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The HFHSCNY is now open!
RE STORE VOLUNTEER OPEN HOUSE The newest Habitat for Humanity ReStore in the Capital Region just opened in Schenectady at 1957 Foster Avenue! Visit us any Thursday or Friday between 10 A.M. and 5:30 P.M. during Habitat’s ReStore Volunteer Recruitment Open House. Enjoy soft drinks or coffee, and a tour! ReStore recycles all kinds of home improvement merchandise, nice pre-owned appliances and furniture, for up to 90% off retail prices! For those wishing to donate items, please note the list of acceptable materials outlined in our Donation Material Screening Criteria. ReStore helps Habitat build houses in Schenectady! For more information call 395-3412, read the Volunteer Flyer, or fill out a Volunteer form on line.

See the progress on our 2008 projects.

Fall 2007 / Winter 2008 Issue of HFHSCNY HabitatBuilder now available_

Habitat for Humanity of Schenectady County in the news. Newspaper articles covering local affiliate efforts are located on the News page.

Come Help Us Grow

These are exciting times! Habitat for Humanity of Schenectady County is working to unleash and mobilize revitalization forces in Schenectady County’s most distressed neighborhoods. Opportunities abound for us to change whole communities by replacing sub-standard housing with owner-occupied homes. To do this job we need a lot of new talent to support, finance, plan and lead projects.

There are many areas where you can help; these include: financial management, family relations, construction management, fund-raising, site selection, volunteer scheduling, public relations, church relations and personnel training. If any of these sound interesting to you then please select "Get Involved" on this page, and send a note about your interest, and contact information, to the "volunteer" e-mail address provided.

We have a huge challenge and great opportunity in front of us in delivering our mission…the elimination of substandard housing in Schenectady County. Please join us. Whether you swing a hammer, help in fundraising or participate in one of the many operating committees that makes it all work, please get involved. We need your participation, resources and leadership to meet our challenge.

Best Regards,
Chuck Becker
President HFHSC
March 4, 2008

Habitat for Humanity of Schenectady County, Inc is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. The houses then are sold to those in need at no profit and with no interest charged.

Volunteers provide most of the labor, and individual and corporate donors provide money and materials to build Habitat houses. Partner families themselves invest hundreds of hours of labor - "sweat equity" - into building their homes and the homes of others. Their mortgage payments go into a revolving Fund for Humanity that is used to build more houses.

The Habitat for Humanity International web site contains more information on Habitat's history, mission, volunteer opportunities and contact information for other Habitat affiliates around the world.