Everyone who is interested in building with us at Habitat for Humanity of Trenton must first attend a volunteer orientation.

To help alleviate confusion we have a live online calendar that displays the name of each volunteer group, how many volunteers they will be bringing, and their commitment dates. ReStore Volunteer opportunities are listed in blue. Building Volunteer opportunities are listed in green. Use this tool to help you decide what dates you might want to volunteer. Instead of making several phone calls checking availability, you can see our schedule right in front of you while checking for availability in your schedule.

We take a maximum of 12 volunteers per day (corporate groups with more than 12 are assigned to Teambuild days). Any date with a group of fewer than 12 volunteers is a potential volunteer date for you. So if a date lists 10 or fewer volunteers in a group, you are welcome to come build that day. If you and a friend are looking to build on a specific day, you will not be able to participate if the two of you will bring us over our 12 volunteer limit.

We build Wednesday through Saturday of every week. A blank day on the calendar between Wednesday and Saturday means we have no volunteers that day and we encourage you to come volunteer that day.

Once you check the calendar for available dates you must e-mail the Volunteer Coordinator to confirm the date’s availability. DO NOT show up on the worksite without having received confirmation from the Volunteer Coordinator about your spot on the build. If you show up without confirming your attendance with the Volunteer Coordinator first, you will be asked to leave. We are strict with our confirmation rule because it is important for our Construction Coordinator to be prepared for the amount of volunteers that will show up on each day. The Construction Coordinator uses the information received from the Volunteer Coordinator to prepare tasks and materials appropriate for the number of people who will be working.

Once you have e-mailed the Volunteer Coordinator with your desired volunteer dates, he/she will confirm those dates that will work with our schedule. If there is a date that is full or otherwise problematic the Volunteer Coordinator will respond with a brief explanation as to why that suggested date would not work out.

You may request multiple build dates at the same time or just one. The Volunteer Coordinator will respond, confirming or denying all of your requested dates. This is a first come, first served system.  All e-mails and phone calls are returned in the order they are received. The sooner you e-mail your date requests, the better your odds of getting the dates you want.

While we welcome and appreciate team/group builds, due to Saturdays being in such high demand, Habitat for Humanity East Trenton Area has implemented a new policy: Teams/Groups are permitted to build with us only ONE SATURDAY per month. Volunteerism is a decision to appeal to the basic generosity of the human spirit and we hope this new policy will allow other volunteers the same opportunity.