Having a safe place to call home has long lasting impacts on every community. It allows people to seek steady employment, access to further education, and simply sleep soundly at night. Homeownership opens up so many new opportunities for everyone to better their lives and of those around them.

​​Jes is working hard to help build her family’s home and create a future where her family can transition out of survival mode and can focus on thriving. They can build a bigger future once they purchase their new safe, affordable home. ​During partnership with Habitat, Program Partners will complete homebuyer education, budgeting and finance classes, along with completing sweat equity hours to learn necessary skills to maintain their new home.

We offer a variety of unique partnership avenues to give the citizens of Cheboygan County a hand up, not a hand out. If you've ever wondered how to qualify for our Homeownership Program, or any of our programs, you can find more information on our Housing Programs page. If you have any further questions you can call 231-597-4663 or email info@habitatcheboygan.org.

​It’s not just a fad, social media like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok have integrated into our ever so busy lives. These world wide lines tap directly into our homes and hearts. Habitat for Humanity uses these platforms to improve the community around them. Here are a few ways that we utilize social media today.

Social media widens our audience from face to face to across the world. This means more people, who may need a hand up, will see our message, our mission and our organization. This means that more people are able to access safe, decent and affordable homes without having to uproot their lives to new areas.

We are able to keep volunteers updated with new projects, added shifts, or any changes that might affect their valuable work. Not only that, we are able to spotlight and honor their profound impact within their community. Seeing the good that their friends and family are able to put forth often spurs new people into action.

It brings our mission into the gaze of more local businesses, clubs and organizations that would like to partner with Habitat, donate material, or set up volunteer opportunities. Building safe, decent and affordable homes require a lot of time, materials, people and money. These things are all avenues where you can help us, help local families help themselves.

Would you like to follow our social media pages and grow our reach? You can find all of our tags or handles below. If you have any questions you can email us at info@habitatcheboygan.org.

Owning a safe and decent home creates long-lasting and life-changing impact on families and communities everywhere. This includes providing a source of wealth and asset-building, influencing health and educational outcomes, and contributing to positive community cultivation. Homeowners have more opportunity to build social capital through communal engagement, which strengthens their motivation to maintain and improve their neighborhood. In short, homeownership constructively impacts so many aspects of individuals' lives and the communities around them. The Hypio family are one of the families we have been able to work with and assist in reaching their goals of Homeownership.

Cheboygan County Habitat for Humanity heavily relies on the hard work of volunteers to successfully build, rehab and repair housing in Cheboygan County. There are roles for everyone regardless of experience or skill level. All that's needed is a willingness to learn! We provide a hands-on learning experience that teaches real world skills. Minors are able to volunteer with parental supervision.

Are you interested in helping out the ReStore? Here's an idea of how you can help us:

• ​Processing donations so they can be priced and put on shelves.
• Assisting customers around the store and with any questions they have.
• Organizing inventory to keep shelves neat and tidy.
• Light cleaning like dusting, sweeping and vacuuming.
• More based on comfort level.

How about building homes on our jobsites?

• Installing doors, windows, siding, drywall, and non-fiberglass insulation.
• Organizing materials.
• Floor and wall construction.
• Tools on site are circular saws, hammers, shovels, levels & tape measures.
• More based on comfort level.

Not comfortable with swinging a hammer or wielding a saw but still want to help our jobsite? You can always provide lunch during volunteer shifts! Sandwiches and chips are a simple yet stomach filling meal! There is no refrigeration (coolers only) on site so please, keep this in mind when planning lunches!

Are you looking for something to assist our admin office?

• Bulk mailers are a big task, we mail out thousands of newsletters and flyers to our supporters all over the country and need help to fold, stuff and send them.
• Event preparation includes collecting donations and creating gift baskets.
• More based on comfort level.

Do you like to party? Habitat holds multiple fundraisers over the year and always need help with...

• Setting up and take down at the event venue.
• Attend at sign in or activity tables during the event.
• More based on comfort level.

None of those options sound appealing? That's ok! We also need board and committee members! Only a few hours per month to attend meetings can assist Habitat with making decisions, fundraising, planning events and making big change in Cheboygan County!

We have an amazing opportunity to raise even more funds for our Homeownership Program Endowment Fund at the Straits Area Community Foundation! Now through November 1st, donations made to our endowment fund are being matched $1 for $1 up to $50,000.

These dollars are an investment into our Homeownership Program in Cheboygan County. This year we are working to increase our capacity to serve in this program. We have 2 new home builds started in Indian River and will start a new home rehab project as well. Next Fiscal Year (July 2024), we will start 2 more new builds in Indian River another home rehab project! 

We just purchased some 10 lots in Cheboygan we hope to develop in the future as well and hope to continue building homes in the other parts of the community too! 

To donate directly into our fund account, please visit:  www.cfnem.org/sacf/funds/give.html?fund=1218

To donate into our internal match campaign (funds move to the fund account by HFH), please visit: www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTg1Mjgz

With lots of hard work and determination from our staff and volunteers we have some major progress to celebrate! These bare bones of houses will become cherished homes for Cheboygan County families.  They offer new beginnings, warm gathering spaces, and a safe landing place after a long day. Homeownership is a major steppingstone that some people have a struggle reaching and Habitat is hoping to bridge that gap with a hand up, not a handout. Together, we can make big changes in small ways.

Are you interested in assisting us as well? It's as super easy! All you need to do is follow the link below, fill out an application and schedule your volunteer shifts! We can't wait to see your smiling faces! Let it be in the ReStore, at events or on jobsites!

Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 - We kicked off our 2 new home builds in Indian River with our groundbreaking ceremony. We are so excited to be putting the final touches on our build schedule and can't wait for the excavator to start clearing trees soon! We will keep you updated on our progress through this blog section of the website. 

Check out our news coverage here: https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/habitat-for-humanity-breaks-ground-on-indian-river-housing-projects?fbclid=IwAR2Hx75xObBgr3kx1cqUSszMYfh7K-DDhRhtHBlK2fEp9zdazDUrrhSoBmM

If you'd like to volunteer with us this year, please reach out to us at info@habitatcheboygan.org.