the season of Thankful-giving
As the season of giving unfolds, Habitat for Humanity - Ozaukee is excited to introduce our Thankful-Giving campaign. We're immensely grateful for partners like you, who share our vision of creating better lives through safe and affordable housing in our county. With your support, we're not just building homes; we're building hope.
Join us in this Season of Giving as we work to raise enough funds to embark on our next home in Ozaukee County. We've already benefitted from doubling our donations from September until the end of November thanks to the incredible kindness of an anonymous donor and hope to keep the momentum going!
We have our targets set on $200,000 to be able to kick off the next build, making it the 13th home we will have built in Ozaukee County, benefitting the families and our community.
First Hand Overview: Learn about the Process from our Newest Homeowners in Ozaukee County!
Habitat for Humanity - Ozaukee is dedicated to the enrichment of our local community. By helping under-served residents realize their dream of home ownership, we help families and children achieve strength, self-reliance and stability. A house is more than a home and when you help families achieve their goal of home ownership the benefits to our community are boundless!
Strong and stable homes help to build strong and stable communities.
A decent place to live and an affordable mortgage create a situation where homeowners can save more,
invest in education, pursue opportunity and have more financial stability. It can remove barriers to
opportunities, success and health that might have been part of a family's life for years, if not generations.
Investments in affordable housing are repaid in the form of stronger local economies; a stable, skilled workforce; a working social safety net and revitalized neighborhoods.
With a little help, we all have the potential to stand on our own.
Strength Stability Self-Reliance Shelter
12 New Homes = 12 Empowered Habitat Families
Starting with the first Habitat home completed in 2003, we have built 12 new homes alongside Ozaukee County families. Habitat home building efforts and new homeowners have contributed nearly $450,000 to the economy through local land development and building expenditures, taxes and fees, educational costs, retail spending and other economic activity.
For more news about Habitat and our project updates, see
what we've been building HERE.
ReStore Donations
We partner with the Habitat for Humanity - Milwaukee ReStore for donations and deconstruction. By donating gently used furniture, appliances and home goods to Habitat ReStore, you can make a difference in the lives of local families. The ReStore sells these donated items to the public, raising funds to help our organization build safe, affordable homes in our community.
The pick-up services are free, but need to be scheduled ahead of time. Additionally, there are deconstruction services to salvage reusable items like kitchen cabinets from residential and commercial properties. We also partner with businesses that are moving, remodeling, or liquidating inventory.
Volunteer
Our volunteers are the heart of Habitat. We have a variety of volunteer opportunities that can leverage your talents or help you develop new skills.These range from construction and building support to fundraising, marketing and community outreach and behind-the-scenes help to keep our Habitat community efforts humming along.Training and orientation are provided. Click HERE to learn more.
Home Preservation
In addition to building homes with families of low and modest income, we also offer home repairs to families
in need of assistance, improving their homes so they can care for the elderly, handicapped, veterans or supporting other needs so they maintain a dignified lifestyle. Learn more here.