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Features: April 1, 2002
Student Chapter of Habitat for Humanity
To Be Honored
On Monday, April 8, the Rensselaer student
chapter of Habitat for Humanity will be honored on campus
by Habitat for Humanity International.
Millard Fuller, founder and president of
Habitat for Humanity International, based in Georgia, will
kick off the event at 10 a.m. at the Chapel + Cultural Center
on Burdett Avenue. There, he will speak about the need to
build decent, affordable housing. A light reception will
immediately follow.
On Monday, April 8, the Rensselaer
student chapter of Habitat for Humanity will be honored
on campus by Habitat for Humanity International.
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At 1 p.m., Fuller will honor the students
for establishing the 700th Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter.
The event will take place on the northwest deck of the Student
Union, weather permitting. The ceremony will take place
at Mother's on the first floor of the Union in inclement
weather.
The Rensselaer students are coordinating
efforts to build a house in Troy with the Rensselaer County
Habitat for Humanity. They also are collaborating with colleges
and area high schools to raise the first $10,000 for the
house project. That amount will be matched by Habitat for
Humanity International in recognition of the 700th chapter
status. It costs about $50,000, most of it for materials,
to build a Habitat for Humanity home.
Besides the "Quilt Project" in
which individuals or groups can purchase eight-by-eight-inch
cloth squares for $100 (see "Quilt Project Under Way
to Raise Money for Habitat for Humanity House" at http://www.rpi.edu/web/Campus.News/
mar_02/mar_18/around.html), Rensselaer students will
be selling T-shirts with a Habitat for Humanity logo for
$9. These shirts can be purchased in the Office of the First
Year Experience in the Troy Building, fourth floor, and
during various lunch times in the Union. For more information
about the T-shirt, contact the FYE Office at ext. 6864.
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