Although there are plenty of options for students to use their free time during spring break, more than 11,000 students will travel across the country to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity for their spring break. The youth volunteers are participants of Collegiate Challenge, Habitat for Humanity’s year-round alternative break program.
Habitat for Humanity has been around for years, working with volunteers, to build simple and decent houses.Thousands of low-income families have found new hope in the form of affordable housing. Churches, community groups and others have joined together to successfully tackle a significant social problem – decent housing for all.
Today, Habitat for Humanity has built more than 300,000 houses, sheltering more than 1.5 million people in more than 3,000 communities worldwide.
To learn more about Habitat for Humanity, or to volunteer your time as well, visit their website at www.habitat.org/
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ReplyDeleteI think that this is a great program for people mto consider. Instead of spending your spring break in a drug or alcohol induced alternate state of mind, like the vast majority of students have undoubtedly done, you could spend it making a huge impact on the lives of other people.
ReplyDeleteComfortable housing is a luxury every single one of us takes forgranted- living in Newtown, most of us were born into a nice house, with a fairly stable family, which makes it easy to write off or forget about the millions of people who must go home to a cramped house that they can barely afford.
I have done Habitat for Humanity in the Philippenes. It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life and i recommend it to anyone who wants to do something good for other people. My trip lasted 2 weeks but the memories will always stay with me. I felt like we made a difference in other families lives. They worked along side of us everyday, you could tell how bad they needed the homes.
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