“This home is a blessing. We are grateful and thankful to God and everyone who has had a hand in it, thank you so much. Our kids have enough room to play in our new home and they have their own bedrooms. This home is changing our children’s lives.”
ReStore Your Passion
Event Details
Since 2018, ReStore Your Passion has been one of Habitat’s largest fundraising events. Every year we strive to raise enough funds to build one Habitat home.
2025 Date TBD | 6-9 pm
Speedbird Hangar
- $75/ticket
- Unlimited Beer + Wine
- Complimentary local eats + desserts
- Annual Goddess Contractor (GC) Competition — local, influential women rehab and transform pieces from the Habitat ReStore into new creations.
- Vote for your favorite GC pieces and purchase the items through a live auction.
Questions? Contact Hailie Boes at hboes@habitatgfw.com
What to expect
Live Auction
Beautifully refurbished furniture pieces from the Habitat ReStore are available for purchase during a live auction hosted by our friends from The Steffen Group.
Partner Family Chat
We’ll talk with one of our recent homeowners and learn about their journey to Habitat and how affordable homeownership is impacting their life.
Local eats + drinks
Enjoy complimentary local eats and desserts as well as unlimited beer and wine, with a cash bar available for mixed drinks.
Vincent + Gentile
After living in a refugee camp for 20 years, Vincent and Gentile were able to move to the United States and start their family. Becoming homeowners was their greatest dream. “Where I grew up is not anywhere I wish anyone to be. I have always had a dream of changing my life.”
Vincent discovered Habitat as he drove through Southeast Fort Wayne and saw Habitat homes under construction. When he got home Gentile told him of a friend who had been accepted into the program and they knew it was worth a try. After being accepted into the Homeownership Program, Vincent shared that you learn the value of your home through volunteering on the construction site and attending classes.
Sponsorship Opportunities
For sponsorship opportunities, please reach out to Hailie Boes at hboes@habitatgfw.com.
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Opportunity
$15,000
Level
Gold
# of Tables (8 seats/table)
2 (16 tickets)
RYP stage time
✔
Recognition
Logo on all RYP Collateral and Habitat website
Annual report listing
✔
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Opportunity
$10,000
Level
Silver
# of Tables (8 seats/table)
2 (16 tickets)
RYP stage time
—
Recognition
Medium logo on Habitat website
Annual report listing
✔
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Opportunity
$5,000
Level
Bronze
# of Tables (8 seats/table)
1 (8 tickets)
RYP stage time
—
Recognition
Small logo on Habitat website
Annual report listing
✔
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Opportunity
$3,000
Level
Food/Bar
# of Tables (8 seats/table)
1 (8 tickets)
RYP stage time
—
Recognition
Recognition at bar
Annual report listing
✔
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Opportunity
$1,500
Level
Table
# of Tables (8 seats/table)
1 (8 tickets)
RYP stage time
—
Recognition
Logo at table and event presentation
Annual report listing
✔
| Opportunity | $15,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $1,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Food/Bar | Table |
| # of Tables (8 seats/table) | 2 (16 tickets) | 2 (16 tickets) | 1 (8 tickets) | 1 (8 tickets) | 1 (8 tickets) |
| RYP stage time | ✔ | — | — | — | — |
| Recognition | Logo on all RYP Collateral and Habitat website | Medium logo on Habitat website | Small logo on Habitat website | Recognition at bar | Logo at table and event presentation |
| Annual report listing | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
2024 Goddess Contractors
Goddess Contractors or “GCs” (a play-off of the term General Contractor) are female community leaders who assemble a team to crowdfund and refurbish furniture items donated through the Habitat ReStore. Each one-of-a-kind, secondhand piece, is then styled at the event venue the night of the gala and auctioned off with all of the accessories.
Audrey Harber
Lancia Homes
Courtney Jacobs
ProFed Credit Union
Hailee Gepfert
MBN Properties
Holly Brinneman
3Rivers Federal Credit Union
Nicole Kenefic
KDA Furniture & Interiors
Tamy Adelblue
Moore & Associates
Phillicia Gerardot
International Interior Design Association
Jill Keszei
GLO Magazine
Thank you to our 2024 ReStore Your Passion Sponsors!
Toby & Misha Thomas • Franklin Electric • 1st Source Bank • Breastie Boxes • Narrative Design • IndianaTech • Lake City Bank • Sushil & Preeti Jain • Wetherill Family • Morningstar Group • Kelley Automotive • Rosema Corp. • General Petroleum • Hamed Homes
