Thousands of students pitch in this spring break to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity Int'l – During this year’s spring break season, thousands of students will help improve communities with Habitat for Humanity. More than 10,000 high school and college students will spend their spring break helping to build and repair homes through Habitat’s Collegiate Challenge alternative break program.

“We recognize that these students could have done a number of things during their spring break and are grateful for their support to help families obtain affordable housing,” said Cody Logsdon, Habitat’s manager of youth volunteer engagement at Habitat for Humanity. “The work these students will do during their spring break will have a lasting impact in local communities.”

The more than 600 spring break groups are traveling to 185 locations and are donating $1.4 million to Habitat for Humanity. Over the past 22 years, more than 182,000 students have spent their school breaks volunteering with Habitat. They have contributed nearly $18 million in funding to the Habitat host affiliates where they have volunteered.

Habitat’s Collegiate Challenge is one of the many programs Habitat has to engage youth ages 5 to 25 in Habitat’s work. Since 2007, State Farm has served as the national corporate sponsor of Habitat for Humanity’s youth programs, with a sponsorship commitment of more than $1.1 million in grants each year. Additionally, State Farm offices contribute more than $500,000 annually to Habitat affiliates across the United States.

Paterson Habitat - Thank you to the five young lady's from Mississippi State University who came to volunteer with us last week during their spring break.