TORONTO — Habitat for Humanity Canada recently celebrated the achievements of local organizations during its annual general meeting held virtually May 22.
Ten local Habitats across Canada were recognized for their 2019 achievements.
Habitat Regina board member Gail Lefebvre also received the prestigious Kenneth J. Meinert Leadership Award which honours individuals who, through exceptional leadership, have significantly advanced the mission of Habitat for Humanity in Canada, indicates a release. Lefebvre started volunteering by helping build with Habitat for Humanity Regina and has been a board member since 2018, becoming vice-chair in 2019. Since that time she has become a Global Village team leader, volunteering on builds around the world, and continues volunteering her time building Habitat homes locally as well.
The winner of this year’s One Habitat Award for integrating all of the things Habitat does — communications, operations and governance — to serve more families in Canada and around the world was Habitat for Humanity Heatland Ontario, which helped to craft the Housing Sustainability Action Plan for London, Ont. The organization also encourages change globally by highlighting global builds in their monthly newsletters, supporting their local university’s Global Village builds and holding international fundraising events
There were two winners for the Housing Innovation Award for serving more families by employing new, improved and innovative cost-effective construction technologies, adapting mortgage models and creating fundraising avenues. Habitat for Humanity Quebec won for collaborating on designing and building an energy-efficient ecological home. Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North was given the award for building 400 per cent more homes than in 2018, improving energy efficiency in the homes they built and increasing volunteer capacity for builds.
The Optimizing Performance Award for finding new ways to move Habitat’s mission forward to serve more families was given to Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region which scaled up its corporate procurement program, resulting in new product donations locally and nationally.
The other winner, Habitat for Humanity Ontario Gateway North, improved sales tracking and reporting with a new point of sale system, as well as a new website and donor management system.
The Mobilized Leadership Award for going above and beyond to foster a culture of leadership and inspiring leaders at every level of their organization was given to Habitat for Humanity Fredericton which supported the on-boarding of new leaders in Atlantic Canada, hosted seven Habitat Global Village builds and tied for the largest percentage sales growth in 2019 among Habitat ReStores in Canada.
Habitat for Humanity Greater Ottawa also won for doubling its build capacity, its contributions to international builds and engaging local Global Village volunteers to raise over $650,000.
The Epic Engagement award for inspiring the community to support Habitat’s mission while significantly raising awareness of Habitat for Humanity winner was Habitat for Humanity Greater Ottawa which reinvigorated is Women Build Program to celebrate their 25th anniversary, exceeding their fundraising goals and increasing community and volunteer engagement.
Habitat for Humanity Victoria was also given the award for its holiday-themed event, the Gingerbread Showcase which attracted 50,000 visitors and raised over $102,000.
The Sustainable Funding Award for successfully pursuing new revenue streams and innovating to ensure growth went to Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex which partnered with local organizations to bring back to life a sustainable furniture bank to benefit two under-served populations, refugees and people experiencing homelessness.
The other winner, Habitat for Humanity Newfoundland and Labrador, moved their Habitat ReStore to a new location and implemented new technology including a point of sale system and online booking system for volunteers, increasing sales which help fund operations and homebuilding efforts.
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