From far and wide, Habitat for Humanity International’s RV Care-A-Vanners have come to Toledo to provide a hand up to local families in need of a simple, decent, affordable place. In partnership with the local Habitat affiliate, two Care-A-Vanners will be here for one week (July 20 to 25) helping construct a Habitat home at the Maumee Valley Habitat Leadership Build, 4701 Chicory Drive. The RV Care-A-Vanner Program, which is coordinated through HFHI Headquarters in Americus, Georgia, matches volunteers who travel in recreational vehicles with local Habitat affiliates in need of skilled volunteer support. They camp in their RVs while working shoulder to shoulder with the local Habitat staff, local volunteers and future Habitat homeowners.
RV Care-A-Vanners come from all over North America and from all walks of life—doctors, lawyers, engineers, corporate managers, mechanics, truck drivers, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, etc. The majority being near or at retirement age, their construction skills range from professional to first-time builder. They typically stay for two weeks and pay their own expenses to travel to these organized building projects. Drawing from a pool of more than 6,000 volunteers, this year’s teams of RV Care-A-Vanners are participating in nearly 250 building projects from Canada to Florida and California to Maine.
For more information about the program, visit habitat.org/rv.
