Name of Affiliated Agency:
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity
Service Program(s) and description:
Affordable Homeownership
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity builds home in partnership
with selected families
to provide first-time homeownership
opportunities for families at or below 60%
of the area median income. Families must
have a need for housing, be willing to
put in 300-500 hours of sweat equity in
building their own home and the homes of
others, and be able to pay a zero
percent interest rate mortgage. Habitat
provides a
13-week financial literacy course, Dave
Ramsey's Financial Peace University.
Prospective homeowners also attend
Neighbor to Neighbor homeownership education courses.
Habitat ReStore
A fundraising
enterprise of Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity, the ReStore,
located at
4001 S. Taft Hill Road, sells donated
building materials, furniture, and vehicles
(cars, motorcycles, motor homes and boats).
Habitat also partners with local social
service agencies to provide furniture and necessary household items to those
referred from these local agencies.
We serve . . .
Families who earn 60% of the Area Median Income and below.
Location and days/hours of service:
The administrative offices are open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and are located at 1600 Palm Drive.
The Habitat ReStore, located at 4001 S. Taft Hill Road, is open Monday
thru Saturday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Store is closed on Sunday for our employees to observe the Sabbath.
Website:
Contact information:
Candace Mayo, Executive Director
cmayo@fortcollinshabitat.org
Direct Phone 970-488-2602
Admin Office 970-223-4522
Fax: 970-223-4524
Joe Kissell, General Manager
Habitat ReStore
4001 S. Taft Hill Road
Fort Collins, CO 80526
jkissell@fortcollinshabitat.org
Direct: 970-488-2705
Store front desk: 970-488-2700
Common volunteer
opportunities:
Opportunities to build at Habitat construction sites
Opportunities to build as a group as part of our ""Team Build"" Program
Opportunities to serve on committees: construction, in-kind materials
procurement,
family selection, family support (family
advocates are members of this committee,
fundraising, Community Connections team, Faith-in-Action Committee)
Opportunities at the ReStore:
customer service, receiving of newly donated
materials, stocking, assisting
the truck driver with pick-ups and
deliveries, cleaning and vacuuming donated
merchandise, help with advertising and
newsletters, staging the sales floor,
testing and repairing donated electrical equipment, TVs stereos, etc.
Volunteer Coordinator
Debbie Pyles
dpyles@fortcollinshabitat.org
970-290-8059
Benefits we derive
from participation in Interfaith Council:
Ability to educate other faith groups about our ministry, and, ideally for
church and faith-communities to help us identify families that may be
excellent Habitat homeowner candidates.