Events

We Build Women's build week

Monday, May 17, 2010

 

MAY 22, 23 & 24, 2010

On May 22, 23, and 24, 2010 (Saturday, Sunday, Monday) Habitat for Humanity, SF/SCV will hold the first WE Build (Women Empowerment Build).  Expanding on the model of one-day events held around the country by Habitat affiliates in the month of May, the Northern Los Angeles County Habitat affiliate will optimize on its unique assets to accomplish critical new goals for the State of California and beyond.  Specifically, we will work with our partners to use this high-profile venue to bring attention to the need for affordable housing, the importance of workforce training for youth, and the empowerment of women who can be motivated by such experiences as working on Habitat sites to pursue careers in nontraditional and even higher risk professions. 

The WE Build Event

Held on May 22, 23 and 24, the WE Build event will have three very special days. Each day will go from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and will include:

Continental Breakfast

Habitat House Tour

Sponsor Fair

Safety Briefing

Building Assignments

Build (with live bands performing for our motivation)

Lunch and Keynote speaker (Gourmet food trucks will be available)

Training and Competitions

 

DAY 1: WE Build Community

This day will be open to the female public at large and will focus on the importance of community in ensuring affordable housing, green incentives, and education for women.  Note that three young women from the Habitat neighborhood we will be building at received full UCLA scholarships this year.

 

DAY 2: WE Build SET (Science, Engineering, and Technology) Day

This day will focus on bringing together young women (12 and older) from all walks of life, including our Habitat youth and our members of our Youth United groups, as well as young women guests of our sponsors with female Mentors and others from the fields of Science, Engineering, Technology and related Industries.  The purpose will include engaging the sponsors, their staffs, and the mentors in learning about Habitat and its programs while the young women work side-by-side with them, learning that there are many new challenges ahead and many new fields that they could consider in the future. 

The Entertainment Industries Council, through their EIC Entertainment & Media Communication Institute (EMCI), has agreed to serve as a media sponsor to ensure the success of this important WE Build day.  EIC is spearheading a nationwide media initiative to raise the importance of Science, Engineering, and Technology fields in youth. Theirs is a multi-year program, designed to elevate the importance of Science, Engineering and Technology in the national entertainment media and news.  The project seeks to strengthen how engineers and scientists are portrayed in entertainment media space and targets all levels of education including extensive community outreach.  Their sponsorship will include bringing notable talent to our WE Build SET Day, drawing media attention, and ensuring a national value to our sponsors.  

Other media sponsors include CBS Studios and the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, both of which will work to highlight the importance of mentorship and encouraging young women to pursue fields that are less traditional and include technology. 

At Habitat, we provide students with opportunities designed to promote workforce readiness that is age and ability appropriate, engaging, and connected to real industries with real jobs.  Even more, these opportunities are provided under the leadership of caring professionals who share not only the youth’s interests in their trade, but also their values in community mindedness and philanthropic activity. 

 

DAY 3: WE Build Healthy, Happy Neighborhoods

 

This Build day will be a day of celebration for women who have broken through and earned their place at the top and have given back to ensure the health and well being of those around them.  The Los Angeles/Ventura County Building Industry Association has honored us by choosing our affiliate to partner with for their Women’s Council philanthropy project. As well, with media sponsorship by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, we have engaged a number of Valley women business owners and CEOs in planning for a corporate teambuild day during this exciting event.  This will be a day to celebrate how women do business and to hammer down some networking opportunities as well.  WE may even plant a community vegetable garden for the Enriched Habitat Neighborhood’s families.

 

 

Site Training

The WE Build will take place at a unique Habitat site currently in construction by Habitat for Humanity, San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys that will allow for a myriad of companies, their families, and community members to attend a variety of events that will capture their imaginations and interests.  To make this experience meaningful, in addition to the experiences with the Habitat families and staff, it is essential that we empower women to learn new skills in construction and feed their curiosity in new areas of technical expertise.  Because we are building large projects, this development offering at least 10 homes in construction at any one time on a 61 home build site, we are able to accommodate several hundred women at a time.  Our model incorporates using expert trades’ people to oversee volunteers as team leaders.  In most cases, we hire subcontractors’ people off time to provide this training. 

 

 

Sponsorship Opportunities

Platinum Hammer Sponsor ($10,000):

For those Organizations and Companies who would like to participate in WE Build Week as a Sponsor, standing front and center in all marketing efforts, but reserve a Special Build Day for their entire organization at another time. 

• Targeted Habitat email blasts and social networking marketing about your Sponsorship to your membership and a minimum of 3000 Habitat supporters

• Your choice of exclusive, selective invitational, or open Build Day at a time of your choosing
• Sponsor name and logo on invitations, press release and marketing materials as Platinum Hammer Sponsor
• Sponsor name and logo on the back of the WE Build tee shirt
• Sponsor name and logo on all ads appearing in our Media Sponsors publications
• Opportunity to hang banner at Build Site for entire WE Build
• Up to 40 female participants during WE Build
• Product and/or marketing material inclusion in gift bags (sponsor must provide)
• Sponsor logo recognition and link on official HFHSFSCV website for one year
• Vendor Table at event

 Gold Hammer Sponsor ($5,000):

• Sponsor name and logo on press release and marketing materials
• Sponsor name and logo on the back of the WE Build tee shirt
• Sponsor name and logo on all ads appearing in our Media Sponsors publications
• Sponsor name and logo on event sponsors banner
• Up to 20 female participants during WE Build
• Product and/or marketing material inclusion in gift bags (sponsor must provide)
• Sponsor logo recognition and link on official HFHSFSCV website for one year if mutually provided by sponsor
• Vendor Table during event registration

 Silver Hammer Sponsor ($2,500):

• Sponsor name on press release and selective marketing materials
• Sponsor name and logo on the back of the WE Build tee shirt
• Sponsor logo on all ads appearing in our Media Sponsors publications
• Up to 10 female participants during WE Build and the opportunity to have additional members on your Company Team reaching up to a total of 20 members where individuals each raise a minimum of $25
• Vendor Table during event registration
• Sponsor name on event sponsors banner

 Team Sponsor ($1,000):

• Sponsor name on selective marketing materials
• Sponsor name on event sponsors banner
• Two Team leaders at the event and the opportunity to have a Company Team of up to 20 members where individuals each raise a minimum of $50

HABITAT SF/SCV Unique Assets

WE have an innovative “Enriched Neighborhood Model” – building large communities and providing enhanced services and educational opportunities.  This is unique in the world of Habitat and affordable home ownership.  Educational opportunities include health information, dental hygiene, teen empowerment, and children’s programs such as tutoring. Other Habitat programs – like home ownership and repair, and money management – are also provided. 

WE have research proven results.  In fact:  

• Our Habitat children have a 100% High School graduation rate and 92% are attending or have graduated from a trade school or college. Of those, half are at a four year university. 
  

• Despite recent economic trends, our homeowners have a 0% default and foreclosure rate.    

• Within about 3½ years since moving in, our families have reported an average 14% increase in income.
  

• On average, Habitat homeowners have been at their current jobs for 13.5 years and 90% have been at the same job since move-in.

• None of our Habitat teenagers have become pregnant after moving in to their new homes.

• Our ratio of staff-to-output is among the most efficient of all Habitats, with about 90% of funds contributed to our affiliate going directly to support affordable housing in the San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley and Antelope Valley communities. 

• Having built more than 100 homes, we are among the top 5% of all HfH affiliates worldwide to reach this milestone, and we have done so in less time and for less money than most.

WE have one of the largest Youth United groups in the United States.  It is comprised of a diverse membership that includes over 14 High Schools and 10 Universities and Colleges.  Our vision is to lift working families out of an endless cycle of poverty housing so they can build brighter economic futures.  Our model is to build quality affordable housing that goes beyond subsidy to home-stability; including a supportive environment that provides training and a neighborhood culture that encourages self-sufficiency.  Key to this is the provision of training and mentorship to empower young people to explore the opportunities for new careers, particularly careers in new technologies—such as science, engineering, green technology, trades, and so on. The WE Build event will open the door to new and important mentors for our Youth United and Habitat home owner teens.  

For sponsorship details, please call (818) 486-2111

 

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