volunteer for habitat for humanity

I’ve always wanted to find the time to volunteer. I think Habitat is an awesome charity and would love to offer my time to them.

I’ve gone down to the local branch and helped out once or twice, but thats in the span of a couple years. With my new schedule I’d really like to start helping at least once or twice a week, even if it’s only for a few hours. I’ll keep you guys posted.

And how. We went on a ‘build’ to Westchester, but the first step involved demolishing an old house that stood on the property. A fun day of breaking down a house.

I have also gotten involved in a fundraiser at the Union Square Barnes and Noble, doing gift-wrapping.

Next spring, I will be going to Statesville, NC for an Alternative Break program with HFH-NYU.

This is not an urgent goal for me. I want to do it sometime, but I have no plans yet for when.

I would like to help other people achieve homeownership, as that is a dream of mine too.

I’m learning new things every day that might be useful for this goal down the road. I was up till 1:30 last night this morning “mudding” dry wall. And the first few hours it was actually kind of fun! :) After I get off work and get in a short run, I’ll be back at it; we have a lot of dry wall going up in that basement.

I learned a new skill that maybe someday I can use if they put up another Habitat house here locally – cutting and putting up insulation. It was actually kind of fun, and I’m so proud that I was able to do a decent job with getting holes for the electrical boxes in the right place, etc. – I’m not always the most spatially-oriented person. :) We are finishing our basement, so I’ll probably learn a lot of new construction skills before it’s all over.

But I got into a Publicolor event on the 25th of October. It involves painting and renovating public schools. Looking forward to it. But I will only consider this goal complete once I go on a build.

The NYU chapter of HFH is going on a build on the 5th of September. The build is on Atlantic Avenue in NYC. I sent the President of HFH-NYU an email to request my participation. Hope to hear from her soon.

Found a local chapter in my neck of the woods. Hopefully, next week I can get this ball rolling.

I hope to be able to volunteer for my college’s HFH chapter this semester or the next, and hopefully can go on a build during fall/spring break.