Volunteer in Halton and Mississauga with Habitat
When you volunteer your time and effort with a charity you believe in, you gain meaningful skills and make connections with people in your community. Our goal at Habitat for Humanity is to ensure everyone has a safe place to call home. We strive to achieve this goal in many different ways, all with the […]
How Habitat Helps Put Food on the Table
Having three meals a day, with a snack or two in between, is a routine most of us take for granted. For families in need, daily life is a delicate balance of making ends meet. This means having enough financial resources to keep a roof over their heads, food on the table, warm clothes in […]
Team Experiences at the ReVive DIY Centre
Team Experiences with ReVive Let’s face it, work events can be pretty… bland. We’ve all been to trivia night, or dodgeball, or to a Jays Game with our coworkers – and that’s fine. There’s nothing wrong with rehashing an old event. However, if you’re looking for something different for your group’s team experiences, why not […]
Habitat HM helping families with accessible housing needs
Habitat for Humanity was founded with a single-minded mission to ensure that every family has a decent place to live. For over 40 years, our organization has worked around the world making our mission a reality, building hundreds of thousands of homes for those in need of an affordable, secure dwelling to call home. However, […]
What is the ReVive DIY Centre?
The world is changing, and so are we. People in our present-day world are faced with a host of challenges, the cost of living is higher than it ever has been, and many people are struggling just to make ends meet. At the same time, the results of decades of unsustainable living practices in North […]
Helping ReFurnish homes with Halton Region
Habitat for Humanity wants to build a world where everyone has a safe place to call their own. Traditionally, we addressed this by building affordable homes, but in the past three years, we’ve expanded our programs and forged new partnerships to help more people in more ways than ever before. That’s why we’re so happy […]
Donating with Habitat this Holiday
The holiday season is the time of being together with those we love most, and being charitable to those that are less fortunate. The gift of giving makes us feel good, and a gift that comes from the head and the heart are ones that spread great positivity and emotion. Helping others in need is […]
How to give to charity on Giving Tuesday
As the holidays approach, most of us are thinking about buying gifts for our families, friends and loved ones. Some of us are also thinking about where we can donate to a good cause to share the spirit of the season. Did you know that in Canada we have a day specially dedicated to donating […]
How Our Housing Model Sets Us Apart
For the last decade, the price of housing has steadily been rising in Canada. Household income on the other hand, has not kept pace with the increase in the cost of housing. Among low-income communities in Canada, home ownership rates have been falling. Statistics Canada defines Low-Income Measure as less than 50% of the national […]