Habitat for Humanity

Hello, this is Elliot Formal reporting on Habitat for Humanity.

What it is...

Habitat for Humanity is an international, non-profit organization that seeks to build decent and affordable housing. The organization builds houses with volunteer laborers, and the houses are sold at no profit around the world.

Habitat at Ithaca College

Ithaca College has a very large Habitat club, however, they are always looking for new members. There is almost always something going on over the weekend for Habitat that anybody can participate in. The club meets at 4 pm on Sundays in the Taughannock Falls room at the Campus Center.

Here is the website to the Ithaca College Habitat for Humanity Club:
http://sites.google.com/site/ichabitat/Home

History of Habitat

Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976 by Linda and Miller Fuller. Since it's creation, Habitat has become an international phenomenon. Many different Habitat groups have been created around the world. They operate completely independent of one another with volunteer labor and donations of money and materials.

Families who are in need of a new home apply to a local Habitat group. The families are chosen based on:

a) their need
b) their willingness to assist Habitat in building their new home, and
c) their ability to repay the loan.

In 1996, President Bill Clinton awarded the Fullers the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and called Habitat "the most successful, continuous community service project in the history of the United States"

What Habitat has Accomplished

Habitat completed construction of their 300,000th house on November 13, 2008. Over 1,000,000 people in thousands of different communities have been provided with a decent home because of Habitat.