Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry, working 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.

Description:
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. Habitat works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. The houses then are sold to those in need, Habitat's partner families, at no profit and with no interest charged. Partner families invest hundreds of hours of their own 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.

Founded in 1976 by Millard Fuller along with his wife Linda, and headquartered in Americus, Ga, HFHI's work in the United States is accomplished by affiliates. Habitat affiliates are independent, nonprofit [501(c)(3)] organizations that are organized by local citizens and operate with local boards and local volunteers. There are more than 1,500 U.S. affiliates spread among all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers provide most of the labor, and faithful individual and corporate donors provide the money and materials to build Habitat houses

History:
Central Wisconsin Habitat for Humanity has completed twenty homes for Partner Families. We build one home a year at this time. Our volunteers need not be skilled, only enthusiastic.

Contact person: Tom Macak, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Address:

Habitat Office 1308 Main Street Stevens Point, WI 54481 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.centralwisconsinhabitat.org

Last updated on June 7, 2011