Youth Volunteers - Flower City Habitat for Humanity

Young Builders

There are many ways for young people to support Habitat's mission of eliminating poverty housing.

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Franklin High senior Lamonze Sizer uses a router to round out handrails.

KRIS J. MURANTE, D&C photographer

Greece Olympia senior Chelsea Rinere paints a doorjamb.

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McQuaid students have formed an official Habitat campus chapter.

Working on our Construction Sites

Volunteers 16* years old and older may work on house construction. (*Some restrictions apply to 16-17 year old volunteers and a permission form must be signed by a parent.)

If you'd like to volunteer to help with construction, please click here for our Request for Volunteer Information form or e-mail tpaine@rochesterhabitat.org for more information.

School Supplies Drive

Young people can collect back-to-school supplies for a Habitat family. Click here to learn more about our annual School Supplies Drive.

Habitat Campus Chapters

A fun and exciting way to become involved with Habitat for Humanity is to create a Habitat for Humanity campus chapter at your high school or college! Students work as a group on home building, fundraising, advocacy and learning about poverty housing and how Habitat works to improve neighborhoods and create decent, affordable homes in partnership with low-income families. Preference in scheduling group build days is given to schools with campus chapters. Chapters have formed at Aquinas Institute, McQuaid Jesuit High School and are in process at other Rochester area high schools. Active chapters are building houses and hope at the University of Rochester, RIT and SUNY Brockport.

Bring Habitat to Your Classroom

Habitat offers a hands-on program for primary and elementary schools, through which we introduce students to the tools and materials used in house construction, and discuss Habitat's work to eliminate substandard housing here and around the world. Click here to learn about the program.

Youth Partnerships

Young people respond with their hearts to Habitat for Humanity's mission to eliminate poverty housing and they understand instinctively the dignity in the concept of offering "a hand up, not a handout." There are many ways to integrate the lessons provided by Habitat into other curriculum materials and group activities.

Flower City Habitat for Humanity's online Youth Partnership Guide enables teachers and youth group leaders to deepen their understanding of Habitat and explore ways to integrate Habitat's lessons with other curriculum materials.

We encourage you to explore Habitat for Humanity International's exciting Youth Programs pages, designed to involve young people from 5 to 25. You'll find activities, games, advocacy ideas resources for teachers and youth leaders in three age groups plus college-level involvement.

Read about how local students participated in our former School HouseBuild program where schoolchildren actually raised funds to help sponsor two Habitat homes in Rochester, NY.