Habitat for Humanity of Wake County
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County has since 1985 joined with individuals and local organizations to build simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with families living at poverty income levels who cannot qualify for mortgages at market rates. Habitat for Humanity helps people build and buy their own homes. It works by creating opportunity, not dependency. We have teamed up with other area United Methodist Churches over the past several years to build a Habitat home in Wake County. If interested in participating in Habitat for Humanity, contact Steve McCulloch at smcculloch@nc.rr.com.
Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network (WIHN)
Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network is a nonprofit organization that responds to the needs of homeless families in Wake County. The specific purpose of WIHN is to provide temporary stability to families as they work toward self-sufficiency. Families are provided with food, transportation, and shelter within 35 local participating churches. While in the 8-week program, they are required to attend educational seminars that teach life skills, which include: budgeting, time management and setting and attaining goals.
Parents must meet certain minimal requirements one of which is maintaining full time employment. For more information, contact Lynn Pierce at 481-1045 or email at rmee53@earthlink.com.
The Carying Place
The Carying Place is based in Cary and operates along similar guidelines. The major difference being that the families are provided with transitional shelter in apartments provided by funds from the community. They are able to sustain up to 8 families at a time. For more information, contact Lynn Pierce at 481-1045 or email at rmee53@earthlink.com.