Pink hard hat with sticker "strong women build strong communities"

Women Build

Group of women with pink hard hats and future Habitat homeowner in the middle

strong women build strong communities

Our Women Build fundraiser raises money to fund affordable homeownership opportunities for women in our community! Teams of 7 sponsor a build day for $350 and volunteer on a construction site in Southeast Fort Wayne.

2025 is Sold Out

  • Purple t-shirt with "Women Build 2025" letters
  • Group of volunteers holding up wall on construction site
  • Woman smiling with pink hard hat
  • Future Habitat homeowner on build site.
  • Dominique with Brotherhood Mutual volunteers
  • Two women laughing with paint on hands and faces
  • Framed walls of a home with "God bless this home + family!" written on a 2x4
  • Narrative Design volunteers with Partner Families
  • Women Build 2024 Sticker held out by volunteer
  • Two women with hard hats posting
  • Group of women build volunteers in front of Habitat house
  • Group of women volunteers in pink hard hats
  • Group of women posing in front of Habitat house
  • Three women with white paint on cheeks in "007" pose
  • Four volunteers on a porch in front of windows at Bowser Street Habitat house.
  • Habitat build volunteers in pink hard hats pose together at construction site.
  • Volunteers with paint-splattered clothes enjoying coffee during Habitat build.
  • Women from Asher Agency participate in a Habitat community build wearing matching green shirts.
  • Volunteers stand in front of two Habitat homes on a sunny day.
  • Crew of Habitat builders smiling outside built site.
  • Volunteer speaking to Habitat crew lead in front of saw
  • Two women at saw
  • Woman smiling with pink hard hat behind saw
  • Group of Women Build volunteers smiling

empower women through homeownership

  • I’ve worked really hard to find a good, stable home for my kids…this is a blessing.” – Ciaira, Habitat Homeowner

Volunteer placing nails in apron

What to Expect on Your Build Day

Learn more about what jobs you may do, when to arrive, what to wear, and what happens if the weather doesn’t cooperate.

Volunteering on the Build Site

Thank you to our 2025-26 Women Build Season Partners

Balkenbusch Lady Builds

Beckman Lawson

BFGoodrich

BNI

Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group

Design Collaborative

Don Ayres Honda

Fort Wayne Metals

Gerdau Huntington

Hayes + Sons Restoration

Indiana Tech Women’s Soccer

JH Specialty

Jack Laurie Home Floor Designs

Kathy’s Karpenters

Old National Bank

PHP

Pinpoint Improvements

Pride Build

Preeti Jain Team

ProFed Credit Union

Trinity Episcopal Church

Weigand Construction

WEdesign & KDA Furniture

Women’s Fund of Greater Fort Wayne

Crushed aluminum cans

every can counts

Love helping the environment? Learn more about how you get involved with our year-long fundraising by recycling aluminum cans throughout Fort Wayne.

Can Shed Locations