Our goal for this event is threefold: Raise money to build the house, empower women to learn new building skills, and raise awareness of the need for affordable housing. You can be part of our effort by signing up to serve and/or donate below. Share the link to this page with your friends and network. Help us get the word out!!
The Women Build program is not about excluding men; it’s about including women and challenging them to help build affordable housing in our community by providing a female-friendly work site that empowers women to take leadership roles and learn new skills.
Building together: You will find women of all ages, ethnicities, professions, and faiths serving together on the Women Build construction site. We hope you’ll join us!
Email our Volunteer Coordinator to request an available shift on the calendar.
September 2nd-5th: is “She Nailed It,” our signature VIP Week! Individuals & teams play-to-play $100/person, serve one shift during the week, and receive a Women Build t-shirt. To sign up, email our Volunteer Coordinator. This year we are promoting women in local leadership positions during our VIP week.
Want to serve as a VIP individual or with a VIP group of friends? You can gather up to 8 friends and volunteer side-by-side with future homeowners, offering a unique opportunity to highlight the ways Habitat for Humanity empowers women and builds stability in our community. You will work with our skilled construction staff to learn new skills, get some fresh air and exercise, and, most importantly, to help provide families in our community with a decent place to live.
No experience is necessary, just a desire to help and to learn something new. Please wear work-appropriate clothes – dress for the weather and wear closed-toed shoes. You may bring your own tools if you’d like, but Habitat will provide everything you’ll need for the day. Habitat volunteers perform a variety of critical tasks including painting, framing, roofing, and installing flooring, cabinets, doors, and windows.
When: She Nailed It! VIP week is the first week in September, Wednesday-Friday, from 8am-11:45am and 1:00pm -4:00pm each day.
How: First, look for Open Morning or Open Evening shifts on the calendar above. These are the times that have not already been reserved. Then, email our Volunteer Coordinator with the day and time you want to reserve. And, feel free to email with any questions!
Cost: $100/person
September 9-30th (Wed-Sat): Standard weeks! Individuals & teams pay-to-play $50/person, serve one shift during the last three weeks of September, and receive a Women Build t-shirt. To sign up, email our Volunteer Coordinator.
Want to serve as an individual or with a group of friends? You can gather up to 8 friends and work side-by-side with future homeowners under the leadership of our skilled construction staff to learn new skills, get some fresh air and exercise, and, most importantly, to help provide deserving families in our community with a decent place to live.
No experience is necessary, just a desire to help and to learn something new. Please wear work appropriate clothes – dress for the weather and wear closed-toed shoes. You may bring your own tools if you’d like, but Habitat will provide everything you’ll need for the day. Habitat volunteers perform a variety of critical tasks, including painting, framing, roofing, and installing flooring, cabinets, doors, and windows.
When: Standard weeks are September 9-30th (Wed-Sat) from 8am-11:45am and 1:00pm -4:00pm each day.
How: First, look for Open Morning or Open Evening shifts on the calendar above. These are the times that have not already been reserved. Then, email our Volunteer Coordinator with the day and time you want to reserve. And, feel free to email with any questions!
Cost: $50/person
To ask any questions, email our Volunteer Coordinator.
Women Build is our biggest fundraising event of the year, and our sponsors are critical to making the event a success year after year. We welcome sponsorship from businesses, community groups, faith groups, and private citizens. To learn more about becoming a sponsor, email our Director of Development. Read below to learn the benefits of each level of serving as a Women Build sponsor.
Already know you’d like to support this great event? Click here to make your sponsorship donation.
If you would like to make a donation to the Women Build house, you can do so here.
Another option in addition to (or in place of) serving on the build site is to “buy” an item for the Women Build house. Items are listed below.
- $25 – doorknob
- $50 – can of paint
- $75 – light fixture
- $100 – stud
- $150 – mature tree for the yard
- $250 – truss
- $500 – doors
- $1,000 – bath cabinets
- $2,500 – kitchen cabinets
To “buy” an item for the Women Build House click our donation link and type the item amount into the “other” box.
If you have any questions, contact our Director of Development.
Women Build, now an international effort, started right here in North Carolina when our Charlotte affiliate organized the first one in 1991. It grew to other states and nations, eventually becoming a formal department and initiative of Habitat for Humanity International in 1998.
While Habitat Alamance initially offered Women Build programs in the 1990s, our current annual Women Build program launched in 2015. Every year since, the tradition has grown engaging and empowering more women. What began as a week-long build is now an entire month.
In 2019, the first VIP Kick-Off day was held to launch that year’s Women Build. It included women leaders from around our community including Kelly Blackwelder, Elon Police Chief; Connie Book, President of Elon University; Lavern Delaney, Vice President of Nursing and Patient Services, Cone Health ARMC; Tracey Grayzer, President of Impact Alamance; Tyronna Hooker, Executive Director of Alamance Achieves; Kathy Hykes, Burlington Mayor Pro-Tem; Judge Katie Overby, District Court Judge; Patti Philipps, Mebane City Council; Nikki Ratliff, Board Chairwoman of the United Way; and Carolyn Rhode, Vice President of Alamance Community College.
In 2020, even the global pandemic could not stop this effort. Instead, Women Build went virtual as “She Raised It” with online efforts to engage and fund-raise. The innovation and dedication of women that year led to more funds raised more than in any previous Alamance County Women Build. It was another example of the power of women coming together to help other women.
In 2021, we held a hybrid version of engaging and fundraising resulting in over $21,000 raised with 10 teams of women and over 100 volunteers. Our VIP Kick-Off day theme was women business leaders and included Kathie Niven of Biscuitville, Pam Fox of Twin Lakes, Michelle Langdon of Labcorp, and Erin Cockman of Milestone Wealth Management.
In 2022, we held another hybrid event bringing in over $22,000 with 115+ women serving with us that month. Our VIP Kick-Off day theme was women in real estate and we had several local realtors serving on the build site.
In 2023, we raised a record amount at over $28,000 with 115+ women serving with us that month. Our VIP Kick-Off day theme was women in fitness and represented a variety of fitness options from gyms to personal training to yoga, dance, and aerial arts.
In 2024, we exceeded our funding goal with over $36,000 raised by 150+ women serving & donating with us throughout September. Our VIP She Nailed it theme was women in finance and represented a variety of careers from accountants, bankers, analysts, advisors, auditors, and many more.
In 2025, we raised over $44,000 and had 20 volunteer shifts throughout September. We had some new Sponsors and some old. Our Sponsors were: Labcorp, Glen Raven, Carolina Supply, Twin Lakes, Cone Health, Impact Alamance, and Buckner. Thank you Sponsors!
Reference: https://www.habitat.org/volunteer/near-you/women-build/history
