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 Building in Aitkin in 2020

Habitat is building in Aitkin in 2020. Call 218.927.5656 or email 

annschwartz@habitatforhumanityaitkincounty.org for information. Our new homeowner will be announced very soon. 

Toolin Tour is May 17

sign up to join us with your motorycle, spider or classic car or truck.

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Toolin Tour 

Get yer motor runnin and join us for the Toolin Tour Ride for Habitat.

The event is set for Sunday, May 17, at 11:30 a.m. starting at the Block North Brewpub, one block north of the stoplight in Aitkin.

Class cars, trucks, and motorcyclists of all ages and types are welcome to join us.  

Volunteer or donate for 2020 home

The 2020 home will be built at 218 Minnesota Avenue South in Aitkin. This is right on Hwy. 169 near Riley Auto Parts and 

Aitkin Health Services. Look for our construction trailer parked on the lot.

Please become a donor, volunteer or building committee member. Contractors, we encourage you to bid  on the project and

we request your donations of professional labor, tools and equipment. The homeowner will need a mentor and babysitters

for her children. Breakfast, lunch or coffee break food would be welcome from the builders. 

Call 218.927.5656 to help or email annschwartz@habitatforhumanityaitkincounty.org

. Building Homes With Partner Families

Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates alongside our homeowner (partner) families. Habitat is not a giveaway program. In addition to a down payment and monthly mortgage payments, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor (sweat equity) into building their Habitat house and the houses of others. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit and financed with affordable loans. The homeowners’ monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat houses.

About Habitat for Humanity International

Founded in Americus, Georgia, USA in 1976, Habitat for Humanity today operates around the globe and has helped build, renovate and repair more than 600,000 decent, affordable houses sheltering more than 3 million people worldwide.  Aitkin County Habitat For Humanity (HFH) is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization.

ABWK

Habitat for Humanity’s A Brush with Kindness is an exterior home preservation service that offers painting, landscaping, weather stripping and minor repair services for homeowners in need. ABWK helps low-income homeowners impacted by age, disability and family circumstances, who struggle to maintain the exterior of their homes, reclaim their homes with pride and dignity.

Homeownership Training

The primary goal of the Habitat for Humanity homeowner/homebuyer education is to provide families with the skills necessary to become successful homeowners. One of the most important responsibilities of the Family Support committee is to develop a thorough and accessible homebuyer readiness education program. Homebuyer education is a core sweat-equity requirement of the affiliate’s agreement with the family.