building a house we have been working on for a while for a family whose daughter has cerebral palsy. It was so incredible to see them finally get to have the house they needed after working on it for so long.