Habitat for Heroes

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Habitat SHR is excited to join Habitat affiliates all over the United States in a program designed to provide Veterans with access to quality affordable housing, the opportunity to engage with the community and fellow veterans and the chance to to serve others by volunteering.

Click here to download the Habitat for Heroes Flyer

Apply!

Owning a home is part of the American Dream

  • See if you meet the Veteran Selection Criteria Index. Please call the Veterans program coordinator for any questions, 640-0590 ext. 218.
  • Complete an Application — no deadline at this time
  • Selection process is currently underway. Families are selected by Habitat SHR’s Family Selection Committee.
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Donate!

  • $25 for a porch light to light the way
  • $50 opens a front door where guests enter
  • $75 mounts a cabinet where the cookie jar can be found
  • $100 clears a window to watch seasons change
  • $250 provides insulation to keep a family warm
  • $500 delivers lumber to build a child's own bedroom
  • $1000 give a bathroom and a kitchen their fixtures
  • $5000 will build a roof over the heads of a family

We invite you to partner with us in raising money for this first Veteran’s Build. We encourage you to use this online platform to make your supporting donations; under Gift Information: Special Designation, enter "Habitat for Heroes".

However, if you would like to make a donation via check, please mail payment to: Habitat SHR, 900 Tidewater Drive, Norfolk, VA 23504. Please indicate "Habitat for Heroes" in the memo field of your check.

All donations are tax deductible. A receipt and letter of acknowledgement will be sent promptly. In-kind donations, or gifts in lieu of money, are always welcome. If you would like to sponsor a fundraiser, we would be happy to coordinate this with you. Thank you for considering a donation to Habitat SHR in support of our mission to strengthen families and our community.

Volunteer!

From coast to coast, veterans of the U. S. Armed Forces are pitching in as Habitat volunteers, sometimes building for fellow vets or active duty personnel, sometimes for civilians. This partnership ― between the country’s biggest builder of simple, decent, affordable housing and those who have served or are serving their country ― is growing. Habitat SHR has many projects that need the leadership and expertise of the military veterans in our community. Now is a great time to become acquainted with what we do. Click to register through Volunteer Up! and see several different ways you can become involved.
First-time volunteers should attend the one-time only orientation. Contact the Veterans Program Coordinator if your military command would like to host a group orientation at your work site.

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For additional information, you can reach the Veterans Program Coordinator at (757) 640-0590 x218 or heroes@shrhabitat.org.