Women Build

Provide this donation form to your donors. Donations should be sent to Habitat for Humanity by June 30, 2026.

All checks should be made out to Metro Maryland Habitat for Humanity, with “Women Build (or WB)” and the participant’s name written in the memo line. When you send funds given to you to Habitat, please include a copy of this donation form because we want to be sure to credit you for the gifts! Your cash/checks will be credited to your web page as “offline” donations.

We encourage you to think carefully about your build day before submitting your request for a date. Build days fill up quickly and there is a good chance we will be unable to change your day after you have registered.

We at Habitat have the ability to provide opportunities for hands-on learning, and given these tools, women can succeed in changing their communities. Nationally, more than 60% of Habitat for Humanity’s projects are homes to female head of households. Due to skills they learn while building their Habitat home, these women are better equipped to maintain their homes, and consequently, more confident in their ability to cope with day-to-day situations.

In order to build decent and affordable housing in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, we need not only your talent and time but also funds to purchase land, materials and pay for other key elements in the construction of homes. If you have never fundraised, it may seem daunting but don’t worry because HFHMM offers personalized online fundraising pages, helpful tips, and incentive prizes to make it easy. Check out (page 16) of this packet.

As a non-profit organization, we aim to raise as much money as possible to help families in need. As you can imagine, Women Build is a sellout event and each year, we must turn participants away. In order to be fair to everyone, we require each team to raise a minimum of $4,000 (even if there are some individual team members that are unable to reach the minimum goal of $400) to participate in the team’s build day. Teams that are not able to meet the minimum will be asked to forfeit their build day.

Your team can still participate in a build day however, the team is still expected to raise $4,000.

You can spread the word by including Women Build in your social media updates, company newsletters, community newspaper, community list servs, etc., and ask them to highlight your participation in an article. Put posters in your place of work. Encourage your book club, exercise class or faith group to register a team.

Absolutely not. No construction experience required. We will provide your team with all the safety gear, tools, and know-how you will need. Our talented volunteer Crew Leaders will show you the ropes. 

We strongly encourage participants to stay the entire day (8:30 am – 3:00 pm) as they will feel a greater sense of accomplishment and take part in all the perks the day has to offer. In the event of an emergency, we do understand and ask that you contact the Habitat staff as soon as possible. 

The maximum group size on the build day is 10 people per team. For groups over 10, you can create two (or more) teams and join all teams together as an alliance. Please note that space is limited and offered on a first come, first serve basis and each team of 10 must raise $4,000. 

Habitat uses the funds to advance our mission of building homes, communities and hope.

Wonderful! You can later move the money to a fellow team member who may need help reaching the $400 goal. 

While the online fundraising tool is handy, cash and checks are welcome, too! Just have your team members provide the donation form (on page 20 of this packet) to their donors. Donations should be sent to Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland by the day you are scheduled to build. All checks should be made out to Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland with “Women Build (or WB)” and the participant’s name written in the memo line. When sending funds to Habitat, please ask all your team members to include a copy of their donation form (a copy is in this handbook) because we want to be sure to credit the right person for the gifts! Your cash/checks will be credited to your web page as “offline” donations. 

Habitat will send a thank you letter to each person who supports you financially. Don’t forget to take pictures of your team working and send to your supporters. 

Children and youth of all ages can assist with fundraising efforts, however, participants on the build site must be 18 years or older. However, we do have other volunteer opportunities for our younger supporters. Contact us for more information.