A continuing source of funds comes from members of the community who have joined Habitat's "Carpenter's Club". The Carpenter's Club is seeking 2300 members who will support the mission of Habitat by investing some of their personal resources in their community. Their goal is to improve the living conditions of the hundreds of families in Worcester County who are living in substandard, often unsafe conditions and cannot afford a suitable place to raise their children without the opportunity Habitat provides.

Following an initial membership fee of $20, each member pledges an additional $35 each time Habitat completes a home (maximum of four homes per calendar year, $140, currently averaging one every 9 to 12 months.)

Why 2300 members?
We estimate the material cost of each Habitat home to be $80,000. 2300 Carpenter's Club members investing $35 each time a home is completed will finance the construction of the next home. Carpenter's Club members are encouraged, but not required, to invest some personal time in Habitat as well. We ask that our friends join us "with a check in one hand and a hammer in the other." If each member invests eight hours each year in construction labor, the total of 18,400 (nine man years) would build nine homes.

What are the benefits of membership?
Carpenter's Club members receive:

• A membership certificate
• Newsletter
• A bumper sticker
• A Habitat tee-shirt
• A Habitat gold hammer lapel pin
• An annual report, and most important...
• The joy of making decent shelter available to partner families and home to thousands of others