What a beautiful day to celebrate TWO Habitat Home Dedications!

Today we had the honor of celebrating the ceremonial and spiritual transition of two construction sites into two new Habitat Homes that were full of excitement, love, and plans for the future.

There's a few things left to finish up, but in just a few short weeks The Betts Family and The Sutton Family will be closing on their affordable mortgages, moving in, and building the next chapter of their lives in a quality, affordable, and stable home.

These two homes were made possible by the hard work of our partner families, Habitat staff and volunteers, and the faith-filled support of the Penfield Area Coalition of Churches, Thrivent Financial, and the Harvest Home Coalition.

All three of these faith-based organizations (along with many more) are already gearing up to partner with us again - and if you are interested in putting your faith into action with us, we invite you to learn more at: www.rochesterhabitat.org/faith

To learn more about our homeownership program, visit: www.rochesterhabitat.org/homeownership

"The help I had with Abi and my coach getting me through this year, when I had my ups and downs... You guys brought me through this year and made me stronger, to say that I can do this. I just want to thank everyone, thank you guys so much. And today is my grandbaby's birthday!"

To Regina and her family, we want to say thank you for partnering with us to help make your dream of homeownership come true - your strength and hard work make us all stronger too!

We also want to thank all of the volunteer and donors from our Women Build program who brought together the funding and volunteers to make this possible - the 14th Women Build house in Rochester!

​This Friday! Join us, Spry Middle School of Webster Central Schools, and Rochester Wheels Wheelchair Basketball for the Spirit Week Charity Basketball Game!

The game will be held at Schroeder HS gym beginning at 7:00 pm on this Friday, March 1. Schroeder's address is: 875 Ridge Rd, Webster, NY 14580 -- and the gym entrance is around the rear. Admission is a $5 donation at the door (or more, if people want!)

Check out this amazing video by Samuel Bell - Spry Middle School, Webster - and join us tomorrow night for a great family night out!

If you can't make it, but still want to support this wonderful event, click the donate button now to help this event raise even more to help more families like Keisha's achieve their dream of homeownership!

Homebuyer Coach - Volunteer Position Description
 
Purpose:

• We are looking for dedicated, caring, and organized volunteer coaches to help our homebuyers successfully work their way through our homebuyer program.
• We believe in supporting our homebuyers through their journey of homeownership, and as a support coach, you play a large role in this. It is expected that the coach/homebuyer relationship will remain professional during the entire partnership.

 
Key Responsibilities:

• From the application process, to financial classes, savings plans, sweat-equity, house selection, and closing on an affordable mortgage and moving in; you'll be there with them at every step of this transformative process.
• Attend training sessions and view volunteer role as a partnership with Flower City Habitat staff and homebuyers.
• Adhere to confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• If either the partner family or coach decide the relationship is not a good fit, Flower City Habitat will re-pair the individuals, no questions asked.

 
Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of Habitat
• Solid understanding of financial literacy
• Delicate balance of ability to guide/support homebuyer and compassionately hold them accountable

Time Commitment:

• One meeting with homebuyer per month. 1 hour. (Required)
• Three meetings per year with Flower City Habitat on program updates. 1.5 hours. (Required)
• One volunteer day with homebuyer per year. 4-8 hours. (Suggested)

 
What to do if you are interested (please take all steps):

1. Learn more about the Flower City Habitat Homebuyer Program
2. Fill out our volunteer application to update your interests and availability. (If you already have a volunteer account with us, click the login button at the top right, then return to the volunteer application link.)
3. See if you can join us for our next volunteer information session to learn more and see if this volunteer opportunity is a good fit for you.
   
4. As needed, everyone who has filled out a volunteer application will be notified when projects/positions are scheduled that match their availability and interests.