Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County!
Join us today at our offices at 1825 Cornwall Avenue, Bellingham, WA for the volunteer orientation.
Orientations usually run about 45-60 minutes. At the orientation, you’ll fill out a Volunteer Interest Form, sign a Release of Waiver and Liability form, and watch two safety videos. We also require volunteers to pass a background check, which is usually done within 48 hours of your orientation.
Between construction, the Habitat Store and the Habitat Offices, we have many different volunteer opportunities available, depending on your interests, availability and skill sets. We will discuss all of these opportunities during the orientation to determine the best use of your valuable volunteer time. If you are looking to do community service then this is the place to start as well!
We look forward to meeting you at the Orientation!
No April Fools Joke, we're getting things done and doing more this week!
If your new to construction please introduce yourselves in a reply to this message and if you've been on site before please reply so we can plan our work.
Cautions; please do not park on the grass of the house across the street.
Paul has a SVA meeting on Friday so join him on Thursday.
We start at 9A, it is important to be prompt, lunch at noon and finish up around 4.
If you are fulfilling a community service obligation this service has to be approved by the Habitat Office Manager or Volunteer Coordinator BEFORE credit is given AND you have to have a personal form to signed off on.
If you are under 18 you must have specific approval by the construction manager to be on the construction site.
HFH Whatcom's annual dinner and auction is coming up.
You can buy tickets via the Habitat web site, go to events and learn more.
The old Turkington Rd house is scheduled to be used for a training burn by District 16. Once cleaned up, and with the warming weather, I anticipate that we will be returning to Acme to finish Linda Clow's home.
Please do not park on the grass of the house across the street.
Materials are heavy, the OSB floor sheets weigh 80 lbs.
It is projected to rain, wear appropriate clothing and dress in layers.
It rained and rained and rained in Sudden Valley washing out two days of work. Thanks to those who hung in there on Wednesday till you floated away. Because of this the tasks for this week are much the same as last.
Linda Clow's Turkington Rd house is rescheduled for a training burn by District 16 on Saturday, April 20th. This is a week later than originally scheduled. We will be finishing some work (yard, paint, ramp) when/if it is dry and/or warm enough.