new year, new policies

On behalf of the entire office, ReStore and construction staff, I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! With the coming new year, San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity (SGVHFH) is implementing some changes when it comes to our volunteer policies. These have been made in an effort to be more efficient with our records, to stay in better communication with our supporters and to keep things running smoothly at our construction sites.

• The biggest change is in our Saturday schedule at Kenwood. We are now scheduling volunteers to work in one of two shifts -- 8am-12pm or 12pm-4pm. This applies to individuals as well as groups.
• Volunteer Orientations are now MANDATORY for potential volunteers to attend -- so you must come to this before you can start your involvement with SGVHFH.
• Individuals must schedule their volunteer days with us. Although groups tend to be scheduled at least a month in advance, we are only asking individuals to give us a day's notice -- please let me know if you plan to come out to our site as an individual by noon the day before.
• We are no longer providing lunch on Saturdays. Instead, we hope to find people to donate refreshments for all volunteers to enjoy throughout the day -- as bonuses on some Saturdays, but not necessarily on a regular basis. If you are volunteering at the construction site, please make sure you eat breakfast and/or lunch before coming to the site and, as always, bring your own water.
• Our Sherman build is almost complete! We will only be scheduling groups on an as-needed basis; otherwise, we are relying on individuals to schedule their time at Sherman for smaller tasks.

If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know! You can contact me via email or by phone at 626-387-6899 x17.