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Habitat for Humanity at Pitt: Building Hope, One Home at a Time
At Habitat for Humanity at Pitt, our mission is clear: we're dedicated to promoting affordable housing throughout the Pittsburgh area. Each weekend, our passionate members roll up their sleeves and work on homes across the city, making a tangible difference in our community. This fall, we've made impactful strides in neighborhoods like Millvale, Garfield, and Armstrong, often tackling multiple projects in a single weekend.
In Garfield, we've partnered with Open Hands to demolish walls, paving the way for new, improved structures later this year. Meanwhile, in Armstrong, we're collaborating with local Habitat affiliates to clean out homes, paint rooms, and utilize new tools. Each experience enriches our members, allowing us to learn and grow together as we help others.
This March, we're excited to embark on our annual service trip as part of Habitat's Collegiate Challenge. For the fourth consecutive year, we'll be working with Cape Fear's Habitat for Humanity. Our bond with them as grown strong, and both organizations eagerly anticipate reuniting to build together. Unlike our local projects, this trip allows us to construct a house from the ground up, giving our members the chance to develop invaluable skills that will last a lifetime. The camaraderie we build while working towards a shared goal creates lasting connections among us.
The Collegiate Challenge: A Journey of Service
Each March, a caravan of minivans departs from the chilly hills of Pittsburgh, heading south to participate in the Collegiate Challenge. This program encourages college students to collaborate with Habitat affiliates in our collective vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to call home.
During our week of service, we engage in hands-on workdays, dedicating hours to frame walls, install windows and doors, and shingle roofs, among other essential tasks. It's a fantastic opportunity for all members, whether it's your first time hammering a nail or framing an entire wall.
What makes this experience truly special is the chance to work alongside future homeowners, who contribute at least 300 hours of "sweat equity" into their new homes. Their inspiring stories energize our team and reinforce our commitment to affordable housing long after we return to campus.
How You Can Help
We invite you to support our group of 25 students as we travel to Wilmington, North Carolina, to serve with Habitat for Humanity. Our goal is to minimize the trip's costs, ensuring that everyone who wishes to participate can do so, regardless of their financial situation. Your generous donations will help cover:
Every contribution, no matter the size, makes a difference. We sincerely appreciate your support and look forward to sharing stories and pictures from our week of service. If you're unable to donate, sharing our campaign with your network is another meaningful way to help us succeed. Thank you for considering our cause!
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Contributions received for this project shall be used in accordance with the purpose described herein, the terms in the FAQs and applicable law. For questions that cannot be answered in the FAQs, please call 412-648-4658 or email engage@pitt.edu.
Our Chapter is celebrating its 4th year traveling to Wilmington, North Carolina for our annual Collegiate Challenge Service Trip. It has been a pleasure working with Cape Fear Affiliates since spring 2022.
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.
