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A look at what Seattle University students have been up to this past school year (10-11) on day builds and Spring Break!
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Habitat for Humanity
at Seattle university
is one of the newer
clubs on campus yet
our involvement
would never lead you
to believe otherwise!
Throughout the year
we have participated
in multiple builds with
both the King County
affiliate as well as
the Island County af-
filiate.
Our focus this year
was to get involve-
ment on builds and
educate Seattle Uni-
versity students
through the builds.
By holding a day
build each quarter
and then participat-
ing in the
Collegiate
Challenge
over
spring
break, we
are rais-
ing aware-
ness
about housing and
activism all over
campus.
SU HfH
Seattle University Habitat For
Humanity Annual Report
Fall 2010
Winter 2011
Spring 2011
Spring Break
2011
Find us on
September
2010– June
2011
Seattle
University
Habitat for
Humanity
Annual
We began the school
year with our first
build of the quarter
with King County
HfH. Eight students
who didn't know each
other at the begin-
ning of the day
bonded as they
painted baseboards
and trim. It was a
great way to start
the year off as they
learned about the
housing se-
lection proc-
ess, met one
of the fami-
lies and got
to know a lit-
tle more
about how habitat
works. This first
build was a blast and
helped gain a lot of
interest in the club!
land to see the pro-
gress. We filled a 12 pas-
senger van and devoted
Memorial Day weekend
began an event we hope
to make an annual event.
Our Collegiate Chal-
lenge team developed
such a great relation-
ship with the Island
County Hfh affiliate, we
decided to venture
back up to Whidbey Is-
the whole day to building
and having dinner with
some of the residents of
Whidbey Island. We are
planning on continuing
this tradition of a Memo-
rial Day weekend build
next year!
Fall Build 2010
been snowing
and it got
pretty cold,
but everyone
had a great
time on the
build.
Many stu-
dents would agree with
Katrina, “Saturday was a
great break from the
monotony of studying
and homework assign-
ments.” Shoveling fro-
zen
gravel
and hav-
ing to
use a
pick ax
was
much
needed
the
weekend
after midterms.
During win-
ter quar-
ter, our
club part-
nered with
Seattle Uni-
versity’s
chapter of
Engineers Without Bor-
ders. It was a natural fit
to have a group of en-
gineers working with
habitat. It may have
Winter Build 2011– Engineers
Spring Build 2011
“Saturday was a great
break from the
monotony of studying
and homework
assignments. I’ve been
given so much and have
been blessed. I wanted
to go to help bless
someone who has a real
need.“ -Katrina
Page 2 Seattle University Habitat For Humanity Annual Report
This was our second
year participating in the
Spring Break Collegiate
Challenge. We decided to
work with Island County
because of their loca-
tion; in just over two
hours you are outside of
the hustle and bustle of
Seattle to the gorgeous
Whidbey Island.
This year, we had more
applications than we had
spots which meant we
had to be selective on
who could go. Although it
was tough, a fantastic
group was chosen in De-
cember. We spent winter
quarter fundraising our
goal of $2,000. We sur-
passed our goal by rais-
ing over $3,000 through
our letter writing cam-
paign and support from
Associated Students of
Seattle University.
The week was spent
learning and educating
ourselves on the mis-
sion, the process and
the families of habitat.
Everyone learned how to
use power tools, gained
new friends and our club
made a lasting bond with
their affili-
ate. We
hope to
continue
working
with them
each year!
Meeghan Bergmann
Treasurer
Aimee Corn
President
Kelly Benkert
Club Advisor
Spring Break Collegiate Challenge
Facebook.com/
SU.HabitatforHumanity
We are new to Face-
book this year! We
are up to 98 “likes!”
On our page, you can
find photos from all
of our builds and up-
dates on our club!
“Like” us on Facebook
2010-2011 Leadership
Page 3 Seattle University Habitat for Humanity Annual Report