Special Events

Our annual House of Hope event is gearing up, and it relies on quite a bit of volunteer support. This is a great way to get (or stay) involved with Habitat for Humanity and to help us with our goal of eliminating poverty housing! The areas we could use help are:

1. Delivery and pick up of the House of Hope boards. The boards are 2x4's and are approx. 8' long so they don't fit in all vehicles, but if you've got a hatchback, or you can fold your back seats down, or if you've got a van, SUV, or truck, we can load them in. We need people to deliver them to area businesses and churches in June, and pick them up in early September.

2. A "board coordinator"; someone who will track these boards -- which businesses have them, which businesses want them, which volunteer delivered a board or who can deliver one and to which organization, and ensuring they get picked up in September. This is a behind-the-scenes job and can be done from your home, if you want, with just email and a telephone.

3. Phone calling. We'll send out a letter in early May to previous year's board sponsors asking them to sign up to be a sponsor again this year. However, we don't always hear back from them quickly, yet we've recruited volunteers to deliver the boards and we want to put them to work and get the boards out into the community. So we need someone to call the businesses, churches, and other groups to give them a friendly reminder. These are not cold calls or sales calls - these calls are to organizations that are friendly to Habitat for Humanity and will be nice to you on the phone. This, too, can be done from your home if you want.

4. Float construction. In early September after we've collected all the signed boards, we use some of them to build a float for the Oktoberfest Maple Leaf and Torchlight parades. We also need volunteers to string the float with lights after the Maple Leaf for the Torchlight parade. (There are just five days between the parades, so this is always a bit of a crunch and too many times Habitat for Humanity staff ends up doing it. Not that we mind, but it's more fun if we've got volunteer help!)

If any of these tasks sound fun to you, please HELP US!! Send us an email and indicate what task you're interested in doing.

Construction Volunteering

What's up for 2008?  We will build the second home Hope Court in Holmen (just off of Sand Lake Road just north of OT) and we will build one home in La Crosse at 1118 Liberty Street.

The future homeowners have been selected for partnership and we are currently finalizing the house plans and the construction schedule.

If you'd like us to let you know when we will have a firm start date, click here to send us an email!

The Fine Print:
We require that all volunteers sign and submit a Liability Waiver to Habitat-La Crosse Area for each house and/or project on which they work.

• Please download, read and sign the Release and Waiver of Liability Form.

• If you are younger than 18, the Release and Waiver of Liability Form for Minors signed by a parent or legal guardian.

• For the Habitat Construction Safety Policy, click here.

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The Habitat ReStore is a fun place to volunteer, too! For more information, click here.