Why Your Donation Matters
Donations to Habitat for Humanity help deserving families achieve the American Dream of owning their own home. The Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity uses donations of money and material, along with volunteer labor, to help our partner families build their own modest but decent homes. The houses built are then sold to our partner families at no profit and financed with affordable, no-interest 20-year mortgages.

Homeownership benefits individuals, families, and society in many ways. Everyone recognizes the value of having safe, decent, and affordable housing for reasons of health, safety, shelter, and security. But homeownership also gives people the wonderful feeling of being independent, self-reliant, and autonomous. Home-owning families experience the pride of ownership and enjoy the feeling of belonging to a community.

Furthermore, homeownership forms the foundation for numerous other positive social and economic benefits, not the least of which is housing stability. According to the report a 2006 study performed by the National Association of Realtors entitled The Social Benefits of Homeownership and Stable Housing, data indicates that “stable housing boosts the educational performance of children, induces higher participation in civic and volunteering activity, improves healthcare outcomes, lowers crime rates, and lessens welfare dependency.”

It is the dream of the Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity that every family in the Rockbridge area can live in decent, safe, and affordable housing. You can help make that dream a reality by clicking on the button below to donate to the Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity online.

Donations made to Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.



Donations can also be mailed to mailed to:
Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity
P.O. Box 1596
Lexington, Virginia 24450

What Your Donation Can Buy
Here are some examples of what your gift to Habitat could us to buy:
$10 can buy a box of nails
$100 can buy a sink
$500 can buy shingles for a roof
$1000 can build one child’s bedroom
$5000 can build the kitchen for one home

Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity also welcomes other in-kind gifts, such as building materials or office supplies, land for use as future home sites, or merchandise for our ReSale store. Please contact us for more information.