How to register and what to do next
- Complete and submit the online registration form. You will soon receive an information packet of helpful materials in the mail.
- Step 2: Plan your fundraising strategy. Browse our helpful list of fundraising ideas.
- Step 3: Create your personalized fundraising webpage and draft pledge letters and sponsor forms for your supporters who may not have access to the internet. (Sample pledge letter and sponsor form)
- Step 4: Ask your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors to visit your website or fill out a sponsor form to support your efforts.
- Ste6 6: Attend a Build-A-Thon orientation or workshop to learn more and get inspired.
- Step 5: Attend the event and help build homes!
- Step 6: When the homes are completed and the event is over, join us at the after party! All Build-A-Thon participants are welcome. The party will be held at McGrath’s Pub in Alameda, at 1539 Lincoln Avenue, on Tuesday, April 22nd, from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Pizza and salad will be provided. No RSVP necessary.
Pledge prizes provided by: Southwest Airlines, Oakland A's, Café de la Paz, Builders Booksource, FLOAT: Flotation Center - Art Gallery, Punch Line Comedy Club, La Note Restaurant, Café Clem, Pizza Rustica, ZZA’s Trattoria, 41 pounds.org, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Venezia Caffe & Ristorante, Va De Vi Bistro & Wine Bar, Changes Salon & Day Spa, Shotgun Players, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, A Cote, Baskin Robbins, See's Candies, Encore Medspa
Meals provided by: Piedmont Grocery, Grocery Outlet, Whole Foods Market Oakland, Chipotle Mexican Grill, PepsiCo, Starbucks Coffee Company, Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Montclair Baking, Keller Williams Realty, Shaklee Corporation, Clif Bar, Park Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Christian Church, Jan Makin, Dorothy McDonald, Isabel Paez, Hector Burgos, and the Habitat East Bay homeowners
