About the Northside Partnership
The Northside Partnership began in 2018 as the combination of three existing partnerships. The Clintonville-Beechwold, Dublin, and Worthington partnerships combined after building over 50 houses separately. The 14 churches making up the Northside partnership are located in Columbus, Clintonville, Dublin, Powell, and Worthington. The Northside Partnership provides families with a great and memorable experience while building the highest quality house possible. Thank you for visiting!
Volunteer with us
The NSP Volunteer Hub has dates listed through October and is ready for you to register on any given date you are available to help. Our goal to list the proposed tasks for the near future dates, for your information. If you know of anyone in your respective churches, who would be interested in helping, please encourage them to help build our house. Our home owner is a young family with three small children and is eager to get started with helping to build their home.
To register to volunteer on our current project, click here: http://nsp.habitatmidohio.volunteerhub.com/
Our typical build schedule:
- We work on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. We begin our day at 8:15 AM and finish at 3:30 PM.
- Partnership churches adopt Saturday dates to build. Check with your church representative for your church's build dates.
- We start the day with a safety meeting, review safety procedures for proper tool use. Assignments will be given out at the conclusion of the meeting.
- Lunch is around 11:30. Most volunteers pack their lunch. However, Saturday churches typically provide lunch for the group.
Experience: Experience is not a prerequisite! We will train on the job. Willing hands and heart are all we ask.
Tools: Hand tools are provided for volunteers. However, if you have some favorite hand tools, feel free to bring them along. Tools to bring would consist of a hammer, tape measure, speed square, pencil, utility knife, and tool pouch.
Interested in volunteering? Visit our volunteer website to sign up and more details: http://nsp.habitatmidohio.volunteerhub.com/
Our Current Project
Week ending July 6, 2024 - We ended week #3 with the first-floor walls in place, ready for us to lay out and install the 2nd floor, floor joists. The two stair landings are installed. The front porch beams have been constructed and the post brackets are installed, ready for us to cut the posts to the proper height to support the beams. You will take notice are porches and porch steps have been installed this as well.
Week ending June 29, 2024 - This week we received our first-floor pre-built walls. We installed the 1st floor sub-floor, laid out our wall locations and installed most of the exterior walls. The walls come with-out the OSB on them, so we added the OSB prior to erecting the wall panels. You will see in the photos the extent of what was accomplished this week.
Thursday, June 20 Update - Our house is ready to be constructed and we need are volunteers to build it! The sill plates were installed Tuesday, June 18. The first floor package was delivered and we started installing floor joists and the rim boards as well. The future homeowner, Yasin, was a big help today. It was a good day's work, considering only 3 volunteers and the high heat.
Next week's plan calls for the walls to be delivered to the site, which the Key Bank employees built with our supervision.
Participating Churches
Support the Partnership
To contribute to the Northside Partnership click the donate button below. Be sure to select Northside Partnership from the "my gift should be used:" drop-down menu.
Events and Fundraisers
Crosses for Habitat - New fundraiser started in 2023! All donations support Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio and our current build. Jim Whitmer organizes this fundraiser.
St. Patrick's Fish Fry - During Lent, St. Patrick's Episcopal Church in Dublin will hold fish fry dinners on select Fridays. (The 2024 dates have concluded and they were a great success!) The meal includes great fish prepared the way you like it and lots of sides. Beer and wine are available for purchase. Brenda Eddy organizes this event.
Northside Partnership Day at City Barbeque (Henderson Rd.) - Held once a year, a percentage of what is spent on the great food at City Barbeque is donated back to the partnership. Jane Albert organizes this event.
