Habitat For Humanity of Wake County - "Building Hope in Wake"

Join us at special events and community fundraisers. You'll have a great time getting to know others like you in our community who support Habitat Wake and our housing mission.

First House for Meredith College

The Meredith College Habitat Club kicked off their build project with a campus event to frame the first few walls.

Home Builders Blitz 2008

One week, 29 builders, five homes

Construction is complete(click here for photos) for Home Builders Blitz 2008.

The 29 home builders who make up the Triangle Builders Guild are donated their expertise and gathered contributions of materials and labor from vendors and subcontractors. These builders built five houses for families in desperate need of decent and affordable housing. The schedule:

Day One - Build subflooring, frame the walls & install roof trusses.
Day Two - Install windows and tubs, install siding & begin roofing.
Day Three - Finish papering and shingling the roof, install plumbing and electrical wiring, install heating and air conditioning systems & install dry wall.
Day Four - Install wood trim, cabinets, countertops and doors; build the deck and porch & prime the walls.
Day Five - Finish the painting; begin landscaping; install carpet and appliances & do final touch-ups.

Read About Home Builders Blitz in the News & Observer

Workers build homes in a hurry:
This News & Observer story (permission requested for link) shares the story of custom homes builders from Triangle Builders Guild building a home for a local teacher's assistant.

Job Openings

Habitat for Humanity of Wake County is a non-profit organization that partners with families and individuals who earn modest wages to build safe, decent affordable housing. Staff offices are in Raleigh. Join our staff -- or refer a friend. EOAAE. Current openings:

a full-time Manager of Land Development
a full-time Construction Superintendent
a full-time Assistant Director of Development

Thrivent Builds 2008

With a four-year $105 million commitment to sponsor homes, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is Habitat for Humanity International’s largest financial ally to help increase the non-profit housing ministry’s home building production. 2008 marks the third year of the Thrivent Builds project and the second year that Habitat Wake is participating.

The national Thrivent Builds project is an exciting opportunity for all area Lutheran churches to come together in fellowship and stewardship to provide housing for a local family in need. A few dozen volunteers joined the prospective homeowner on Saturday, April 26, 2008, to break ground on the build site. Eastern Wake News covered the event. (Read the story or see a brief video.) Eastern Wake News story and photo by Denise Sherman.

Recycle at the ReStore

As of April 2008, you can recycle your cans, glass, plastic containers, newspaper, mixed paper and cardboard at our City of Raleigh Recycling Drop-Off Center during store hours Tuesday - Saturday. The bins are behind the building across from the donation docks.

One bin is dedicated to Cans for Habitat. When you set up a Cans for Habitat program, you do two good things:

(1) protect the environment and
(2) help Habitat for Humanity build homes.

Cans for Habitat is a recycling partnership between Humanity of Wake County, you and Wise Recycling.

Habitat Wake provides collection bins and promotional materials
place the bins in break rooms and take the cans to Wise Recycling (or Habitat Wake)
accepts and weighs the cans then gives you a receipt and pays Habitat Wake

These flyers provide explains how the program works:

Community Carnival: Connecting People with Resources

Habitat Wake hosted our first Community Carnival: Connecting People with Resources event on May 4.

We thank the more than 50 local organizations who provided information and tips to help people make everyday decisions to improve their lives and support their families.

Kitchen Cabinet Campaign '08

We're aiming to collect 40 pre-owned kitchen cabinet sets. The proceeds from selling them at our ReStore will fund the construction of an entire home built by Habitat.

Are you remodeling your kitchen? Then, consider donating your cabinets. Call the Habitat Wake ReStore at 833-1999 x231 to make arrangements for us to remove the cabinets via our DeConstruction program or haul away the cabinets via our pick-up service.

Good reasons to donate:

Receive a receipt for tax deductions
Divert usable materials from landfills
Build homes and hope for families in Wake County

Read Jennifer Hadra's article, Deconstruct Your Home, in Metro Magazine about our services that range from kitchen cabinet removal to full house deconsturction. (Linked with permission.)

Global Village

Through Global Village trips, Habitat for Humanity International gives participants the opportunity to raise awareness of the burden of poverty housing and building decent, affordable housing worldwide. Global village team members construct homes alongside members of the host community help build a true "global village" of love, homes, communities and hope! Two local volunteers are leaders for a trip in May 2008 to Hungary. (They have been involved with Habitat for Humanity for several years and have participated in Global Village builds in Ecuador, Brazil and Costa Rica.) If you are interested in helping to make a difference there, consider this Global Village trip in 2008.

Habitour: Habitat Lunch and Learn

Join us for the next Habitour (click this link to RSVP) on Friday, October 31. It's a one-hour presentation to learn how Habitat helps hardworking families in our area become homeowners. Habitour begins at noon at the Habitat Wake offices and includes a shuttle to a Habitat build site.

New Home for Habitat Wake

To accelerate the growth of our homeownership program, we have expanded our home. Supporters cut a ribbon on Saturday, November 3. Our purpose-built facility at 2420 Raleigh Boulevard demonstrates our community's passion for helping neighbors in need. A key feature of this new facility is adequate space to provide pre- and post-purchase education for Habitat homeowners to support their success in paying their mortgages and maintaining their new homes.

With a convenient new location, the ReStore has been uniquely designed to better serve shoppers and donors. The anticipated increase in sales will provide essential financial support for our homeownership program while offering discounted new and used building materials to our community. Our expanding DeConstruction Program is another service to the community, as well as our new role as a City of Raleigh recycling site. (The bins will be in place later this fall in our parking lot.)

We are very grateful for all the support and friendship over our 22 years to make the mission of building safe, decent, affordable homes a reality for so many here in Wake County. Above, an NC State student tutors two children from Habitat homes in the new conferencer room. Below, Jay says, "We're open!"

Photos of the building under construction show the exciting effort.

Read About Us in the News & Observer

Get the scoop! A special pullout section in the News & Observer on Friday, November 2 2007, announced our Grand Opening Celebration and has great stories and photos about Habitat Wake's homeowners, volunteers and supporters. If you would like extra copies, please contact Kerry.

Thank you! Shoppers and donors to the Habitat Wake ReStore play an important role in carrying out the Habitat mission -- ReStore revenue supports the Habitat homeownership program. Our new 50,000 sq. ft. facility has become a reality through generous community support and demonstrates our community's passion to provide affordable housing.

More News

Supporters of Habitat Wake literally build the dreams of hardworking people in Wake County. Together, we empower people to enjoy the financial, social and community benefits of homeownership. Stories of our shared mission creating opportunities and building hope are shared in our publications:

Habitat for Humanity of Wake County "Building Hope in Wake"