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Join Us for a Team Build Day!

Have you been considering an employee retreat or been searching for a way to boost morale and create a sense of teamwork among your employees? Have you wondered how your company can achieve more goodwill in the community? Habitat CFC has a program designed just for those needs – Team Build Days!

Through a Team Build Day, your employees will enjoy a fun-filled, inspirational day of volunteering on a Habitat CFC worksite. This unique, hands-on opportunity will also help make a family’s dream of homeownership possible. No experience is necessary; our construction staff is trained to teach your employees everything they need to know.

Habitat CFC builds communities and improves lives by eliminating substandard housing and creating affordable homeownership possibilities for families in Coastal Fairfield County. Habitat CFC builds approximately 12 homes each year providing year-round volunteer opportunities. Volunteering as a group is a great team-building activity as well as a unique opportunity to partner with a highly-reputable non-profit organization. Join us for a Team Build Day – it will be an experience you and your employees will never forget!

Benefits of Team Building with Habitat CFC

• Foster teamwork and increase morale among employees.
• Learn to communicate more effectively.
• Get to know one another better in an informal setting.
• Senior management can build alongside employees.
• Build an inclusive culture.
• Change the lives of families in need by giving them the opportunity to build and purchase an affordable home.
• Promote good citizenship within your company and in the larger community.
• Make a lasting, positive impact on the local community.

Build Goodwill and Visibility within the Community

Team Build Days include recognition opportunities such as featuring your company and employee build day photos on our social media pages (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) with your hashtag for cross-promoting. Your company will also be included in our Annual Report and in a listing on our website. Your company’s recognition can also be customized based on your company’s needs.

A Small Investment for Big Rewards!

Though the members of your group will provide the muscle, your company’s sponsorship of the Build Day, starting at $3,000 for ten employees, is what enables Habitat CFC to secure materials, equipment and supervision and prepare our families to purchase their Habitat built home below cost with a zero interest mortgage. For larger groups or multiple Build Days, please contact our Volunteer Services Coordinator.

For more information or to schedule your Team Build Day, please contact our Volunteer Services Coordinator, Layla Cerverizzo, by email at lcerverizzo@habitatcfc.org.

Collegiate Challenge

Looking for a more meaningful way to spend your school vacation?

Collegiate Challenge is a year-round alternative break program offering groups of five or more participants a unique opportunity to give back in a substantial way while having fun building on the construction site and experiencing a new city.  It’s not just for Spring Break and it’s not just for college students.

Fairfield County, Connecticut is comprised of beautiful cities and towns with a housing market and cost of living among the highest in the nation. Unfortunately, this has earned the County the distinction of having the largest income gap between the wealthy and the not so wealthy of any county in the US. These facts point to the critical need for decent, affordable housing for hard-working local families. Habitat for Humanity has built nearly 300 houses in its 39 years and currently has 13 homes under construction, so there is always a variety of work to match the interests and skills of all. Housing is provided for participants at either a local community center or church.  Bridgeport is a waterfront community that was formerly a leader of industry. Known as the Park City, Bridgeport is in the midst of an historic transformation and revitalization with beautiful beaches and parks, new stores and restaurants, the Beardsley Zoo, Barnum Museum and the Discovery Adventure Park. The city is a short, one-hour train ride to NYC.

Habitat CFC is currently accepting Collegiate Challenge groups for the Winter, Spring and Summer of 2025! To learn more, please email Layla Cerverizzo, Volunteer Services Coordinator at lcerverizzo@habitatcfc.org or call at (203) 333-2642 x119

Here’s how you can participate:

• Gather a group of 5 to 20 participants.
• Everyone must be either:
  • 18 years of age or older, with an adult 21 or over accompanying them.
  • 16 or over with a ratio of 1 adult to every 4 minors.
•  A required donation to Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County, CT.
• Responsible for own travel and transportation to Habitat for Humanity CFC and the job sites.

Here’s what you can expect

• Tuesday through Friday or Saturday Volunteer Schedule including 1 day in the ReStore and up to 4 days in Construction.
• Habitat provides all the tools, equipment, and training needed for your volunteer days – NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
• Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County will provide accommodations for your team.
• Free day on Monday to explore Bridgeport or visit nearby New York City.
• Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County does not provide meals but will host one family supper for your team.
• The participation fee is $325/volunteer and will cover the cost of construction materials, professional supervision, Collegiate Challenge t-shirts for the group, accommodations and a community dinner with a Habitat CFC homeowner for your team

Interested in organizing an alternative break?  Please email volunteer@habitatcfc.org for more information. 

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