Kids sticking with Habitat Extract: Last year, fifth graders at Hansen Elementary School were eager to make hearts for South Shore Habitat for Humanity. Well, this year’s crop of fifth graders is no different as they are ready spread the love once again. Read the full story in the Stoughton Journal.. Students in St. Lucie County build a better home for family John Carroll High School students unveiled their mastery of carpentry this week when they started building a house for a family in need. Sophomore and junior class members of the Catholic school spent the last two days framing the interior and exterior walls of a new home destined for ownership by the Louidor family. Read the full story on TCPalm.com. Jackets in the community Members of Georgia Tech's baseball and volleyball teams, as well as a couple of Yellow Jacket cheerleaders, spent all day Saturday working at a local Habitat for Humanity project in south Atlanta. The community service project was the first of the semester for the Yellow Jacket student-athletes, who returned to class just five days earlier, but one they had been looking forward to since the fall. See the full story on CSTV.com. Terry leadership scholars volunteer in the Big Easy Extract: A week after the Bulldogs' victory over Hawai'i in New Orleans, another group of university students are traveling to the Big Easy. However, their trip will serve a different purpose – community service. Thirty students from the Leonard Leadership Scholars Program in the University's Terry College of Business will spend today through Sunday in New Orleans working with Habitat for Humanity, an organization that helps lower-income individuals build homes. Read the full story in The Red and Black. Turning hope into a home: Wisconsin students make 9th trip to build Habitat house Extract: On Monday morning, the hands of 20 University of Wisconsin students pushed up one wall of a house that will be nearly completed by week’s end. The ninth annual Putnam Habitat for Humanity Blitz build is on, said Jim Melfi, Putnam Habitat’s executive director. Read the full story in the Palatka Daily News. Youth, Habitat to spread poverty awareness throughout community Extract: Habitat for Humanity of Iredell County is gearing up for “Act! Speak! Build! Week.” From March 31 through April 6, high school and college students from across the country will participate in various advocacy events. The purpose is to raise awareness about poverty and housing issues throughout the country. Read the full story in the Statesville Record and Landmark. Frat brothers help build home Extract: Neither the freezing temperatures, the possibility of hard labor or the missed holiday break could stop 47 volunteers from the Mississippi State University chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity from pitching in on a Habitat for Humanity home in Diamondhead. Read the full story in the Sun Herald. Habitat for Humanity house built by students Extract: Students at one Franklin County school are honing their construction skills, while helping their community. The electrical, plumbing and carpentry classes at Franklin County Tech are building a house in Turners Falls. They're working hard for Habitat for Humanity. "It gives us a lot of experience, it's a good thing we are doing here," said Nathan Streeter, a student at the Tech School. See the full story on CBS 3 Springfield.
GHS students build Habitat house Extract: Sometimes high school students can help the entire community just by learning new skills. Mark Bishop, instructor of Gering High School's home maintenance class, said students in his two home maintenance classes are currently building a house for Habitat for Humanity. Read the full story in the Gering Courier. Switchfoot swaps band instruments for building tools Extract: Multi-Platinum selling band Switchfoot concluded its 34-city Appetite for Construction Tour with Reliant K and Ruth in Everett, WA Dec. 3. The benefit tour that hit such major markets as New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas and more, raised about $100,000 for Habitat for Humanity. Read the full story on Christian Music Spin.com. Lawrence students rally for Habitat Extract: Crew members who were finishing up the newest Habitat for Humanity house constructed in Appleton took a few moments Thursday morning to admire the results of their labors. Read the full story in the Appleton Post-Crescent.
College gives house to help family Extract: This boxy old house along a one-way street near Union College will soon be home to a needy family. "It's a unique situation where they've (Union College) given us the property, and will help us get the job done, and hopefully it will lead to a campus chapter," said Jeffrey W. Clark, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Schenectady County. Clark was referring Wednesday afternoon to the nearly century-old Barrett Street house that the college recently conveyed to the agency. Read the full story in the Times Union.
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