Habitat builds shed on campus
Taylor Higgins
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Features
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e waking up to the sounds of hammering and building on the Flik patio.
All the noise was Habitat for Humanity, Act! Speak! Build! event.
Habitat members were on the Flik patio from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. building a shed that was brought to Coastal Fairfield County Habitat and used for a home that doesn't have a basement.
Plenty of students stopped by the event to find out what all the bang was about.
Students, including non-members of Habitat for Humanity took part in the building, bought t-shirts, and made donations to help Habitat for Humanity to pay for the shed.
"I heard all of the banging this morning at around 9:30 a.m, I was curious as to what they were building outside so I went over to the patio and asked a couple of questions," said Tanya Bading, freshman, West Haven.
"I ended up contributing to the building of the shed, and getting credit for my hours at work," said Bading.
"Habitat workers were there to instruct me and help with the process as well," said Bading.
"I woke up to the sound of hammering this morning. I thought it was from the building of the chapel or something, but I looked out my window and saw a lot of students building sheds," said Tom Gilford, freshman, Westchester, N.Y.
"I decided to help out a little and felt like it was a good experience to help others during the process," said Gilford.
"Habitat for Humanity's mission is to help build simple, decent, affordable housing," said Megan Wood, senior, Port Jefferson, N.Y.
"The mission of Act! Speak! Build! week is to raise awareness. Act! Speak! Build! is actually a national week that conflicted with our Easter Break so we set the date for April 16," said Wood.
"Unfortunately that was the day after the rain storm we just had so we re-scheduled the building of the shed for April 23," said Wood.
"We like the idea of building a shed because Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County needs them for houses that are on flood zones and therefore have a crawl space instead of a basement and lose storage space," said Wood.
"A shed is also great because it is like building a mini house. All of our materials are donated from the local Habitat affiliate in Bridgeport, however our goal is to raise enough money for the cost of the materials that they gave us, approximately $600," said Wood.
Every year, Habitat for Humanity does something on campus so that people can be exposed to the program and want to either become involved or just want to know what Habitat has been up to.
For the past two years, Habitat for Humanity has been building sheds on campus.
Before that, they have done things such as painted siding or made walls.
For more information about Habitat for Humanity, stop by the Service Learning Office or email SHUHabitat@sacredheart.edu.
All the noise was Habitat for Humanity, Act! Speak! Build! event.
Habitat members were on the Flik patio from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. building a shed that was brought to Coastal Fairfield County Habitat and used for a home that doesn't have a basement.
Plenty of students stopped by the event to find out what all the bang was about.
Students, including non-members of Habitat for Humanity took part in the building, bought t-shirts, and made donations to help Habitat for Humanity to pay for the shed.
"I heard all of the banging this morning at around 9:30 a.m, I was curious as to what they were building outside so I went over to the patio and asked a couple of questions," said Tanya Bading, freshman, West Haven.
"I ended up contributing to the building of the shed, and getting credit for my hours at work," said Bading.
"Habitat workers were there to instruct me and help with the process as well," said Bading.
"I woke up to the sound of hammering this morning. I thought it was from the building of the chapel or something, but I looked out my window and saw a lot of students building sheds," said Tom Gilford, freshman, Westchester, N.Y.
"I decided to help out a little and felt like it was a good experience to help others during the process," said Gilford.
"Habitat for Humanity's mission is to help build simple, decent, affordable housing," said Megan Wood, senior, Port Jefferson, N.Y.
"The mission of Act! Speak! Build! week is to raise awareness. Act! Speak! Build! is actually a national week that conflicted with our Easter Break so we set the date for April 16," said Wood.
"Unfortunately that was the day after the rain storm we just had so we re-scheduled the building of the shed for April 23," said Wood.
"We like the idea of building a shed because Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County needs them for houses that are on flood zones and therefore have a crawl space instead of a basement and lose storage space," said Wood.
"A shed is also great because it is like building a mini house. All of our materials are donated from the local Habitat affiliate in Bridgeport, however our goal is to raise enough money for the cost of the materials that they gave us, approximately $600," said Wood.
Every year, Habitat for Humanity does something on campus so that people can be exposed to the program and want to either become involved or just want to know what Habitat has been up to.
For the past two years, Habitat for Humanity has been building sheds on campus.
Before that, they have done things such as painted siding or made walls.
For more information about Habitat for Humanity, stop by the Service Learning Office or email SHUHabitat@sacredheart.edu.
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