Are you ready to be a Hope Builder?

Host a party on behalf of MacHabitat and invite your circle to come together to build homes, community and hope! Plan and host your party or business promotion on your own terms – and invite your loved ones to make a difference with a donation to McMinnville Area Habitat for Humanity. You and your loved ones will KNOW you are making a true difference here in our community!

Step 1: Plan your party

• Choose your fundraiser date and time, and invite your circle to attend!
• It can be either a private event or public event! If it is open to the public, let us know your theme, fun title, fundraising goal, or anything else that you would like us to help publicize.

Step 2: Your fundraising page

• MacHabitat will create a personal webpage for you and your fundraiser where you can see a thermometer tracking your funds raised.
• If desired, we will also make a fundraising “kit” for you, including poster and flyers with a QR code to your donation page, so that anyone who would like to make a donation can open their camera, scan the QR code and conveniently make their donation online. All donations made in this way will contribute to YOUR fundraising thermometer!
• PS: your webpage is shareable! Send the link to your family and friends who may not be able to make it to your event, but who would still like to make a donation to help build affordable homes.

Step 3: Host your party!

• Cash/check donations are also welcome – let me know if you would like us to provide donation envelopes for your event! Once the cash/check donations are dropped off or mailed to our office, we’ll enter the amounts so they also contribute to your thermometer.

Step 4: See your total funds raised for McMinnville Area Habitat for Humanity!

• If you collected cash/check donations, bring them to the Habitat office and we will include them in your fundraising total.

Portion of sales: Donate a portion of sales to MacHabitat as a one-time or annual event!

• McMenamins Hotel Oregon donated 50% of food and beverage sales at a one-time “Friends & Family Night,” raising $2,300 for the Pacheco family home!
• Last year, Lavinea Winery donated 5% of the funds from their CRU Membership shipments… and they have committed to supporting us again in 2025!
• Currents Gallery’s “Home is Where the Heart is” art show March 18-April 20, 2025 will donate 25% of art sales made to help us build homes, community and hope!

Donation Matching: Double your impact with a pledge to match donations, up to an amount of your choice!

Round Up Campaign: Offer your customers the opportunity to “round up” their purchase to donate to MacHabitat.

• This opportunity is offered year-round at our ReStore, collecting approximately $136 in small donations monthly. 
• The Magick Attic has a “pay it forward” jar for Habitat donations. Every little bit helps!

Special item: Designate a special shop/menu item, and donate proceeds from that item to MacHabitat. Make it extra fun by including a “home” or “build” theme!

• Chris James Cellars supports MacHabitat annually through their “wine of the month,” donating 10% of bottle sales and $1/glass pour to MacHabitat!
• Honey Pie Pizza is supporting MacHabitat through their “Pies with Purpose,” donating 10% of the monthly earnings from the number of their specialty pie sales.

Special Event: Does your business have an occasion to celebrate? Include MacHabitat in your event, and invite your customers/clients to join you in raising funds to support.

• Baker Street Real Estate raised $20,000 in honor of their 1 year anniversary!

For questions or to sign up as a Hope Builder (individual or business), contact our Event Coordinator Sarah Munk – sarah@machabitat.org.

Scenes from the Baker Street Real Estate Hope Builder Party – celebrating 1 year of business AND building homes, community and hope!