Habitat For Humanity of Clallam County 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 are then 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.
We are currently working on Campbell Avenue in Port Angeles. Here we are in the process of constructing four two-story homes, the first of which is almost finished. With three more of these homes to erect, we are urgently in need of Volunteers to assist us reach our goal of building all four of these homes by the end of next year. Our construction work schedule is Wednesday and Saturday. Interested volunteers and businesses please contact our office at (360) 681-6780.
With an increase in our construction effort, there are a variety of opportunities for involvement in our mission to eliminate sub-standard housing in Clallam County: Board Membership, Committee Chairpersons, Construction Team Leaders, office administration, Church Relations, Fund Raising, Publicity, Volunteer Coordination, and Construction Materials Procurement. For more information, please call our office at (360) 681-6780. Office hours are Monday through Wednesday between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
If you or someone you know is in need of decent, affordable housing, please call our office for more information about the process of applying for Habitat home ownership. For an outline of the requirements for becoming a Habitat homeowner, click here.
Help us eliminate substandard housing in our community! It's quick, easy and safe to support the house-building, hope-building work of Habitat For Humanity of Clallam County through Habitat for Humanity International's secure online donation system. You can even send a gift card announcing your donation in honor of a loved one or a special occasion.
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.
For a brief history of Habitat for Humanity click here.
Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County
Board of Directors
Jim Taft, President
Karen Norton, Secretary
Dick Chambers
Victoria de Labare
Barb Gronseth
Robert E. McChesney.
Robert E. Onnen, V.P.
Gary D. Parr
Templeton, Lounette
Gene Turner
Claudia Waddington
Jack Waddington
Alisha (Lisa) Worthey
Royce R. Rotmark
Executive Director
Board meetings are held on the Second Thursday of Each Month at 4:30 p.m. in the upstairs Con-ference Room at our office located at: 3430 Highway 101 East., Port Angeles, (in front of the Wal-Mart parking lot).
Meetings are open to the public
Land Update
We are now the proud owners of a 1.7 acre parcel of land in the city of Forks. Discussions with the city planners suggest that we should be able to create 10 building lots from the parcel. Several organizing meetings have occurred during the past several months and we now have a core group of people to begin organizing Family Selection, Fund Raising and Construction efforts in Forks.
If you are interested in helping to support the building of affordable housing in the Port Angeles area or the West End, please contact the Habitat office in Sequim at (360) 681-6780
Land costs are thirty percent (30%) of the cost of a Habitat home. We are always interested in hearing from individuals that have land that they would be willing to donate. Many members of the community have the land. Habitat needs land to fulfill our mission. Give us a call and lets get together to make something wonderful happen.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AMONG TOP 5 MINISTRIES RECOGNIZED BY DONOR
In a donor approval poll conducted by Campbell Research Inc., Habitat for Humanity was named one of five Christian ministries considered by donors to be the best. The poll surveyed Americans who have donated to Christian charities within the past two years to determine which groups are the best in accomplishing their faith-based missions. In an open ended survey question, respondents were asked to name the Christian ministries they considered to be “doing the best job”. Joining Habitat for Humanity as 2003 Donor Approval Award Winners are Focus on the Family, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Campus Crusade for Christ and Samaritan’s Purse.
