Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization. We welcome all people to join us as we build simple, decent, affordable, houses in partnership with those in need of adequate shelter. Since 1976, Habitat has built more than 100,000+ houses in more than 80 countries, including some 30,000 houses across the United States. Groups work to improve housing for the needs of the greater community. Activities are seasonal and training is provided.

2023 CATHOLIC BUILD

Austin Habitat for Humanity and Catholic churches and individuals in the Austin area have been coming together for over twenty years (25 to be exact!) to build a home for a deserving family in our community. This year will be no exception as H4H heads to East Austin to build a home. Through faith in action, by our volunteers and our donors, Habitat Austin and local Catholics are working together to eliminate substandard housing- one family at a time. 
 

Meet the family:
Floriberto and Edna are new parents to Leonardo (1) and are committed to providing their son the best future possible. Floriberto and Edna have both lived in Austin most of their lives and think it is the perfect place to raise their son and begin their family. They have a strong support system of family and friends in town but worry they will soon not be able to afford to live in Austin. Skyrocketing rent prices in their apartment forced them to move in with Floriberto’s mother in an attempt to save money. Now they are living with eight family members in one house while raising a toddler. Living together in one room, they constantly worry about the disruption their young child might cause to their family members and have little privacy for themselves. While they love their family and appreciate the support his mother has given them, they are overcrowded and desperately want a space of their own for their son and family to grow

If you wish to participate in the Spring Catholic Build please go to the following link to sign-up. Thank you for joining H4H and all Catholics as we build strong, stable and self-reliant communities!

We'll kick off this build March 5th, and will wrap up end of June. 

Location: 6508 Farrell Glen Drive, Austin, TX - new construction

To volunteer: https://austinhabitat.volunteerhub.com/lp/stthomasmores/

Please join us again to continue success of the annual Catholic Build! 

Help is NEEDED in the following areas:

Lunches: If you or a group that you are a part of at St. Thomas More Catholic Church would like to help with lunches on any of the Saturdays that would be GREATLY appreciated. On the first weekend we typically have a small army of about 50+ folks working.The rest of the weekends it goes down a bit to between 30 and 40. If you would like to volunteer to bring lunch, please contact Sheila Kuhn.

**STM Knights will be providing lunch on Saturday, March 4th

Fund raising: This year we need to raise approximately $100,000. Online donations can be done at: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/catholicbuild2022

Registration:  All volunteers are required to register at: http://austinhabitat.volunteerhub.com  Please complete the Volunteer Registration and review the Volunteer Orientation materials. Be sure to print, fill out, and sign the Release of Liability and bring it to the site. This Release of Liability must be resubmitted every calendar year. Additionally, Austin HFH requires ALL Volunteers to complete the HFHI approved Lockton On-Line Safety Training titled "Volunteering on a Habitat Job Site" (Access Code: W8NAEBTG). It takes about 15 minutes to complete.

Registration Link:
https://austinhabitat.volunteerhub.com/lp/catholicbuild
 

More Information: Please visit the facebook group we have for our builds at https://www.facebook.com/AustinHabitatforHumanity

To get involved with the St.Thomas More Habitat for Humanity Ministry please contact the Ministry Leader Sheila Kuehn at sheila.kuehn@yahoo.com