Volunteer with Us

Volunteers are the heart, soul and muscle of Habitat for Humanity.

Our houses are built and remodeled largely with volunteer labor, enabling Habitat homeowner families to purchase decent, quality housing at an affordable price. Volunteers play a crucial role in staffing our ReStores, which sell donated items and therefore provide revenue to support Habitat’s work. Our Habitat Young Professionals and Habitat Youth Ambassadors provide opportunities for youth and young adults to raise money for, and build, a Habitat house.

Refer to the menus below for information about year-round opportunities for individuals. You can also view a list of upcoming volunteer needs on our volunteer sign-up site.

If you are interested in bringing a group of volunteers, please contact Debbie Cesta to find a time when your group can volunteer.

Construction

When most people think of volunteering for Habitat, they think of hammering nails and raising walls on a construction site. Building or remodeling a home alongside other volunteers – and even a future Habitat homeowner — is an impactful and sometimes life-changing experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn skills that you can apply around your own home!

Corporate partners and faith organizations who send groups to volunteer often say their employees built a spirit of camaraderie and teamwork along with a house. A team exercise like working on a Habitat build site:

  • reduces barriers of communication
  • provides recognition that no task is so trivial that it isn’t important
  • teaches tolerance and acceptance of different work styles
  • allows discovery of new skills

Construction volunteers must be 16 and older. No construction experience is necessary. Constructions times are generally 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday and on Saturdays.

We particularly need volunteers on weekdays!

Please go to Volunteer Hub to sign up. If you wish to bring a group, please contact Debbie Cesta to find a time when your group can volunteer.

Interested in Joining Our Cornerstone Team of Volunteers?

We are always looking for individuals who can extend the capacity of our staff by joining our Cornerstone Team. Some of the Cornerstone volunteers’ responsibilities include:

  • undergoing special training in order to manage teams of less experienced volunteers on work sites, with supervision and advice by our construction staff
  • performing repairs for seniors and veterans in our target neighborhoods with staff oversight
  • helping prepare worksites during the week in preparation for weekend volunteer groups

Cornerstone members develop a kinship with a purpose as they become regular volunteers helping advance Habitat’s mission. These volunteer positions are important to our success.

Construction

When most people think of volunteering for Habitat, they think of hammering nails and raising walls on a construction site. Building or remodeling a home alongside other volunteers – and even a future Habitat homeowner — is an impactful and sometimes life-changing experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn skills that you can apply around your own home!

Corporate partners and faith organizations who send groups to volunteer often say their employees built a spirit of camaraderie and teamwork along with a house. A team exercise like working on a Habitat build site:

  • reduces barriers of communication
  • provides recognition that no task is so trivial that it isn’t important
  • teaches tolerance and acceptance of different work styles
  • allows discovery of new skills

Construction volunteers must be 16 and older. No construction experience is necessary. Constructions times are generally 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and on Saturdays.

We particularly need volunteers on weekdays!

Please go to Volunteer Hub to sign up. If you wish to bring a group, please contact Debbie Cesta to find a time when your group can volunteer.

Interested in Joining Our Cornerstone Team of Volunteers?

We are always looking for individuals who can extend the capacity of our staff by joining our Cornerstone Team. Some of the Cornerstone volunteers’ responsibilities include:

  • undergoing special training in order to manage teams of less experienced volunteers on work sites, with supervision and advice by our construction staff
  • performing repairs for seniors and veterans in our target neighborhoods with staff oversight
  • helping prepare worksites during the week in preparation for weekend volunteer groups

Cornerstone members develop a kinship with a purpose as they become regular volunteers helping advance Habitat’s mission. These volunteer positions are important to our success.

RESTORE

We could not keep the ReStore open without our amazing volunteers.

Volunteers take on a wide range of responsibilities and are vital to keep the ReStore operating as a successful retail outlet. The ReStore welcomes volunteers ages 16+ as well as youths ages 14-15 when accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Volunteers may assist in the following ways:
  • Creating decorative displays
  • DIY projects
  • Customer service
  • Stocking store shelves
  • Unloading trucks
  • Furniture repair and refurbishing
  • Helping with donation pickups
  • Pricing inventory
  • Organizing the ReStore and the warehouse
  • Cashier
  • Sales floor associate
  • Merchandising

Please register for any upcoming volunteer shifts and here.

To learn more about volunteering with our ReStores, contact Debbie Cesta at debbie.cesta@habitatforsyth.org

ReStore

We could not keep the ReStore open without our amazing volunteers.

Volunteers take on a wide range of responsibilities and are vital to keep the ReStore operating as a successful retail outlet. The ReStore welcomes volunteers ages 16+ as well as youths ages 14-15 when accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Volunteers may assist in the following ways:
  • Creating decorative displays
  • DIY projects
  • Customer service
  • Stocking store shelves
  • Unloading trucks
  • Furniture repair and refurbishing
  • Helping with donation pickups
  • Pricing inventory
  • Organizing the ReStore and the warehouse
  • Cashier
  • Sales floor associate
  • Merchandising

Please register for any upcoming volunteer shifts and here.

To learn more about volunteering with our ReStores, contact Debbie Cesta at debbie.cesta@habitatforsyth.org

Community Service

If you are required to complete community service hours mandated by the court system or if your attorney recommends that you complete community service prior to your court date, contact Debbie Cesta, Corporate and Volunteer Engagement Manager, at 336.306.8419 prior to starting your hours.

Please note that we do not accept charges for theft of any kind or violent crime.

Community Service

If you are required to complete community service hours mandated by the court system or if your attorney recommends that you complete community service prior to your court date, contact Debbie Cesta, Corporate and Volunteer Engagement Manager, at 336.306.8419 prior to starting your hours.

Please note that we do not accept charges for theft of any kind or violent crime.

MEAL PROVIDER

Each year, Habitat Forsyth hosts numerous teams of college and high school students and youth groups through Habitat International’s Collegiate Challenge Program. The program provides students with an alternative break experience: a weeklong trip to a Habitat affiliate, usually in another state, to work on building or remodeling houses.

Habitat Forsyth is one of Collegiate Challenge’s most popular affiliates, chosen by groups as far away as Oregon and New Hampshire. The warm welcome our students receive from the community as well as the convenience of our Jimmy Johnson Volunteer Lodge (which houses up to 20 students at a time) make Forsyth County a favorite destination.

If you would like to provide a meal – home-cooked or otherwise – for visiting students, OR if you are a student or advisor interested in visiting Habitat Forsyth through Collegiate Challenge, contact Debbie Cesta at 336.306.8258.

Hammberbird 5k

The Hammerbird route takes runners and walkers through the Boston-Thurmond neighborhood, where Habitat has built, remodeled or repaired 200+ homes.

If you would like to volunteer at the event on May 4, 2024, contact Debbie Cesta at 336.306.8258.

MEAL PROVIDER

Each year, Habitat Forsyth hosts numerous teams of college and high school students and youth groups through Habitat International’s Collegiate Challenge Program. The program provides students with an alternative break experience: a weeklong trip to a Habitat affiliate, usually in another state, to work on building or remodeling houses.

Habitat Forsyth is one of Collegiate Challenge’s most popular affiliates, chosen by groups as far away as Oregon and New Hampshire. The warm welcome our students receive from the community as well as the convenience of our Jimmy Johnson Volunteer Lodge (which houses up to 20 students at a time) make Forsyth County a favorite destination.

If you would like to provide a meal – home-cooked or otherwise – for visiting students, OR if you are a student or advisor interested in visiting Habitat Forsyth through Collegiate Challenge, contact Debbie Cesta at 336.306.8258.

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