*  Building:  Help with one of our housing or volunteer projects by viewing the Volunteer Schedule.
*  Site Hosting:  Enriches the volunteer experience on a build day by helping to serve lunch, sharing your Habitat Oakland knowledge with the volunteers, and acting as a
                           liaison between our Construction staff and our volunteers.
*  Office Work:  Helps to keep the office in order i.e. organizing materials, filing documents, and answering the phones.
*  ReStore:  Work in our re-sale shop helping with floor organization, preparing merchandise, and assisting customers.

 

*  Coordinates labor, plans, and materials to build the finished product, "a simple, decent house in a decent community for God's people in need."
*  Meets on a monthly basis to research and make construction process decisions.
*  Members are often house or crew leaders, in addition to serving on the Committee.
 

*  Cultivates Habitat Oakland's relationship with local faith-based organizations.
*  Seeks Covenant Churches and maintains ties to currently involved churches.
*  Helps to spread the mission of Habitat Oakland to as many of these groups as possible in order to increase awareness of our vision to eliminate inadequate housing.
 

*  Organizes and carries out application, interview, and selection processes.
*  Actively researches to find the families who fit the criteria of need for shelter, ability to make no-interest loan payments, and ability to partner with Habitat Oakland.
*  Configures marketing plan and brochures to inform potential applicants of our program.
 

*  Mentors families through sweat equity, home ownership education, home purchase process, adjustment to new responsibilities and continued partnership with the organization.
*  Assists in implementing home association meetings, acting as an outside resource to our partner families, and conducting foreclosure assistance programs.
*  Knowledge of mortgage collections is helpful but not required (drafting letters, laws concerning collections, etc.).

 

*  Raises sufficient money as determined by the Board of Directors to fund the needs of the organization in order that simple, decent housing can be built with Partner Families.
*  Helps to organize, set up, run, and/or clean up special events such as the Building a Dream fundraiser, the Hall & Hunter Estate Sale, and numerous golf outings.
 

*  Lead youth between the ages of 5 - 25 to raise the money to fully fund a house and work together to build it.
*  Members have the opportunity to make professional presentations about Habitat Oakland to corporations and schools.