How you can help

What are the ways an individual or a corporation can help build the Habitat house?

Here's a quick list of how to help, no matter what your strengths are (or aren't!)

1. Volunteer your time to swing a hammer.
2. Volunteer your professional expertise (electrical, plumbing, etc).
   
3. Volunteer your time to fund raise.
4. Attend the bi-weekly Steering Committee meetings and help with the brainstorming.
5. Donate building supplies (large quantities needed).
6. Donate appliances for the kitchen and bathroom (must be new and Energy Star rated).
7. Donate cabinets for the kitchen & bathroom (must be new).
   
8. Shop at the ReStore in Portland or Bath to support all Habitat houses in Maine.
9. Donate your used building supplies (kitchen cabinets, hardware, lighting supplies, etc) to the ReStore to provide funds for Habitat builds.
10. Write a check to fund Habitat houses in Maine through the Portland Habitat for Humanity office. Or donate online through FirstGiving. (FirstGiving charges only a small processing fee to Habitat, the remainder of your donation goes to Habitat of Portland Maine.)
    
11. Participate in the Hospitality for Habitat event in May of every year where you get 50% off your room rate at participating lodging properties for a donation of $35 to Habitat.
12. Look for the Habitat candy sales around Freeport and buy a chocolate 'paintbrush' or a lollipop 'hammer' to help fund the Freeport build.
    

To volunteer your time or to make a donation of any kind, please contact the Portland Habitat for Humanity office: 207-772-2151 and check out their website for more information.

All donated building materials for this house must be cleared through the Habitat office first. Please do not drop materials off at the site.

For construction material questions, please contact Dan at Habitat for Humanity: dan at habitatme.org (replace 'at' with @ and remove all spaces)