Collegiate Challenge

Collegiate Challenge

One week can change a life forever…


Collegiate Challenge is Habitat for Humanity’s year-round alternative break program that provides opportunities for students from youth groups, high schools and colleges to spend a week of their school break building a house in partnership with a Habitat for Humanity affiliate in the United States.

A Collegiate Challenge trip may be the best school break trip you will ever have. Not only do you help people in need — it’s also fun! You’ll have the chance to improve your carpentry skills, connect with new people in a new place and put your faith into action by making a real difference in Habitat for Humanity’s work of eliminating substandard housing.

This Ohio Dominican University student spent her break “cuttin’ it up” in Lee County, Ala.

 


Please read
Collegiate Challenge: What You Need to Know for important information regarding your participation in the Collegiate Challenge program. This printer-friendly document includes information about:

  • Age restrictions.
  • Group size limitations.
  • Costs.
  • What a typical Collegiate Challenge week looks like.
  • Cancellation policy.
  • Insurance information.
  • Early Bird Registration information.
  • Resources for Christian youth groups.

Seven reasons YOU should participate in Collegiate Challenge:

  • Improve your leadership skills.
  • Develop and strengthen friendships.
  • See the impact your work is having on communities.
  • Learn more about poverty housing issues and how you can help.
  • Visit new areas of the country.
  • Affect a global cause by advocating on behalf of poverty housing issues.
  • Help provide a simple, decent, affordable place to live for people in need.