Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization.  Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Harris County (Habitat NWHC) seeks volunteers with skills as well as compassion.  Some of our volunteers are skilled carpenters, while others just have good hearts and willing hands. The common thread is the desire to give back to the community.  By donating your time, you can make a difference in the lives of families in need throughout Northwest Harris County!

Habitat Volunteers:

• Develop new skills
• Make new friends
• Provide expertise to the organization
• Have fun while helping to better the lives of others

There are many different ways and opportunities to volunteer:

Construction: This is our most popular activity and what most people think of when they consider helping Habitat.  We build every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 8am-3pm (lunch is provided for all volunteers on Saturdays). No prior experience is needed. We do project training each morning, on-site and all tools are provided. All construction volunteers must be at least 14 years old.  No one under the age of 14 will be permitted on the construction site for safety and liability reasons.  Individuals are invited to just show up at our work site without scheduling. Groups of 5 or more must schedule work days with our Volunteer Coordinator, Karly Grilliot atkgrilliot@habitatnwhc.org prior to coming out. Building is a lot of fun and our construction dates fill up quickly so you must schedule well in advance to get the date that you want. For more detailed information please review the documents posted on the Volunteer Forms page.

*Please note that the construction site is NOT set up for court ordered community service, court ordered service must be done at the ReStore.

Lunch Services: On Saturday work days there can be 50 to 160 volunteers on-site. Donated lunches are extremely important as we always offer free lunch to our volunteers to show our appreciation and to provide a needed energy boosting break. If your group has the capacity to provide this many lunches please contact Karly atkgrilliot@habitatnwhc.org

Committees: These work groups do the behind-the-scenes work selecting our partner families, locating and preparing worksites, raising funds, advocating within the community and more. The affiliate currently has 10 functioning committees—Construction, Church Relations, Family Selection, Family Support, Information Technology, Marketing/Fundraising, Real Estate, ReStore, Tool Box Bash, and Women’s Build. To learn more please visit our committees page.

Deconstruction: Deconstruction is the hand demolition of buildings in the reverse order of their construction in order to carefully remove materials for reuse and recycling. This technique reduces the disposal of materials into landfills, and provides materials to resale in our ReStore. All proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity NWHC and the community! Deconstruction is labor intensive.  It requires good communication and willingness to work in pairs and within an overall team. No prior experience is necessary. Deconstruction project locations vary and occur weekdays usually between 9 and 3. Volunteers must be flexible, learning of project dates, times and locations only 2 or 3 weeks in advance.

Office: The office is open from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm on Monday through Friday. We need regular volunteers to help answer phones, help with mailings, filing, entering computer data, and other special projects.

ReStore: One challenge that the ReStore faces is a very high turnover of merchandise. Truckloads of donations and items from deconstruction projects arrive and truckloads of things are purchased and leave with customers every day. Our inventory is constantly changing and we need volunteers to help unload trucks, arrange merchandise and help customers. We need a lot of help from regular volunteers. If you or your group has the ability to come in several times a month to help us please contact Karly, the volunteer coordinator at kgrilliot@habitatnwhc.org  Our ReStore is open Wednesday-Saturday from 9am-6pm.

For more information about volunteering, please visit the Volunteer Forms page or contact our Volunteer Coordinator Karly Grilliot at (281) 820-2307 or at kgrilliot@habitatnwhc.org