Students to Spend Spring Break with Habitat for Humanity
2/27/2008
USC Aiken students will join more than 12,000 fellow spring breakers from across the country to participate in Habitat for Humanity’s “Collegiate Challenge.”
During the week of March 9-15, USCA students will work alongside other volunteers and Habitat homeowners to build simple and affordable Habitat for Humanity houses. USCA students will be constructing a home in Little Haiti, a neighborhood in Miami, Fla. Students will leave USCA March 8, driving through the night, to begin work March 9.
The 20 students participating are Lauren Barnes, Richard Blocker, Katie Bowman, Thomas Caldwell, Vermone Coleman, Nelson Dreyfuss, Alyssa Eiser, Iris English, Twanna English, Qwendalyn Grant, KaTrina Jenkins, Lori Beth Long, Amber Peeples, Logan Sharpe, Roman Sipos, Davia Walker, Laney Wiggins, Rebecca Wood, Cherelle Wright, and Kayla Yates. Angel Lee, USCA’s assistant director of student programming and volunteerism and Jarod Holt, assistant director of Greek life and intramurals are traveling with the students.
“While many of their peers are relaxing, these students are putting in hundreds of hours of hard work during Habitat’s Collegiate Challenge,” said Alynn Woodson, associate director of Habitat’s Youth Programs department. “By the end of the week, not only have the students learned how to build a house, they’ve also seen how their actions can help improve people’s lives by providing safe, affordable shelter.”
More than 12,000 students have signed up to help build homes in 210 locations as part of this year’s Collegiate Challenge program. The program offers high school and college-age students year-round opportunities to use their vacations to serve a community by volunteering to build homes.
