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GET INVOLVED
Become a Volunteer
More than 34,000 volunteers have built with Richmond Habitat since our founding in 1986; that’s over 68,000 hands that have touched the lives of Richmond families.
Your time has a real value by keeping construction costs low through free labor and services. On average volunteers save homeowners $50,000 – 60,000 on their mortgage payments.
Volunteers range from students to retirees, from skilled trades people to weekend do-it-yourselfers, from church, synagogue and mosque members to compassionate Richmonders with no religious orientation, from colleagues at large companies to co-workers from small businesses. The common thread is the desire to take part in something big and see the tangible results – to help build decent, modest, affordable homes for low income, working families.
 
Faith Relations
Habitat for Humanity is an inter-faith housing ministry based on Christian principles and subscribing to the Theology of the Hammer - the belief that true religion puts faith and love into action and suggests that in bringing diverse people together, picking up a hammer and building houses, we become instruments that manifest God's love. Habitat is a natural partner with the faith community. Our faith partners seek to serve God by putting their faith into action and serving our neighbors in need.
Partners by Faith is an outreach initiative aimed at involving congregations of all faiths, sizes and means in Habitat’s ministry.
Habitat partner families benefit from prayer, funding and volunteer support that faith partners provide. Together, faith partners and Habitat are working toward the elimination of substandard housing in Metro Richmond. For more information e-mail Julie Gordon at julie@richmondhabitat.org
How to Volunteer
All first time volunteers must sign up on our online volunteer registration
For safety and liability reasons, all volunteers working on a construction site must be at least 16 years old. Youth (ages 14 and 15) who are too young to swing a hammer on a construction site can volunteer at the Richmond Habitat ReStore, located at 1901 Roane Street, off School Street and Chamberlayne Avenue.
Want to help but can’t swing a hammer? Join a Richmond Habitat Committee, our Speaker's Bureau or help out in the Richmond Habitat ReStore.
For more information on all of our volunteer opportunities, or to sign up as a volunteer, call our offices at 232-7001 or email info@richmondhabitat.org.
Directions to the Richmond Habitat offices and Richmond Habitat ReStore
Directions to Richmond Habitat build sites
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