We hope that the following resources are helpful for you as you plan you or your group’s Milwaukee Habitat volunteer experience. If you have any questions please contact Caroline Martini at cmartini@milwaukeehabitat.org.
Background Information on Habitat’s Mission
- Cost of Home - Examines the need for affordable housing in Milwaukee and outlines Milwaukee Habitat's plans to address that need.
- ReStore Overview - Habitat’s resale stores/donation centers
- Our Affordable Housing Crisis - Milwaukee is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis
- Faith Into Action - ways your faith community can help
- Impact Report - see how housing has a ripple effect on families’ lives
- Ways To Support Habitat - ways you or your organization can support Habitat
Commonly Used Habitat Forms
For Group Leaders
- Group Leader Information - Construction
- Group Volunteers FAQ's - Construction
- Task Descriptions - Construction
- Group Volunteers FAQ's - ReStore
- Group Member Online Sign Up How To’s - for use after a volunteer date is set
- Group Fundraising Ideas - good for all ages
- Flyer For Group Recruitment - personalize this flyer to recruit your group
Activities to learn more about Habitat and housing
Elementary School
- How Housing Affects Children - collage
- How to Conserve Energy - flash cards
- Coloring Book - with bible verses
Middle School
- Building our Home - learning about materials and labor in a home
- Healthy Homes - making natural cleaning solutions
- Simple Decent Affordable Houses - making a paper house model
- We’re All Connected - learning about housing needs world wide
High School & Adults
- A Global Issue - researching and sharing global housing issues
- Housing Simulation - take on the role of someone struggling with finding housing
All ages
- Making Choices - an interactive game about poverty from United Way
- Habitat Quiz Questions - for your use in publications and in group activities. Note: we also have these in a powerpoint/jeopardy style game.
- Welcome Home Gift Basket - prepare a welcome home gift basket for a new Habitat homeowner
- Wooden Doormat - make a wooden doormat for a Habitat homeowner
- Planter Box - make a small garden box for a Habitat homeowner
- Garden Stepping Stones - create your own stepping stones for a Habitat homeowner