School and Campus Chapters
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark currently has campus chapters with Caldwell University, Essex County College, Montclair State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Rutgers University – Newark, Seton Hall University, and Stevens Institute of Technology, and works with student groups from Bloomfield College, Hudson County Community College, and Princeton University.
We welcome high school and university groups to our build sites. All volunteers must be at least 14 years of age. Download the Parental Consent PDF Form needed for volunteers under age 18.
What Can a 14-15 year old Do on a Habitat Work Site?
- Work with hand tools.
- Site cleanup.
- At the ReStore: price marking and tagging, assembling orders, packing, shelving and bagging and carrying out customers’ orders.
What Can a 16-17 year old Do on a Habitat Work Site?
- Work with hand tools.
- Paint below heights of 6 feet.
- Work with a certain, limited amount of landscaping power-driven machinery such as lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and weed eaters.
- Install insulated concrete forms or ICFs.
- Load/unload materials onto motor vehicles.
- Remove materials such as carpet, flooring, and tile so long as proper protective gear is worn.
- Site cleanup.
- At the ReStore: price marking and tagging, assembling orders, packing, shelving and bagging and carrying out customers’ orders.
Volunteers 18 and older face no restrictions under federal labor laws. Workers must comply with general safety standards, Habitat policy, and insurance requirements.
Learn more about what you can do with a Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter.
Featured chapter: Kettering University, Flint, Michigan.
Every Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter and Young Professionals group has four main functions:
- Direct service
Campus chapters partner with their local Habitat volunteering on new home construction, rehabilitation, rehab, neighborhood revitalization, and office tasks. - Fundraising
Campus chapters raise funds to support the work of their local Habitat for Humanity. Chapters may contribute through various fundraisers in partnership with their local Habitat or toward the tithe program. - Advocating
Campus chapter leaders and members must advocate for affordable housing because building alone will not end poverty housing. Being a Habitat advocate means raising your voice to shape policies to serve people in need of decent housing. - Educating
Campus chapters educate others on their campus and in their local community about the importance and need for strong, stable housing and what Habitat does to increase access to housing solutions.
Want to Start a Campus Chapter?
Would you like to form a Campus Chapter or a Young Professionals group? Contact Vanessa, our Deputy Director of Fund Development & Corporate Engagement at vbazydlo@habitatnewark.org or call 973-624-3330 x 100.
