Monday, October 7 is World Habitat Day, an annual awareness day set aside to recognize the basic right of everyone to adequate shelter. We are proud to play a part in making affordable homeownership a part of the solution in our communities. We invite you to join us and celebrate at our administrative office at 2-40 Pacific Court for a community BBQ from noon to 2pm as we mark this occasion together. Thank you to all of our supporters, sponsors, judges and contestants who helped to make Finch Auto Group Party for Humanity: Classic Rock Edition such a success. Jude Coyle won the Grand Prize, while Randy Bryte, Patrice Robinson and Calvin Jasper Kelly were also selected as runners-up by our celebrity panel of judges. The audience agreed with the judges and pronounced Jude Coyle to be the recipient of the People's Choice Award, thanks to the generous support of Lewkowitz Financial who made this possible for the first time. Funds raised by this event will support the building of a home for Lindsie on Forbes Street. We invite you to join us at a Key Ceremony for Lindsie's Family and Jennifer's Family ( Canada Life Build) on October 23 at 11am. We will also celebrate breaking ground for the final two homes in this Manor Park community, future homes to Arber & Lumturi's family and Karin's family.

Our 6 ReStores continue to work hard raising funds for our organization and we would like to thank all of the communities in which they operate. Your support and partonage are very much appreciated and by shopping, donating and volunteering at the ReStore you make it possible for Habitat Heartland to do our part in making affordable homeownership possible.

Now accepting applications from families in London and St. Thomas and also from individuals (in London) for our homeownership program. Find out how you can qualify for our upcoming home build projects.

Habitat for Humanity Heartland will be building in St. Thomas in 2020, and we need you! We are currently looking for members of the community to help support this build. Interested in getting involved?

Please email Kendra for more information.

Sending your employees to a Habitat Heartland build site isn’t just an investment in your community – it’s an investment in your team. While working together on the build site they’ll learn new skills, strengthen bonds with colleagues, and feel proud to work for your company!



Learn more about Habitat’s team building opportunities

Have you ever wondered how shopping, donating and volunteering at a ReStore helps Habitat for Humanity address the affordable homeownership crisis in Canada? Zucora Home asked the question and share their findings in the September 2019 issue of London Inc. Magazine. 

Habitat Southern Alberta shares 3 ways ReStore can make your Hallowe'en epic!

Read the full article here

Shop our ReStores for seasonal items

Spooky items at our ReStores

Be amazed by the selection of new and gently used furniture, home décor, appliances and so much more at Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Habitat ReStores take in large corporate donations of overstock and end of line merchandise as well as items from the community - keeping furniture, appliances and materials in use and out of our landfills. All the money raised locally goes back into building affordable Habitat homes.

Find your nearest ReStore

Volunteer Information Sessions are a great opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario. Whether you have volunteered in the past or are new to Habitat, join us to learn more about our history & mission, homeownership program, current volunteer opportunities and how YOU can get involved!

Let us know you're coming by  registering here!

Do you have skills in mechanical, carpentry, and plumbing? Enjoy hands-on work and love a good demolition project? Yes? Then our ReStore Salvage Volunteer opportunity is for you! Our deconstruction team goes into various neighbourhoods in the London area to safely remove kitchens, doors, windows, bathrooms and more from renovators and individuals who are undertaking a renovation. The items are then brought back to resell in our ReStores. If you have experience in the safe use of power/hand tools,

and are capable of heavy lifting, please contact Kendra Forrest for more information at [email protected].

Habitat Heartland has joined with Libro Credit Union to make financial literacy training available in London and will be appearing soon in St. Thomas as well. These workshops are FREE to the public but we do ask that you email [email protected] and let us know you will be there.

Find a workshop near you

Sincere thanks to all guests, sponsors, auction donors, judges and contestants who made Finch Auto Group Party for Humanity: Classic Rock Edition such an enormous success! It was a lively evening of great music, the thrill of competition, and of course a room full of wonderful people gathered to celebrate and support the work of Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario.   Jim Kelly of FM 96 was our warm and friendly host for the evening, guiding the event with the ease and good humour his fans recognize from his work on the Taz Show...

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Back by popular demand, She Shed He Shed , presented by Old Hickory Buildings is a popular fundraising event for Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario. Two local interior designers will decorate a shed each, one for “him” and one for “her”, incorporating items from the Habitat ReStores. 

Raffle tickets $10 each or 3 for $20 will be sold leading up to the draw date of February 2, 2020.

You can see last year's sheds by taking a short video tour.

Click to view the HE SHED or the SHE SHED.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to volunteer on a Habitat Canada Global Village build? On Habitat Global Village builds, volunteers have the opportunity to work with other volunteers on projects ranging from building new homes to upgrading existing homes with latrines, water filtration systems infrastructure or smokeless stoves – helping families build healthier futures.

Want to know what it’s like to build on a Habitat Global Village project?

Click here to listen to Habitat Canada’s podcast with two Habitat Global Village volunteers

More than 30 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly took an important step in promoting the idea that everyone deserves a decent place to live by declaring the first Monday in October World Habitat Day.

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