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Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Colorado County Habitat for Humanity! We are delighted that you have taken this step to learn more about how you can support us as we partner with people from all walks of life to provide families with simple, decent, affordable housing.
It is our hope that you will join us in this spirit of partnership and that your efforts with Habitat for Humanity will prove enjoyable and fulfilling. Since Habitat for Humanity is a volunteer-driven organization, we rely on volunteers like you to help families in need realize the dream of owning a decent, affordable home. From working on our construction sites, to manning special events, and running our committees, volunteers greatly impact every facet of our organization.
CCHFH is extremely grateful for the many volunteers that lend their time and energy to our home-building efforts each year, whether on a construction site, in our office, serving on one of our committees, or helping in any number of other ways. Descriptions of volunteer opportunities are listed below. We encourage you to take a moment to read through them to determine how your needs would best fit with the opportunities we offer.
Construction Volunteers
The most popular and visible of Habitat for Humanity’s volunteer opportunities, construction volunteers are continually in demand due to Habitat’s ongoing building efforts. No construction experience or skills are required, though volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Volunteers undertake dozens of home construction tasks such as dry-walling, painting, tiling, siding, insulating, and framing. Volunteers are scheduled on both an individual and group basis.
Office Volunteers
Based in Columbus, office volunteers perform a wide range of administrative tasks in support of Habitat’s business responsibilities. Duties may include filing, preparing mailings, and data entry. Please contact the Executive Director to check our current office needs.
Construction Committee
This committee’s focus and responsibility will be to guide the development of construction component as we evolve and take on the challenge of building houses. This committee will be crucial to helping create management systems that fulfill our unique needs as a non-profit developer/contractor which utilizes volunteer labor. Areas needed to be addressed include, among others, safety in the workplace, purchase ordering, account tracking, budgeting, scheduling, quality control, and contracting. The committee seeks volunteers with professional experience in construction management, purchasing, building inspections, engineering, or other disciplines related to the building industry.
Site Selection Committee
This committee’s responsibilities include site selection, land acquisition, home design, and community impact issues. This committee is crucial in the ever-challenging efforts to locate land in the Greater Boston area and in preparing unique site plans for each separate venture. Volunteers with related professional experience as well as everyday homeowners are encouraged to get involved. This committee meets monthly in the Colorado County Habitat office on weekday evenings.
Family Support Committee
The Family Support Committee is responsible for the education and support of future CCHFH homeowners, working with issues such as budgeting, home repair and maintenance, community resources, and any of the other financial, legal, or personal responsibilities of becoming a homeowner. Individuals with experience in social work, counseling, real estate, law, neighborhood/community development, and homeownership or living-skills training are especially needed for this committee. Members organize special events for Habitat families and plan and run the classes Habitat families attend in order to fulfill their partnership requirement. Family Support especially needs people from the local community who can help orient Habitat homeowners during their first year of homeownership.
Family Selection Committee
This committee is responsible for choosing future CCHFH homeowners from an ever-expanding pool of applicants. This committee works with local residents, neighborhood associations and churches in the area where Habitat Boston is building to create support for the organization and future partner families. The committee plans and conducts a series of neighborhood community meetings and prepares the Habitat homeownership opportunity bulletin and brochure for each new home. Family Selection Committee activity is cyclical, though the committee generally meets once a month during weekday evenings in the Colorado County Habitat office.
Faith-Based Relations Committee
This committee’s responsibilities are to identify area faith-based communities and design a partnership program and build a faith-based coalition to support the initiative of eliminating sub-standard housing. Colorado County Habitat is in need of volunteers involved in faith-based congregations to help us initiate this committee. If interested, please call the Executive Director.
Fundraising Committee
This committee is composed of volunteers with related professional experience in the area of fundraising, public relations and marketing. The committee supports the administration in developing fundraising plans as well as implementing the strategies and tasks. Members work to organize and support activities and special events.
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