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Church
Partnership Corporate
Partners |
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Opportunities &
Pray |
Support Habitat
financially |
Volunteer |
Congregations of all sizes can
partner with Habitat for Humanity in a variety of ways. That
partnership works best when Habitat can help a church carry out
its goals for ministry. Volunteering on the job site and on
committees is one way to help. Other churches become voices of
justice as they raise awareness of the need for adequate housing.
What is God calling your church to do? Consider these
possibilities:
Pray
Without the continuing prayers of millions of people,
Habitat's work could not continue. |
Encourage your congregation to
include Habitat for Humanity in its mission work. Make regular
donations to your local Habitat affiliate or take up special
Habitat for Humanity offerings. Provide in-kind goods and
services. (For example, a plumber in your congregation might
volunteer to do the plumbing work on a Habitat house.) Raise funds
to build all or part of a house. A congregation may sponsor a
house individually or join with another congregation to raise the
money and build a house together. Tithe — set aside one-tenth of
the money you raise for local Habitat projects. The tithe funds
are then used to build Habitat houses in other countries, where
construction costs are often much lower. |
Build strength and unity within your
congregation as you work toward the common goal of helping others.
Organize volunteers for a house that your congregation funds or
helps fund. Join volunteer teams who are working on special church
builds around the world. Serve on local Habitat committees.
Individuals are always needed to help with acquiring land, finding
and selecting qualified homeowner applicants, nurturing family
partners, recruiting church support and more. |
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Engage Your
Community |
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Continue to be a voice for those in
need even after construction is complete: Host speakers on housing
issues -- including representatives from a local Habitat affiliate
-- to raise awareness of the need for decent housing. Write
letters to the editor and speak out about positive experiences
your church has had building houses. Also be in touch with
legislators and other community services groups. Make the
commitment to become advocates for housing. |
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Corporate
Partners |
Partner with
Habitat |
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Habitat for Humanity Trinidad and
Tobago collaboration with Corporate Partner has been very
beneficial over the years. This partnership challenges
corporations to discover their social conscience and to tangibly
show the recognition of their social responsibility by cooperating
with habitat to ensure that underprivileged families can have
access to decent, affordable shelter. Corporate partnerships
address the problem of poverty housing, providing a positive
solution and offering a wealth of benefits to corporations,
including tax deductions, high-voltage public relations and a
permanent positive effect on company morale. United in the goal of
helping those in need, employees at every level get to see each
other at their best on a Habitat build. It's an opportunity to
grow, to bond and to experience good feelings that get carried
back to the workplace. |
There are numerous ways to form a
partnership with Habitat, whether through product donations,
financial support, mobilizing employees as Habitat volunteers or a
combination of these possibilities. Habitat invites you to join us
as we work in partnership with people in need everywhere, helping
them to secure decent, affordable shelter. Habitat partnerships
come in as many different forms as the corporations that support
us. Corporate partnerships may include any combination of
possibilities for supporting Habitat's work, including:
• Product donations
• Financial support
• Mobilizing volunteers
• Grants and awards programs
• Public awareness raising |
