Student Life gears up to build home
Students paint a house for Habitat for Humanity during a Service Saturday last semester.
Another year, another house needs to be built. The Office of Student Life is gearing up for another Habitat for Humanity Service Saturday on Nov. 4.
These service projects are for any student who wants to help the community by painting, landscaping, and framing a new house.
“Habitat for Humanity is a neat service opportunity that allows students to work hands on and see the work that they have done at the end of the day,” said Jon Horinek, Student Life Programs coordinator.
Students do not have to belong to a club or organization to attend.
The college also has developed a new way to sign up this year.
A volunteer board online at www.occc.edu/volunteer exists for interested people to register for the Service Saturdays.
“You used to have to call to sign up and names were getting lost,” Horinek said.
At least two OCCC employees accompany the students on these trips. In the past, a few professors have signed up to join students.
Attendees will meet on campus around 8 a.m. Student Life provides lunch for volunteers and the project normally lasts for six hours.
Nursing student Jacqueline Edwards is on her third volunteer service project.
“It is such a great organization and I’m glad the school participates in this,” Edwards said. “I will most likely continue to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity after I graduate this year.”
Service Saturdays have been an ongoing project for the college since spring 2005. Opportunities to participate in other projects can be found on the bulletin board across from the Office of Student Life.
Staff Writer Valerie Jobe can be reached at StaffWriter1@occc.edu.
