FAQ

Not at all!
Our professional construction staff and experienced Crew Leaders will teach you everything you need to know.

A positive attitude!

We provide all the tools and safety equipment you’ll need, including hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toe boots and work gloves. If you have your own PPE, you are welcome to wear it.

We also provide coffee, snacks and catered lunch, but feel free to bring anything else you’d like to eat or drink. We’ll have water, but feel free to bring your own bottle.

Typical lunches include sandwiches, and we always have gluten free, vegetarian, and non-pork options. For people who have very specific dietary restrictions, we have a refrigerator and microwave on-site that you are welcome to use.

Dress in layers that are appropriate for any weather, and wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty. Long pants are required year-round, and long hair needs to be tied back. 

No.  Each day, at about 8:30 AM we start off the Build Day with a safety talk by one of our experienced site staff. All volunteers need to hear this, and sign-off before work can start for the day.  However, if you do need to leave early, just let the Site Supervisor and your Crew Leader know.

The stage of build changes constantly.  The tasks you'll be doing on your Build Day will depend on many variables, including weather, what work needs to be completed that day, and how many volunteers are in your group.

For example, if it's a nice day you might end up doing landscaping instead of painting.  These decisions are made by the Habitat Site Supervisor and are often made in the morning before you arrive. 

Tasks will be arranged the morning of your Build Day, and your group members will have the opportunity to choose the task most interesting to them.

Yes, you will never be asked to perform a task that is unsafe. You will be paired with an experienced.  Crew Leader who will provide you with quality safety training and instruction.

No problem. There is a scheduled coffee break in the morning around 10:15 am, and lunch is at noon, but you’re welcome to take additional breaks throughout the day as needed!

Yes, there are port-a-potties on every construction site.

We build rain or shine (or snow), but extreme weather conditions may require your day to be rescheduled for your safety.

If you think that you’ll be limited in the level of physical work you can do, it is likely that we can find some modified duties to utilize your other abilities.

Just let your Site Supervisor know when you are put into groups, and they will not ask you to do anything you’re not comfortable with.

Yes. You can make a donation to a fundraiser on a team or you can make a general team donation.

Any donation made online should post immediately. If an online donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact us.

If you check this checkbox, you will be charged the amount indicated next to the checkbox. This amount will also be visible to Habitat for Humanity. However, on the fundraising page, your intended - initial donation amount will be displayed.

All monetary donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Any donor who mails their donation of $20 or more, and provides an address will receive a receipt via mail once the donation has been processed. 

Yes, anyone who donates online, regardless of the amount, will receive a receipt via email.

A Tax ID number identifies Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta as a registered charity in Canada. The Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta Tax ID number is 13582 0496 RR0001

When you make a donation online, you can designate what you want to appear as your recognition name on the participant's Honor Roll. This may be your name, or it could be something such as "From the whole Wolf family" or "in memory of Aunt Cathy."

Any donation made online should post immediately. If your donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta.

You can't enter a cheque online. What you can do is enter a cheque as a pledge. This can be done in the fundraising section of your headquarters page. The status of the cheque will be pending until the cheque is received by Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta.

As your donors make a contribution, they have the option of whether or not they want to appear in the Honor Roll.

Log in with your email and password to visit your headquarters page. Select My Fundraising Report on the left side. You will then find a list of all of your donors as well as a list of all donors to your team .

To easily send thank-you emails to donors, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your fundraiser dashboard by clicking the "My HQ" link in the top right
2. Click "My Fundraising Report" in the left sidebar
3. Locate the donor/donation you'd like to thank, and click "Send Email" (If the donor didn't submit their email address, this option is unavailable.)
4. Type the message in the pop-up window, and click "Send Email"

You are receiving these emails because we would like to keep you updated on your fundraising efforts. If you wish to stop receiving these updates, please login to your headquarters and edit your account preferences.

A personal URL is a shortened link to your team or personal page that you can send to friends and family in emails. A personal URL will look like this https://my.habitatsouthernab.ca/habitat-build-days/ben.

When a donor makes a donation online, s/he can enter text to appear on the fundraising honor roll. This may be the donor's name, or it could be something like "From the whole Wolf family" or "In Memory of Aunt Cathy".