Our Mission: Seeking to put God’s love into action, Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
- Safety first. Safety is everyone’s responsibility. Use caution at the worksite and look out for each other. Report any unsafe conditions to your supervisor immediately.
- Safety second. All staff are required to have current CPR and first aid. In the event of injury notify your immediate supervisor.
- Appreciate Effort; skilled or unskilled. All volunteers will be treated with respect, regardless of their skills and abilities. Please complete a volunteer form to help us understand your interests.
- Appreciate diversity. People from every social, economic, religious, and ethnic background help build or repair houses, build lives and community.
- Enlightened self-interest. There are many reasons people volunteer. They may want to: make new friends, gain new skills, be part of a team, improve the community, meet a challenge, help others, have fun, share or learn skills, pay it forward, feel useful, make contacts, gain recognition, be with friends, etc.
- Be willing to learn. Ask questions. Not everyone will do the same task the same way. Please follow Habitat instructions. If you don’t understand something, ask a supervisor or staff member. Be willing to share your skill. We may also learn something from you as well.
- Measure twice, cut once. We believe in being good stewards of the resources entrusted to us. Please do not waste materials.
- Patience please. Patience is a virtue. Occasionally, there will be a period when work can’t be performed due to weather conditions or lack of materials, tools, or supervision.
- Be flexible. Due to the nature of homebuilding, not all tasks happen as planned. If you come expecting to paint, you may be asked to help hang drywall or landscape.
- Sweat equity. Habitat homebuyers must contribute as many as 250-400 hours of labor to Habitat and Home Repair families contribute 40 hours of labor to repair their home, learn through classes offered at Habitat or to help Habitat’s mission in the office or ReStore. They are encouraged to be on site as much as possible with the volunteers building their houses.
- Consider other opportunities. Tuesday-Thursday, Women Build, committees are the channels through which work and ideas flow. Take on as much or little as you wish.
12. The Big Picture. If all else fails, re-read the Mission Statement