GDHBA supports HFHWC with $3000 donation

Guelph & District Home Builders' Association supports HFHWC

GDHBA President Glenn Anderson presents Executive Director Diane Nelson from Habitat for Humanity with a donation of $3000 at their 18th Annual Business Industry Luncheon.

Women Build 2012

 

 

Women Build Skills Workshops

We are offering 6 power-packed workshops designed for women who are interested in learning skills they can apply at home, or on our Women Build 2012 job site. Participants are under no obligation to sign up to volunteer (though we'd love it if you did)!

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flamingo seen building home

Newsflash! Pink Flamingos build homes in Guelph!

  • 24 pink flamingos delivered to the house of your choice for only $50.
  • All funds support Habitat for Humanity Wellington County's Women Build.
  • More information on how to get flamingos flocking in your neighbourhood.

Centre Wellington Build

Centre Wellington Build

The building starts in early June at 124 Forfar Street in Fergus.
Meanwhile we need tools, workboots, and volunteers (to build, make lunches, gofers and more)! Of course, donations to help purchase building materials are always welcome.

Meet our Sponsors!

Job Opportunities

  • ReStore Product Procurement Coordinator: Closing date extended: May 30, 2012. MORE
  • Fundraising & Communications Coordinator: Closing date: May 18, 2012. MORE

Did you know that housing is one of the determinants of health?

In 1986, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (WHO, 1986) recognized shelter as a basic prerequisite for health. It is only recently however, that researchers and policy-makers have focused on housing as an important determinant of health. Housing insecurity can be determined by various indicators, including the number of people who sleep in the streets, use temporary shelters, live in substandard dwellings, and who spend more than 30% of their income on housing. [more]

Let's Start a Conversation About Health...
and Not Talk About Health Care at All

This 5 minute video created by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health talks about the social determinants of health and social inequities in health.