Students looking to get involved at Millersville this year, but also help out the local community, one organization to look at would be the Millersville chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
The organization is a non-profit group that raises money and works with local Lancaster associates to help build decent and affordable houses in the Lancaster area.
There are approximately 25 members in the organization that dedicate their time to helping others; however, they are always looking for people to join the organization.
Jason Beisel, a representative of the Millersville chapter says about the club, “It’s a great club for students looking to help out the community around them and can be very fulfilling.”
The meetings for the Millersville Chapter of HFH are held in the SMC every Wednesday at 8pm in room 50 and any student is welcome to come and sit in on one of the meetings to find out what the organization is all about.
At these meetings, students usually talk about what else they can do during the school year as well as raise awareness and find out what more they can do to raise funds.
The organization does a Spring Break Trip each year called the “Collegiate Challenge”.
This is where the students go for a week over Spring Break somewhere in the US, stay, and work there.
Last year, the organization went to Christiansburg, VA and this year they plan on going to Lexington, KY. “We do these trips every year, where we can sponsor the house to get built and then go and help them for a couple days building it,” Beisel said about building the houses.
Habitat for Humanity was started in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller, after they left their affluent lifestyle subsequent to their business going under.
What grew into Habitat for Humanity started in Koinonia Farms, where Fuller and farmer and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan came together to create the concept of “partnership housing.”
This means that those in need of proper housing work together with volunteers to get the shelter that they need.
One of the main reasons for Habitat for Humanity is to take care of the poverty around the world.
Former President Jimmy Carter, a spokesperson for HFH, said, “We have become small players in an exciting global effort to alleviate the curse of homelessness.” (www.habitatforhumanity.org, 2008)
Habitat for Humanity has been building almost 300,000 houses for about 1.8 million people in 3,000 communities around the world because the organization feels that it is their job to provide safe, clean, and decent housing for everyone who cannot afford it.
Students looking to get involved around school and also help out in the community, check out Habitat for Humanity at Millersville.
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