Run, walk, OR build to support Women Build!

Mark your calendar for May 2-9!

Many traditions and events have been on hold this past year, and after cancelling all 2020 gatherings, IVHFH wanted to bring back a tradition that is close to the hearts of all Habitat staff and Women Build committee members.

In lieu of an in-person 5K, we will be hosting the

Christine Grant Run/Walk/Build Week.

Though this event may look a bit different this year, we still have the same goals:

Honor and recognize Dr. Christine Grant
Promote Women Build and the Habitat mission
Engage our supporters
Raise funds for the construction of the Jane Hagedorn Women Build home and Helping Hands critical home repair project

JOIN US ANYITME, ANYWHERE MAY 2-9.

What is this event about? In 2013, we honored Dr. Christine Grant with our annual Women Build project. As a Title IX defender and pioneer, Christine Grant was a clear choice. That same year, we hosted a 5K Run/Walk to raise funds for the Christine Grant Women Build project and have since hosted this annual event in honor of Dr. Grant.

Run OR Walk

Choose a day and time during the week of May 2-9 to get active for Women Build! You can walk, use the treadmill, run outside, or do a workout. If a walk/run is not your interest, then consider doing yoga, biking, yardwork, etc.

Build

Volunteer with Habitat the week of May 2-9. Volunteer on a build site or in the Iowa City ReStore, or serve another local non-profit or organization. Spots are limited, so you can also make a pledge or commitment to participate as a volunteer on the Jane Hagedorn Women Build in the fall of 2021.

Donate

Participation is FREE, but we ask you to consider a donation to support the Jane Hagedorn Women Build, a safe and affordable home being constructed with a local family in Iowa City, as well as a critical home repair for a single-mother and her young son in need of new flooring.

Earn a t-shirt and prizes

Participants who donate at least $25 will earn a Women Build t-shirt. Additionally, when you create a personalized fundraising page for our event you will be entered into a drawing for gift cards from Scheels, Target, and Aspen Leaf Yogurt! Donate and create a fundraising page here.

Christine Grant

Christine Grant became the first women's athletic director at Iowa in 1973, a post she held until her retirement in 2000. After her retirement, Iowa merged its men's and women's athletic departments as one.

Grant is best known for her fight for gender equity in athletics. She testified before Congress several times and served as a consultant for the Civil Rights Title IX Task Force. She was a founding member of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women and served in a variety of leadership roles with that organization. She also has held several positions with the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA), including the presidency from 1987-89. Grant has held many leadership positions and received numerous awards and honors as an advocate of gender equity in sports.

Jane Hagedorn

This year marks the 12th Women Build for Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity and honoree, Jane Hagedorn, has played an essential role in each and every one of them; from serving on the Women Build steering committee each year to providing plumbing labor with Bea Day Plumbers on every Women Build. Jane took on the immense responsibility of Project Manager of IVHFH's very first Women Build in 2004. In short, we would not be where we are today celebrating 29 years of building without Jane Hagedorn.

Learn more

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