Women Build 2024!

Five days of women-driven construction, training, service, and empowerment!

A fundraising event for Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties

Event Information

12:00pm Tuesday, May 07, 2024 to 12:00pm Saturday, May 11, 2024

Women Build 2024 is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever - we're dropping the 'weekend' this year, because we've extended the event to nearly a full week!

This year, we're welcoming corporate teams and formal groups from Tuesday, May 7th - Friday, May 10th.  Individual volunteers and community members, we've reserved Saturday, May 11th just for you.

Women Build is a rare and empowering opportunity to put a tool in your hands, try something new, and do it all in a supportive, energetic environment alongside talented and fabulous local women.  All the while, you’ll be supporting Habitat for Humanity, working on a local Habitat home and helping address the tremendous need for more affordable housing in our community.

Open to volunteers of all skill levels, Women Build offers hands-on construction training, led by talented local tradeswomen and volunteers.  You might learn some carpentry and power tool skills, but this year we'll also be dabbling with installation of siding and insulation.  No matter what day you join us, you'll learn something new and leave with skills and confidence.  Equally important, you'll be doing good for our community. 

With a rock-solid crew of more than a dozen local women crew leaders, there’s no shortage of skill or motivation to support you.  Women Build’s leaders come with decades of construction expertise, a passion for engaging other women in the trades, and a willingness to share their time and skills.  Habitat’s Women Builders quietly uplift and support one another and have a genuine desire to share their skills and introduce more women to construction, carpentry, and Habitat.  Women Build Weekend is where they unleash that desire and shine.

Register today
for a unique and empowering volunteer experience this May.  We guarantee that Women Build Weekend will leave you feeling confident in your abilities, refreshed by a break from your routine, and satisfied from helping local families who are working to achieve strength, stability, and self-reliance by purchasing a volunteer-built Habitat home.

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