2024 Women Build Event Will Be Saturday, July 27, Registration Open Now!
July 27th has been announced for one of the most popular events by West Tuality Habitat for Humanity: our annual Women Build event. ANY woman who wants to learn make basic home repairs as well as additional skills for a future Habitat home-building project is invited. This year, we will host a series of tool clinics and participants will learn under the guidance of construction professionals alongside other volunteers and future Habitat homeowners - part of our effort to establish an ongoing “Habitat University” to train more volunteers to regularly volunteer with us in our construction projects. You can come alone or sign up as a group.
The West Tuality Habitat Women Build is Saturday, July 27th, 2024 behind the ReStore, 3731 Pacific Ave, and begins promptly at 9 a.m. REGISTRATION BEFORE THE EVENT IS REQUIRED. We ask that each participate pay a $25 fee at the time of registration to cover the costs of the lunch we will provide, the t-shirt for each participant and all project supplies. However, if you or some in your group need a partial or full scholarship in order to participate, please email us volunteer@westtualityhabitat.org or call us at 503-359-8459, Mondays through Thursdays, 9 to 5.
All participants will have a chance to win tools and other prizes!
Register to participate here. Participation is limited (last year, we “sold out”!).
Habitat’s Women Build events are meant to showcase the power and potential of women in the work of West Tuality Habitat and to help create a more welcoming, inclusive environment for women who might feel shy or unsure about helping out at Habitat build and repair projects, as well as helping women to learn basic skills that can help them in their own home repair projects. The event will happen rain or shine. Below this blog text are photos from previous Women Build events by West Tuality Habitat, as well as photos of women taking place in home building and home repairs with us over the years.
Please note that women are ALWAYS welcomed to ANY Habitat construction or home repair project - you do not have to ever wait to be involved with West Tuality Habitat for Humanity! This Women’s Build is meant specifically for those who might feel a bit of hesitation about such participation and want to be more comfortable in using basic construction and repair tools.
Men are welcomed to participate in the Women Build event, or any Habitat construction or repair projects. While the Women Build event is focused on improving the inclusion of women in the work of building homes, the initiative does not exclude volunteers of any gender or gender identity, nor does it allow discrimination of any kind.
Can’t make the event but you want to be involved with Habitat for Humanity? We have home construction projects, home repair projects and activities in our ReStore happening every week, year round. We sometimes even have online volunteering opportunities! Check out our diversity of volunteering opportunities here, as well as immediate needs posted at VolunteerMatch. Contact us at if your group would like to arrange its own group volunteering event with us: email us volunteer@westtualityhabitat.org or call us at 503-359-8459.
Press representatives are asked to email marketing@westtualityhabitat.org if they will be attending to cover the event.
West Tuality Habitat for Humanity is a local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International and was formed in 1991. In addition to the affordable housing program, West Tuality Habitat also has a critical home repair program for low-income seniors, military veterans, and people with disabilities, allowing them to remain in their homes and age in place. West Tuality Habitat also operates a ReStore in Forest Grove, selling gently-used, donated furniture, appliances, home furnishings and leftover building supplies. These sales help fund its Habitat activities in the area.
For more information about donating financially, volunteering or applying to be a program participant, visit the West Tuality Habitat for Humanity web site at www.westtualityhabitat.org or call (503) 359-8459. There is also information available at the Forest Grove ReStore at 3731 Pacific Avenue.
