Habitat for Humanity Northumberland
764 Division Street K9A 5V2 Cobourg, ON, Canada

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the ReStore!

Happy International Women's Day. Today we celebrate all the women who have helped to build a better world for everyone. However they contribute, they are working towards a more equitable world for all. #IWD2021 #habitatforhumanity

Just a reminder that Habitat Northumberland is walking in the Coldest Night of the Year. Both Staff and our Partner families are walking to raise awareness for one of our community partners, @greenwoodcoalition. We are walking alongside those in our community who need support. Partner families and their supporters are able to contribute to their volunteer hours by walking. 1km = 1 hour, up to 5 hours. We have two teams, 71 walkers contributing hours and money. ... With the official walk date 3 days away, we would like to reach our goal of $1,000.00, we are only $215 away, can you help us, help Greenwood? https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx

With the announcement today, we have some changes to our operations, please read our most recent notice. The ReStore will be open to the public, in limited capacity, starting Tuesday February 16th. We are happy to welcome you back inside the store.

We're still on the hunt for recipes for our cookbook. Have one you'd like to share? Send it on to Melissa Cranston at [email protected] Each recipe counts for 1 volunteer hour towards a partner family working towards completing their hours for homeownership. 10 families need hours! Deadline is Monday February 15th!

Today is 211 Day. It is recognized across North America. Here in Ontario, we want to educate everyone that calling 211 means that you are accessing community, government, social and health services. What falls under that? Home care Support Mental Health Support Employment Services ... Community Programs Housing and Income Supports Make the right call, know when to call 211 instead of 911.

The Coldest Night of the Year is a moment when tens of thousands of Canadians step outside the warmth and comfort of home and shine a light of welcome and inclusion. We recognize that homelessness, violence, hunger are all experienced in our community and this is a way for all of us to show support. This year, Habitat Northumberland has entered a team in the Coldest Night of the Year virtual 5km walk. Both staff and partner families have joined. Our staff are raising awaren...ess and some funds towards one of our community partners Green Wood Coalition. Our partner families and their friends are using the walk to cotribute towards their volunteer hours required for homeownership. For each kilometre a team member walks, equals a volunteer hour. If you would like to donate to our team, and help to cheer us on, we would be very grateful. We'll keep you updated with pictures throughout February as we walk in our community. https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx

The recipes are flowing into us now and we would like to keep them coming! Not sure if everyone will like your recipe, or that it might not be perfect? That's ok. We're not about perfection here, we're more about sharing the love and helping some families. On a super happy note, today we had two submissions from Germany! GERMANY!?! A habitat employee's mum passed on this lovely recipe for 'blowing snow' dessert. We can't wait to share it in the cookbook! Email Melissa Cranston with your delicious ideas at [email protected].

Help donate hours towards Habitat families: it's as easy as pie! As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Habitat for Humanity Northumberland has had to significantly reduce volunteer opportunities for everyone including our partner families who need hours in order to move into their new homes. We have had to come up with a creative way for families to build their volunteer hours during 2021 or until we can resume our routine operations. ... Introducing the Habitat For Humanity Northumberland Cookbook! It will be full of delicious recipes submitted from our partner families and the community. So we want your recipes! All community submissions must include written instructions and a photo or drawing of the finished product. Each recipe submitted by a community member will result in 1 volunteer hour to each partner family working towards completing their hours, to a maximum of 25 hours per family. There are currently 10 families working on completing their hours, so we need lots of help. Deadline for submissions Monday February 15th, 2021, Family Day. For more information or to submit a recipe please contact: Melissa Cranston - [email protected]

As we near the end of 2020, we wanted to share a happy moment that happened this past fall. We are a little bit closer to housing a family in Bewdley. We moved a house from Cobourg to Bewdley and are in the midst of renovating it. Here are some shots of it on the steel beams. And here is one of our volunteers, Jim, who has continued to help out on the build site during the pandemic. Happy little thoughts that we wanted to share.

Congratulations Habitat for Humanity Prince Edward Hastings on this new program!

The annual Gingerbread Festival held by Habitat For Humanity Northumberland was reimagined for 2020. With uncertainty surrounding what the COVID restrictions would be around December, we opted for virtual festival. What we wanted to capture was the spirit of past festivals that focused on joy, hope, community and home. We hope you enjoy and share the love.

ReStore holiday hours, a few days left to get those last minute purchases! Our admin office is still closed to the public, if you need to reach us, please email [email protected]

Huge Shoutout to M. Hamilton's Grade 4 class from Ganaraska Trail Public School in Port Hope. This week they completed constructing and decorating their own gingerbread (graham cracker) houses. So many innovative designs! Thumbs up and thank you for spreading holiday cheer!

Ugly Sweaters! Hi Melissa & Dennis - thank you for getting us in the spirit!

3 days left in our Finish A Home campaign. Did you know that a $20 donation can go such a long way for us? $20 will purchase 2 sheets of drywall! Check out ha...bitatnorthumberland.ca/finish-a-home to see the remaining finishes left to purchase! #habitatforhumanity #finishahome #drywall #3daystogo

We are so thrilled to catch up with Pillar To Post Home Inspectors Quinte-Hastings-Northumberland David & Shaela Smith, who are one of our partners in our partnership program. His website is davidsmith.pillartopost.com For more info about our partnership program go to: habitatnorthumberland.ca/sponsors... Thank you so much for the donation, it so amazing to have great local supporters!

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it. - Danny Kaye Yes, we are talking paint. Yesterday we had a great big donation and now we have all the paint we need for both units! Huzzah! How awesome is that? There are still some things on our list that we would love to knock off. Doors, windows and drywall are our biggest needs right now. ... Sooo much closer though!!! Check out habitatnorthumberland.ca/finish-a-home for the remaining items! #soooclose #habitatforhumanity #finishahome #almostfinished

We hope everyone enjoyed a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend. We are so thankful for all of the donations towards our #finishahome campaign so far. This week we are looking for donations for drywall & screws. 2 sheets are only $20, and a box of screws $50. ... Let's help to finish these homes! #habitatforhumanity #drywall #finishahome

This is us, shutting the front door! Yes, we were gifted donations towards 2 front doors! We are so close to being halfway towards our goal! We still need: ... interior doors closet doors drywall drywall mud & screws windows shower head & faucet interior lights flooring and paint 5 days ago that list was much much longer. Thank you to everyone who has gotten us this far, you are the best. #shutthefrontdoor #habitatforhumanity #finishahome #weneeddrywall

Northumberland, we are so thankful! So far we have completed both kitchens for our Habitat Homes. 2 toilets have been paid for, and now we'd love to focus on doors and windows! We need 2 front doors, 6 interior doors and 7 closet doors. ... Can you help us? #knockknockknocking #weneeddoors #habitatforhumanity #knockknockwhosthere #thankful #finishahome

WHAT???? Shoutout to @getintheloopnorthumberland and Steve Wilkes who has helped to contribute to our FINISH A HOME fundraiser. Our second kitchen is now complete and then some! You guys, seriously, that's amazing. #nomorekitchensinks #finishahome #habitatforhumanity #weneeddoors

Thanks to Northumberland News for helping us spread the word about our Finish A Home campaign!

Our volunteers make us so happy. We were in the midst of taking some shots for our finish a home campaign when we were photobombed in the most amazing way. Cheers to Nancy and our entire ReStore team, they make us smile from behind our masks. #volunteers #habitatforhumanity #restore #SmileBehindTheMask #finishahome

Yay! We just completed one of our two kitchens for FINISH A HOME. One of our ongoing supporters, Mildred, bought all of our kitchen items including the kitchen sink! A kitchen light - $100 A kitchen faucet - $100 A range hood - $100... And the kitchen sink - $200 !!!! What's next? Well we need donations towards toilets, 2 to be exact! Who can check that off our list? #toilets #finishahome #habitatforhumanity #everythingandthekitchensink

Finish A Home campaign is looking for donations towards windows, just like this one our Build Site Supervisor, Tobi Moeller, is nicely showcasing. #vanawhite #windows #finishahome #habitatforhumanity

To coincide with #WorldHabitatDay we are launching a new fundraising campaign aimed at helping us complete the finishes at a local Habitat Home. Donate to this fundraiser from October 5th-October 17th! Check out our website: habitatnorthumberland.ca/finish-a-home for more details!

30+ years ago, the UN declared the first Monday in October #WorldHabitatDay, a day to recognize the basic right of adequate shelter for all. Learn more about Habitat for Humanity Northumberland's work here and around the globe: www.habitatnorthumberland.ca