Team-Building with Habitat

Volunteering together to help build the home of a hardworking Habitat family is a uniquely rewarding experience for everyone involved.
Our team-building program helps lift our community by directly building affordable housing; and your organization benefits from an increased sense of comradery, greater connection to our community, and seeing a tangible, permanent impact from your day of volunteering.
In addition to the positive impact for our community and for each volunteer, Habitat team-building days also provide the opportunity for your organization to publicly demonstrate its commitment to a community where we all have a decent place to live.
To schedule your team-building day, please review the following options:
Public Construction Shifts (first come, first serve):
Standard Team-Building Days (group reservation for 5-9 volunteers):
Sponsored Team-Building Day (group reservation for 10-20 volunteers):
Sponsored Team-Building Day (group reservation for 21-200 volunteers):
Our team-building program helps lift our community by directly building affordable housing; and your organization benefits from an increased sense of comradery, greater connection to our community, and seeing a tangible, permanent impact from your day of volunteering.
In addition to the positive impact for our community and for each volunteer, Habitat team-building days also provide the opportunity for your organization to publicly demonstrate its commitment to a community where we all have a decent place to live.
To schedule your team-building day, please review the following options:
Public Construction Shifts (first come, first serve):
- Opened 1-4 weeks in advance, on a rolling basis
- Several dates to choose from that fill our most urgent volunteer needs
- Individuals and small groups are welcome on a first come, first serve basis
- No group reservation needed, you can sign-up online now
- To sign-up, please review our construction FAQs, then sign-up on our public volunteer calendar
- If you don’t see dates that fit your schedule, check back for new availability every 1-2 weeks
Standard Team-Building Days (group reservation for 5-9 volunteers):
- Scheduled 1-8 weeks in advance, on a rolling basis
- Several dates to choose from that fill our most urgent volunteer needs
- Group reservation holds your spots until one-week before your build day
- Two-week email reminder to fill any unfilled spots before one-week deadline
- Any unfilled shifts are returned to public construction so that more volunteers have an opportunity to build
- To reserve a day, please review our construction FAQs, then email us for current availability
Sponsored Team-Building Day (group reservation for 10-20 volunteers):
- Reserved up to one year in advance
- Featured profile including company name, blurb/quote, and a selection of build day photos on the news page of our website (listed chronologically, permanently archived and available)
- Prompt social media cross-promotion to combined reach of over 12,000 followers on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, & Twitter
- Link to all build day photos for additional marketing
- Habitat branded fundraising software to help reach fundraising goals (peer-to-peer fundraising is optional, organization may choose to cover full donation amount)
- $1,000 donation reserves your team-building day for 10-15 participants
- $2,000 donation reserves your team-building day for 16-20 participants
- To reserve a day, please review our construction FAQs, then email us for current availability
Sponsored Team-Building Day (group reservation for 21-200 volunteers):
- All benefits listed above, plus:
- Optional 30-minute presentation w/ Q&A prior to the build day at your location
- Framed certificate of appreciation for display at your office
- Unique build day marketing, such as "framing frenzy", "building blitz", etc
- Multiple social media posts throughout the day
- Company led PR opportunities (recent examples: MC Post, RBJ, Spectrum News, WHEC-TV, WROC-TV, WXXI)
- $5,000 donation reserves your team-building day(s) for 21-50 participants
- $10,000 donation reserves your team-building day(s) for 51-200 participants
- To reserve a day, please review our construction FAQs, then email us for current availability
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