Have you ever been interested in volunteering your time with Habitat for Humanity? Want to help fulfill someone’s dream of having their own home?

Join the Outreach Committee for another work site day volunteering time with Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area. No specific skills or construction expertise needed. Materials and guidance will be provided by Habitat for Humanity and they will match you with a job based on your skill set day of the event. Before attending the event, a volunteer form, waiver, and online volunteer safety course need to be completed.

Volunteers will meet at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 800 Paxton St. at 8:15 am and carpool to the work site for the day. Any amount of volunteer hours is appreciated; however, a full workday is preferred.

Please email Outreach@hyp.org if interested in volunteering. Only 10 spots are available – first come first served.

Refresh Harrisburg is the culminating event in which 4 teams of teen summer campers from The Salvation Army sell items at refreshment stands located in downtown Harrisburg (Click here for a map of the locations) to demonstrate their knowledge of entrepreneurship and charity.

For 5 weeks prior to the event, the campers learned about starting their own business, budgeting, marketing, and creating their own business plans to put their refreshment stands in motion. Come to visit each of the refreshment stands the day of the event to see their businesses in action and see their individual marketing strategies come to life. You know you’ll be hungry and thirsty!!

Child Abuse Clearances are needed to be a coach for the 5-week pre-event teaching sessions. If interested in becoming a coach or volunteering day of, please email Outreach@hyp.org for more information.

Sponsored by: The Salvation Army Harrisburg Capital City Region and Centric Bank.

Locations:

Capitol Steps

Sawyer’s on 2nd St.

FNB Bank on 2nd St.

McCormick Library across from the walking bridge

Our teams include:

Team “Icy”, supporting Downtown Daily Bread

Team “Chillin Drinks”, supporting Pinnacle Health Children’s Resource Center

Team “Tropical Express”, supporting Highmark Caring Place

Team “The Esskeetit Kids”, supporting Capital Area Coalition on Homelessness

Join us for the 5th Annual HYP 5 Miler for 5 Charities! The 5 Miler will kick off on City Island and feature an exciting course that follows part of the Harrisburg Greenbelt and ends back on City Island. In addition to the 5 Miler Race, we have a 5k Walk option and we are bringing back the Kids’ Fun Run! The Kids Fun Run will be a 1/4 mile and all registrations will be “day of”. There will be no entry fee but donations are welcome.

REGISTER HERE

SPONSORS:

Gold Sponsor:

Silver Sponsor:

ITINERARY:

Packet Pick-Up: Day of Race 7:30 AM
Kids Fun Run: 8:30 AM
5 Mile Timed Race Start: 9:00 AM
5k Walk Start: 9:05 AM

BENEFITING CHARITIES:

Pre-registered 5 Mile and 5k Race Participants will receive long-sleeve shirts if they register by 9/17/18. Day-of registered 5 Mile and 5k Race Participants are not guaranteed long sleeve shirts, only if extras are available.

The Kids’ Fun Run, for children 12 and under, will start around 8:30 AM. “Day of” registration for this race only. The race will be 1/4 mile. No entry fee for the Kid’s Fun Run but a donation is appreciated.

The 5k Walk and Kids Fun Run will not be chip timed.

To volunteer to help please sign up with this link:

Join HYP Outreach Committee for a social event to kick-off 2018. Find out how to get involved in Outreach events and bring fresh ideas for Outreach to expand in 2018. Have a cause or know an organization you think Outreach should support? Bring your knowledge and interest to the social and help us build a fantastic year for Outreach with this being HYP’s 20th anniversary.

For questions email outreach@hyp.org.

Join HYP’s Outreach committee for their monthly meeting! The purpose of the Outreach Committee is to provide educational programming related to the mission of HYP and further HYP’s mission through charitable programs and events. Volunteer committee members help plan and coordinate the Outreach efforts for HYP, including Junior Sports Leagues, Refresh Harrisburg, HYP 5 Miler for 5, and a Children’s Holiday Party. The Outreach committee is a very active HYP committee and is a wonderful way to become more involved in the organization while learning from the children of Harrisburg.

Contact outreach@hyp.org learn more, receive committee email updates and to find this month’s meeting location.

2018 Committee Chairs: Janelle Shank, Leeza Zhmurkin, & Zane Geist