Habitat for Humanity was founded by Clarence Jordan, Linda Fuller, and Millard Fuller in 1976 when they held their first meeting in a converted chicken barn in South Georgia.

Cape Fear’s Habitat for Humanity, our partners for our last two service trips and our upcoming one, has been proudly serving the communities of Wilmington, North Carolina for over 36 years.

President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn first volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in 1984. Not only did they help Habitat expand to every state of the US and 70 total countries, they themselves have helped to build, renovate, and repair 3,944 Habitat homes in 14 different countries.

Habitat relies heavily on volunteers not only for building the actual house, but also for food, drink, and supply donations. This donation will pay for the participation fee of one volunteer!

In the 30+ years of Habitat’s Collegiate Challenge, they have had more than 260,000 volunteers participate! Help us add even more volunteers to the tally.

On March 22nd, 2022 MacKenzie Scott donated $436 million, the largest donation in the history of Habitat for Humanity. It was spread between 84 different affiliates of Habitat.

Our service trip will begin and end with a flock of vans filled to the brim with students and luggage traveling 564 miles between Pittsburgh and Wilmington. It's not the destination, it's the journey.

Habitat’s Collegiate Challenge has made a difference in the lives of more than 1,000 families by providing them with simple and affordable housing.