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 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.
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