Carleton College: Acting in the Community Together: Habitat for Humanity and SpringBreak Away

Habitat for Humanity and SpringBreak Away

Habitat has built more than 250,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1 million people in more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.

Habitat houses are affordable for low-income families because there is no profit included in the sale price.

Carleton's Habitat Spring Break trips have gone to different states in the U.S., typically in the Midwest and South.

Habitat has a presence in more than 90 countries, including all 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico.

Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families.

Program Directors:
Sam Benshoof '09, benshoos
Sonya Krishnan '10, krishna (winter & spring)
Jessie Ruiz '10, ruizje
Rice County, Twin Cities, National
Periodic Commitment

Habitat for Humanity International is a non-profit faith-based housing organization that has built more than 150,000 houses worldwide since 1976, including over 500 in Minnesota. Habitat relies on donated funds and volunteer labor to provide homes for the working poor across the United States and throughout the world. The Carleton chapter assists at Habitat sites both locally and nationally. On the national level, the Carleton chapter participates in "Spring BreakAway," which allows groups of students to spend a week of spring break working with Habitat affiliates at various sites in the United States. Further information and links to the application will be posted for those interested in the Spring BreakAway program.

Go to Habitat for Humanity's website at: www.habitat.org

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Habitat for Humanity and SpringBreak Away

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