51С»Æ³µstudents help build homes with Habitat for Humanity during spring break
Twenty 51С»Æ³µstudents in the Habitat for Humanity club used their time over the 2013 spring break to travel to Peoria, Arizona, to help build houses for two different families with the Central Arizona Chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Work at the sites primarily involved helping roof the house, but the students also worked on dry wall, brackets, caulking, spackling, painting, and making shelves.
This is the twelfth year that the Habitat for Humanity club has taken an alternative spring break trip. Previous trips have gone across the country to various locations in Washington, Texas, Louisiana, and South Carolina. This trip wouldn’t have been possible without the guidance of their two advisors, Amy Carlson, a graduate student in the Marine Science Program, and Shireen Rahman, M.S., ATC, a clinical instructor in the Exercise and Sport Performance Department, who helped make the trip a reality.
Planning, organizing, and fundraising for this trip began as soon as students arrived on campus in the fall. During the trip, the 51С»Æ³µstudents worked for six days and had one day to travel on their own, which was spent at the Grand Canyon. The students raised more than $5,000 to fund their trip, primarily through numerous bake sales and fundraisers at Family and Friends Weekend.
The participating students include: Angie Dwyer (’13), Ashley Tomaswick (’13), Erin Belanger (’14), Melissa Berndt (’14), Kaylee Dubois (’14), Angie Dupont (’14), Brendan Emanuel (’14), Kerri Grant (’14), Elisha Lacey (’14), Katlyn Schmersal (’14), Zack Verzillo (’14), Sammy Frederickson (’15), Emily Boulton (’16), Jordan DeSousa (’16), Alessia Giannozzi (’16), Jordyn LeBlanc (’16), Kayla Licata (’16) ,and Maggie Middleton (’16).