Women Build

Fall Women Build is coming October 23–24!

Our spring Women Build was so popular that we’re adding a Fall Women Build on Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24, 2026 at Compass Point in Rockport.

If you couldn’t join us this spring, this is another chance to grab your work gloves, learn new skills, meet some great people, and help build permanently affordable homes for local families.

No construction experience is needed. Registration opens in mid-September, with more details coming soon.

Women Build 2026 was one for the books.

Over five build days, including one added because of incredible interest, volunteers came together at Compass Point in Rockport to help build safe, energy-efficient, permanently affordable homes for local families.

Compass Point is Midcoast Habitat’s new 10-home pocket neighborhood in Rockport, Maine. What started as foundations is now beginning to look like homes, thanks to the hard work, generosity, and spirit of this community.

Together, Women Build participants, sponsors, and supporters raised just shy of $15,000 to support affordable homeownership in Knox County.

Want to get involved before then? Midcoast Habitat welcomes volunteers of all skill levels year-round, not just during Women Build. From construction and landscaping to office support, committee work, event help, and ReStore volunteering, there are many ways to get involved. No construction experience is needed, just a willingness to show up, learn, and help build homes, hope, and community.

Learn more about volunteering: https://midcoasthabitat.org/volunteer/

Save the Date for 2027!
Women Build returns May 1–5, 2027, followed by the return of Jazz and Jewels on May 6. We hope you’ll join us for another incredible week of building, community, and support for affordable homeownership.

Thank you to everyone who built, donated, sponsored, cheered us on, and helped make Women Build 2026 such a success.

Women Build wouldn’t happen without the incredible support of our sponsors.

Thank you to our 2026 Women Build sponsors for helping make this work possible:

Lead Sponsor:
First National Bank

Foundation Sponsors:
Hay Runner and Starlight Kitchen & Bath

Build Partners:
Viking Lumber, The Tailored Closet of Midcoast Maine, Allen Insurance and Financial, and Alliant Insurance Services

Community Sponsor:
Edward Jones – Ken Gardiner in Camden