About Us: Committees

Committees

If you are interested in joining any of these committees, contact the committee chairs at the email addresses or phone provided. Please check the Events and Meetings Calendar for Committee meeting dates and locations.

Communications

Prepare newsletter, articles for newpapers, public service announcements

Construction Earl Marsh and Jim Rezendes, Co-Chairs

To coordinate labor, plans, materials and family interests to build the finished product, "a simple, decent house in a decent community for God's people in need."

Church Relations Barbara McNamara, Chair

To cultivate Habitat for Humanity of West Bay and Northern RI, Inc.'s relationship with local churches, seek Covenant Churches, and maintain ties to currently involved churches.

Development

To raise sufficient money as determined by the Board of Directors to fund the needs of the organization in order that simple, decent housing can be built with Partner Families.

Family Selection Trish Newman, Chair

The committee organizes and carries out application, interview, and selection processes. We find the families who fit the criteria of need for shelter, ability to make no-interest loan payments, and ability to partner with Habitat for Humanity.

Family Partnering Judy Ellinwood, Chair

Works with families through sweat equity, home ownership education, home purchase process, adjustment to new responsibilities and continued partnership with the organization. The committee is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating this aspect of the program.

Legal

To provide a liaison with Habitat for Humanity of West Bay and Northern RI, Inc.'s attorney and monitor the legal needs and requirements of the organization, including insurances.

Public Relations

Mission: To continually improve the community's awareness of our work, recognize our participants, and encourage new donations of time and materials so more people have simple, affordable housing.

Site Selection

Identify potential sites, evaluate sites' availability and appropriateness, evaluate sites suitability for affiliate's basic house plans, develop a site acquisitions criteria policy for board approval, implement the board-approved site acquisition policy and maintain acquired sites.

Volunteer Peg Rubel, Coordinator

Recruits and coordinates volunteers to carry out Habitat for Humanity of West Bay and Northern RI, Inc.'s mission.