How it works: Three principal requirements are evaluated for potential homeowners:

• Need for housing

• Ability to pay

• Willingness to partner with
  Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity houses are affordable because they are:

• built by volunteers working with future homebuyers

• sold at no profit

• financed with a 25-year,
  0% interest mortgage

Habitat for Humanity houses are "no frills" simple, decent houses with:

• insulated walls, ceilings,
  crawlspaces and windows

• easy to maintain design and materials

• modern fixtures and appliances

Habitat for Humanity houses are home to over 300 local families who:

• attended budgeting, construction and home maintenance classes

• invested 500 hours of "sweat equity"

• built their own home with the help of Habitat for Humanity friends

WANT TO HELP BUILD? We'll be happy to accept everyone's help! Blitz day is November 1, and there will be work days most weekends after that. Sign up online below or contact MPUMC’s Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Hartwig directly at 670-6694 or by email at jennhartwig@comcast.net. 

DIRECTIONS:

From MPUMC:

• West on Middlebrook Pike (from the church), past Fellowship Church. 

• Turn Left onto Robinson Road (at light, at bottom of hill)

• Park in parking lot of Apostle's Church. 

• The build site will be just past the church and the two small houses on the left.

From I-40:

• Get off at Exit 379 (Gallaher View)

• Turn North onto Gallaher View road, past Wal-Mart and
  Sam's Club

• Turn Right onto Middlebrook Pike. 

• Turn Right again onto Robinson Road. 

• Park in parking lot of Apostle's Church. 

• The build site will be just past the church and the two small houses on the left.

INFORMATION about what to bring and what to wear will be located next to the sign-up sheets when they are posted at the church.  Volunteers can also contact Jennifer Hartwig directly at 670-6694 or by email at jennhartwig@comcast.net.

WHAT TO WEAR:  On the construction site, everyone must wear CLOSED TOE SHOES. No sandals or flip flops are allowed. Work boots are best but some people prefer wearing sneakers while working on the roof. Long pants or shorts (weather permitting) and old shirts are appropriate. HFH will provide safety glasses and hard hats. 

Weather policy: Work will only be cancelled at the job site. If it is raining or snowing, volunteers, partner families, and crew leaders should still come out unless the conditions are hazardous.

WHAT TO BRING:  Please bring your hammer, work gloves and a nail apron if you have them. You may also want to bring a tape measure, pencils, retracting utility knife and a speed square. If you do not have any tools, please do not purchase any as HFH will also supply tools on site.

Volunteers must be 16 to work on the site and 18 to use ladders and/or power tools. Each worker must also complete and sign a Release of Liability form and turn it in on their first work-day. Download the waiver here and remember to bring it with you!