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3 people are interested
ABWK Winter Home Repair Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
Please visit the new page to apply.
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3 people are interested
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity works with low-income homeowners in the seven-county metro area to repair and maintain their homes. A Brush with Kindness (ABWK) helps ensure families are living in safe and well-maintained homes; keeps homeowners in their homes, protecting their financial investments; and restores homeowners' dignity and pride of homeownership. Partnering with a mix of organizations to identify struggling homeowners, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity provides the volunteers and resources to repair their homes. ABWK works year-round, serving about 125 families with 2,000 volunteers. A Brush With Kindness is looking for about 4 people to volunteer Tuesday - Friday this winter from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Locations vary around the Twin Cities metro area. The projects are small interior repairs. If you express interest here you'll get on a mailing list to be notified for future A Brush With Kindness home repair opportunities. Read this blogto learn more about what to expect as an A Brush With Kindness home repair volunteer. ***Youth must be 16 or older to volunteer. Youth under 18 must have an adult over 21 with them. We require a 1:4 ratio of adults to youth.
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About Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
Location:
1954 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN 55104, US
Mission Statement
To eliminate poverty housing from the Twin Cities area and to make decent, affordable shelter for all people a matter of conscience.
Description
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity builds homes in partnership with families who demonstrate need and willingness to work with Habitat for Humanity by helping to construct their own housing. With a safe, decent and affordable home to call their own,families are then free to concentrate on parenting, employment, education and community engagement. Each Habitat build provides a setting for people from all walks of life to work side by side in partnership with future homeowners--finding common ground as they create quality, affordable housing.
Twin Cities Habitat relies on volunteer labor and tax deductible contributions of cash, materials, professional services and property to build simple, decent homes with low-incomes families. Working under the principle that no profit should be gained from assisting those in need, Habitat for Humanity charges no interest on the mortgages that it issues to homebuyers. In operation since 1985, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity has built more than 650 homes in the seven-county metro area.
We manage additional homeownership preservation programs that help low-income families keep their homes. The Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program offers assistance to residents of Minneapolis, providing intensive in-person counseling, phone counseling and referrals, negotiation with lenders, and financial assistance. A Brush With Kindness is a neighborhood outreach program offering painting, landscaping, and minor repairs to homes for qualifying low-income homeowners.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Twin Cities Metro AreaMinneapolis, MN 55404
DATE POSTED
February 4, 2016
SKILLS
- Woodworking
- Carpentry
- Elder care
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16