Ken Wickstrom, a Regular volunteer, leading a painting crew during a Levi Strauss build day at Meyer Estates.

2017 Volunteer Report

4,252 Volunteer

Shifts

19,917 Volunteer

Hours

$408,996

Estimated Value of Volunteer Time*

* Value of volunteer time is based on Independent Sector’s 2016 figure of $24.15 per hour in Oregon.

A core group of 9 “Regulars” contributed over 3,200 hours (46%) on Habitat build sites last year.

Regular volunteers bring a wide variety of skills and knowledge to our build sites. They also increase our capacity to lead other volunteers, including corporate groups and team builds.

This year’s Regulars include: Al Carriere (652), Lanny Massey (595), Ken Wickstrom (404), Ron Robinson (401), Peter Kugler (356), Jerry Long (277), Hal Bert (194), Grace Goyena (187), and Bryan Pleger (159). That is an average of 358 hours each!

This deck was deteriorated and a major safety risk when Frances Farley applied to the A Brush With Kindness program. Now that it is repaired and refinished it will provide a safe secondary exit in case of emergency and a nice place to escape the rain.

51%

36%

13%

CONSTRUCTION HOURS BY HOUSE/PROJECT TYPE

Meyer Estates Royal Ave Repairs & Rehabs

This year we completed 5 Home Repairs –including three in Springfield, one in Veneta, and one in Elmira. These repairs included a fence replacement, major deck repairs, the addition of an accessibility ramp and new walkway, painting, and more.

A BRUSH WITH KINDNESS HOME REPAIR PROJECTS

ABWK Homeowners may have a gross monthly

income as low as $1,032. We see that this

income is fixed for many of our applicants.

2017 Team Build Groups

Alpha Phi Omega Sorority (UO)* OBEC American Forest Resource Council* Oregon Forest Resource Institute AmeriCorps NCCC Team Pacific Christian High School Central Lutheran Church PeaceHealth – United Way Day of Caring Chinese Exchange Student Group PenFed Credit Union – United Way Day of Caring Coconut Bliss Quaker Meeting Convergint Technologies Sigma Nu Fraternity (UO)*** Deschutes Brewery South Eugene High School*** EGI (Electrical Geodesics, Inc.)* Southtowne Rotary Eugene Area Realtors YPN Southtowne Rotary Interact Club* Eugene Friends Meeting Summit Funding First United Methodist* Symantec Interfaith Build ** Twin Rivers Rotary** KPD Insurance Umpqua Bank* Lane County Tax & Assessment US Bank Levi Strauss & Co. Visiting Faculty (UO) Muslim Student Association (UO)** Volunteers on Wheels**** Notre Dame Club Willamette National Forest

*Indicates additional build days. Italics indicate youth group.

There were over 60 Team Builds in construction

this year, including 13 Teams that volunteered

more than once and 23 Youth Build days.

Partner Families earned over 900 hours of Sweat Equity last year*.

These hours are earned by building homes, taking educational classes, and helping with a wide variety of office, ReStore, and event related tasks.

SWEAT EQUITY HOURS

ABWK Homeowner, Mereth Dunn-Estey earned Sweat Equity hours by baking muffins and serving them to hard-working volunteers.

*Sweat Equity hours are not counted in volunteer metrics, per Habitat for Humanity International guidelines.

This year the Family Partnership Committee held a Family Build Day – providing a chance for Future Homeowners to bond with their Family Advocates.

HABITAT BOARD & COMMITTEE MEMBERS

The Board of Directors and Committee Members contributed

over 500 hours to Habitat in the last fiscal year.

This includes the Family Selection Committee, Family Partnership

Committee, Construction Committee, Safety Committee, and more.

Board and Committee Members bring passion and a great deal of expertise to Habitat, enhancing our programs and increasing awareness throughout the community. Thank you for your dedication to Habitat for Humanity!

FY 16-17 Volunteer Metrics Breakdown

ReStore

Volunteer Shifts

% of Total Vol. Shifts

Volunteer Hours

% of Total Vol. Hours

ReStore Total 2,039 48% 9,722.5 49%

Construction

Volunteer Shifts

% of Total Vol. Shifts

Volunteer Hours

% of Total Vol. Hours

ABWK/Repair Projects 105 2% 649 3%

Jimenez/Yogi Way 12 ~ 67.5 ~

Escalante/Royal Ave 482 11% 2512.75 13%

Navarrete Bravo/Meyer Estates 667 16% 3499.5 18%

Remodel/Meyer Estates 19 ~ 214 1%

Construction Total 1,314 31% 7,032.25 35%

Office, Events & Leadership

Volunteer Type/Event Volunteer

Shifts % of Total Vol. Shifts

Volunteer Hours

% of Total Vol. Hours

Committees/Board 289 7% 583 3%

Office/Reception 363 9% 2210 11%

Vol. Orientations 155 4% 155 ~

Home Shows 45 1% 99.75 ~

Newsletter Assembly 26 ~ 74 ~

Events 21 ~ 40.5 ~

Office & Events Total 899 21% 3,162.25 16%