How your Habitat for Humanity Donation Changes Lives
Each year the parishioners of Saint Brigid come together to support our Habitat for Humanity Ministry by donating your time, talent and/or treasure. To donate your treasure online please visit:
Who Qualifies for a Habitat Home? It is not easy!
Families and individuals in need of decent, affordable housing apply for home ownership with their local Habitat for Humanity. As part of their willingness to partner, Habitat’s home buyers invest hundreds of hours of their own labor, called sweat equity, working alongside volunteers and other Habitat homeowners. Habitat for Humanity follows a nondiscriminatory policy of family selection. v Neither race nor religion is a factor in choosing Habitat’s homeowners.
The recipient families are typically parents that struggle financially to find decent, affordable housing in a good school district for their children. A move into a Habitat home provides these kids with better opportunities to succeed in life.
In addition, homeowners commit to a 25-year mortgage (with 0% interest rate). They DO pay a monthly mortgage for the value of the home – which then “pays it forward” to fund additional homeownership opportunities.
Each local Habitat’s family selection committee selects homeowners based on three criteria:
- The applicant’s level of need.
- Their willingness to partner with Habitat.
- Their ability to repay a mortgage through an affordable payment plan.
The Dzouali Family from Saint Brigid Moves In January 24, 2025
Volunteer Information
Please consider lending a hand one Saturday – no experience necessary. Young adults 16-17 can participate with a parent on-site with them and completion of a parental approval form. Anyone over 18 simply needs to complete an online form.
Our Ministry philosophy in reserving volunteer time on Saturdays is to help create a “team spirit” among the St. Brigid parishioners. By volunteering your time one (or two) Saturdays, you are contributing your time and talent as a team to achieve a worthy goal.
Once you sign up for a Saturday workday, please watch your email the day prior to (and on morning of) for weather updates. If the event registration is full and you would like to participate, please contact Mike Ostien at mgostien@gmail.com to see if any openings are available. In your email, please advise which weekend you would like to volunteer to attend and your cell phone number for a text reply.
The Schedule will be posted here when the next build begins.
How do I donate to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore?
Habitat for Humanity ReStores is a nonprofit home improvement store and donation center that sell new and gently used furniture, home accessories, building materials, and appliances to the public at a fraction of the retail price. Local ReStores are in Atlanta, Smyrna, Lawrenceville, and Gainesville. Use the following link to find out everything you need to know and the location closest to you, www.habitat.org/restores.
The ReStores are proudly owned and operated by local Habitat for Humanity affiliates. Proceeds are used to build homes and improve communities locally and around the world. ReStores sells reusable and surplus building materials, furniture, and appliances to the public.