Inside This Issue: National Volunteer Week, Celebrating Our Volunteers — A Portrait in Giving, Q&A with a Donor — Seeking ReStore Donations

Celebrating Our Volunteers

National Volunteer Week - April 14-20

During National Volunteer Week 2024 (NVW), we come together to recognize and celebrate the profound impact of each and every volunteer. Now more than ever, Every Moment Matters!

The theme for this year's NVW is "Every Moment Matters," emphasizing the significance of every volunteer and their contributions at a time when support is needed more than ever. The sharing of time, skills, empathy, and creativity is essential to fostering inclusivity, strength, and well-being within our communities.

Every Habitat volunteer makes a difference! We welcome volunteers from all backgrounds, experience, skills and stages of life.

Register to Volunteer with Habitat Heartland.

A Portrait in Giving

Q. What makes Habitat your favourite charity to support?

A. Years ago, when my late husband Tom and I were considering charities, we chose Habitat because it offers deserving families a hand up, not a handout. Families in the Habitat for Humanity program invest financially and through volunteering to help support the build of their homes. Supporting Habitat also allows us to designate funds for local investment, a concept important to both Tom and me. Through this approach, we've been able to make donations in memory of dear friends in other provinces, knowing the funds support housing builds there.

Q. What are some of the ways you have supported Habitat?

A. Over the years, we have budgeted to support Habitat for Humanity monthly. Although our budget is modest, Habitat has made the process easy for us, allowing consistent giving. When friends in other provinces have passed away, Habitat has been our go-to for memorial donations, confident in their use for getting families into affordable homes. When Tom passed away last year, we designated Habitat for Humanity as one of our memorial donation charities. I was pleased when friends and family honored Tom with Habitat donations.

Q. What's your favourite thing about spring? 🌼

A. My favourite part of Spring is the re-birth of nature. As an amateur photographer, I am daily on the look out for signs of new life. I am happy to find that in the return of the robins, the Spring blooms of the snowdrops, crocuses and currently, the daffodils. Before long, the tulips and irises will be bringing new colour to my daily walks and photographs.

You can make a big impact with a small monthly donation!

They say April showers bring May flowers. We've got you covered when you become a monthly donor — you will receive a Habitat Heartland branded umbrella (while supplies last).

Our Hope Builders make small, automatic donations every month, which makes it easier for us to plan long-term, budget more efficiently and create more life-changing outcomes. You choose how much to give and for how long, and you can change your amount or cancel at any time.

When you become a monthly donor, this provides stable funding that lets us make long term plans for building our safe and affordable homes.



Junk* in your trunk?

Do you have 'junk' in your trunk, basement, garage, or closet? Consider donating it to the ReStore (free pick-up of larger items, tax receipts available upon request for items valued at $25 or more). See website for details and to schedule a pick-up.

Now when you donate to a Heartland ReStore you should receive coupons to save 15% off when you spend $50 or more, and $2 off when you spend $15 or more.