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How to Volunteer

A recent Broome Habitat Family gets news they are getting a new house.
We welcome your interest in participation, but due to our size, we are limited to the number of volunteers we can use on a work site safely.  Our current need is for semi-skilled and skilled construction volunteers. Opportunities vary with construction stages and seasons.  At this time, we do not have a need for clerical (office/event) volunteers.  

**DUE TO COVID - 19, WE ARE NOT TAKING NEW VOLUNTEERS AT THIS TIME.**  Please contact us again in the Spring of 2021.  We would love to meet you when the time is right.  

Please call our office for more information at (607) 239-4783. 

​If you want to volunteer, you must follow these four steps:
  1. Read the Volunteer Cover Letter and Basic Volunteer Info (Critical information is contained within each letter, including how to take required safety classes.)
  2. Read the Construction Safety Information and Guidelines
  3. Complete the Volunteer Application, including Release and Waiver
  4. Watch the Safety Orientation video below (This is not the safety course referred to in the letters.)
  5. Contact us to get a time to help.

If you are a group (corporation, church, club, etc.), one representative/leader should fill out the application and take the online training.  Each person in the group needs to watch the video below, read our safety information and sign the waivers.

Please note, your application takes time to process.  We can not call to schedule a work day until we have the certificate for your training.  Training certificates are sent to us each Friday by our insurance company.  Please give yourself or your group plenty of time for your application to be processed.

In addition to general construction help, we sometimes need assistance in the following areas:​
  • Preparing food for volunteers
  • Gearing up for events
  • Helping with "pop up" events such as yard sales and bottle drives
  • Getting others to volunteer and donate
  • Staffing tables at community events

We can create special opportunities for youth to be involved, however to volunteer for construction as an individual, you must be 18 years of age.
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Watch a video about volunteering on a Habitat worksite.