Aitkin County Habitat for Humanity 2024-2026 Strategic Plan Priorities and Action Items
Explore Aitkin County Habitat for Humanity's strategic plan with top priorities such as repairing and building homes, establishing community partnerships, and taking action items in the areas of outreach projects, new home priorities, and elderly care. Get insights into the organization's goals for the coming years.
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Strategic Plan 2024 to 2026 Aitkin County Habitat for Humanity Strategic Plan 1
TOP 3 PRIORITIES FOR 2024-26 Repairing homes Building new homes Community Partnerships Aitkin County Habitat for Habitat Strategic Plan 2024-06 2
Priority areas Hire bookkeeper, Reassign office duties. Resume Presentations Do yearly event with youth, include workforce and fundraiser Build new partnerships: FFA Youth, First Lutheran, Contractors, agencies Acquire land for 2026, 2028 Step up Aging in Place repairs and funding Long term: Sell garage and buy a building Try to do one event in each town each year, minimum Secure project coordinator, paid or undpaid 3
ACTION ITEMS FOR 2024 2024 YOUTH AND OUTREACH PROJECTS The plan is to work with FFA, new partner. Make a playhouse or doghouse, firepit or other metal project Action Items Assigned To STATUS Fireplace build with FFA Needs plan Need to contact partners, recruit adult volunteers and student participants Tom Seek grants for firepit project $3,000 CAPC and United Way Ann Another community project if time allows Ann and board In planning Aitkin County Habitat for Humanity Strategic Plan 4
BUILD AND REPAIR NEW PRIORITY Brush with Kindness for homeowners, elderly, veterans and disabled Homeowner must own home and live there, in Aitkin County Brush with Kindness are exterior projects that may include fixing decks, replacing steps, replacing front windows and exterior doors, hauling gravel for a driveway, seasonal yard cleaning, stacking wood, other small outdoor projects that enable the low-income homeowner to stay in his/her home. Aging in Place for elder homeowners, we go inside Homeowner must own home and live there, in Aitkin County Small, interior projects to make the home accessible to the elderly: grab bars, opening doorways, etc. Habitat hopes to partner with Aitkin County CARE and the Arrowhead Agency on Aging for these projects. A more complete list will be sought from our board member who specializes in Aging in Place. Hand up not Hand out As with all Habitat programs, we work in partnership with the homeowners, not for the homeowners. Homeowners must contribute sweat equity in the form of supplying materials and tools, paying for the purchase of materials, recruiting volunteers to work with the crew or crew acknowledgement, offering snacks and drinks to the crew. 5
POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS FOR 2024 COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC RELATIONS We recognize the need to constantly keep our mission and our goals in front of the people in the county. Our goal here is to raise awareness within the county through a number of different touch points. Action Item Assigned To STATUS Resume presentations at churches and non-profits Add Aitkin City Council, Aitkin County Board, township and McGregor City Council Palisade Council. 24-25 Continue to meet with churches, groups and funders. In 2024 we met with United Way, Minnewawa Sportsmen, Aitkin Lions, McGregor School District, Dante from First Lutheran. Ann, Jeffers, Plagman willing to present. Anyone else? Ann, board, events committee Complete these events: Jan.-March McGregor or Pal event , May, Motorcycle ride fundraiser, July, Glen Parade; August Riverboat Days Parade; November, Fishhouse Parade; Optional: Palisade, Wild Rice Days, Trunk and Treat, other new and different events, dinner concert, baseball? Completed in 2023: Dinner Concert at Moose, Toolin Tour, Fourth of July, Glen; RB Days, Aitkin; River Days, Palisade; July 4 Weekend, Hill City; Wild Rice Days, McGregor And Fishhouse Parade, Aitkin. Rotate smaller communities; Palisade, McGregor, Hill City, Tamarack, etc. as staff and volunteers allow. All staff, board and volunteers Aitkin County Habitat for Humanity Strategic Plan 6
PUBLICITY AND OUTREACH Newsletter in early 2024 Annual report for 2023 done by March 2024 Ad in Newshopper November 2023 COMPLETED Ads in Age for Progress edition (block) and Fun Guide Ongoing media: radio shows, Lakeland TV, Newspapers, guest editorial, facebook, website, other? Form new partnerships, FFA, IRRB, other 7
FUTURE ITEMS 2024-26 Action Item Assigned To STATUS First priority, hire bookkeeper; reassign duties All Locate a building to buy in Aitkin Board and staff Implement playhouse.firepit fundraiser All Host contractor coffees at business and also collect donations. Construction committee Acquire land in McGregor, Palisade and Aitkin for future build. Board member community volunteers Meet with cities and other entities, realtors, see what is out there. Find construction manager and committee and volunteers for 24 build, Sofia. All Aitkin County Habitat for Humanity Strategic plan 8
Fundraising 2024-26 Action Item Assigned To STATUS Continue to raise funds through churches, annual appeal, selling of used goods, grant writing, partnerships, All Continue with motorcycle event to raise $6,000 a year. Consider new event Board and staff Beef up ReStore either online or garage sales. Be more consistent. All Pursue more advocacy and obtain more local government funding Ann Make more use of Habitat International funding streams Ann Aitkin County Habitat for Humanity Strategic plan 9
