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Habitat for
Humanity Mission Statement:
Habitat for Humanity seeks to eliminate
poverty housing and homelessness from the world and make decent shelter a matter
of conscience and action.
Get Involved!
We meet every Tuesday at 8:45pm in 1700 Posvar. Come learn more about Habitat, sign up for work days, and have lots of fun!
Happy Act! Speak! Build! Week
To celebrate
this international Habitat week of advocacy, stop by the
HabiShack on the Union Lawn for daily activities and to help
spread the word about Habitat's mission to eradicate poverty
housing!
Shanty Town 2013
Panther
Habitat, Feel Good, Take Back the Tap, and WPTS will be
hosting our first annual Shanty Town- an event where teams
will compete to build cardboard shacks to simulate the
substandard housing that millions of people are living in
around the globe.
This FREE event will be
held Saturday, April 6th from 6pm-1am on
the Cathedral Lawn.
Delicious food will be catered by Chakh la
India, Spice Island Tea House, and Abay Ethiopian Cuisine!
We will be having a night of games, a scavenger hunt, music
and live performances, and a guest speaker from Habitat
International. Prizes will be awarded for the best shanties
in a number of categories (Most Aesthetic, Most Structurally
Sound, Most Creative, etc).
Sign up for this un and
exciting event at
www.shantytown.eventbrite.com through
your campus organization in groups of 5-8,
or sign up individually and we will put you
on a team! Clubs and organizations are
strongly encouraged to decorate your
shanties, which is a great way to advertise
your club to everyone who passes by.
Hope to see you there! Mark your
calendars and please spread the word and help us make this
a huge event on campus!
Contact Kim Cook (kpc16@pitt.edu), our
Special Events Chair, for more information!
What do we
do?
Workdays
every Saturday!
Spring break "blitz build" trips!
Fundraising for local and international
habitat affiliates by canning and holding other awesome
events!
Raise awareness about poverty housing!
If this sounds like the
organization for you, come to one of our student meetings or contact any officer/chair
for more information!
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Recent News & Upcoming Events
04-09-13: Applications for next year's
Chair Positions due at the meeting. Email them to Sascha
(aes83@pitt.edu) if you are unable to attend.
04-06-13: Shanty Town! 6pm-1am on the
Cathedral Lawn. Sign your team up today!
03-31-12 - 04/06/13: Act!
Speak! Build! Week: Stop by the Shack on the Union Lawn for
activities every day! See our events page for more
information.
02-28-13: H4H Benefit Concert 7-10pm in the
O'hara Student Center! Spread the word, and come out for a
night of great music for a great cause!
02-07-13: 1.4 Billion Reasons, a
presentation by the Global Poverty Project about how YOU can
help put an end to global poverty! 7pm in the O'hara Student
Center.
02-01-13: Ice Skating Social Event from
7-9pm! See the "Events" page for more information.
01-15-13: Be sure to attend our first meeting of the semester
to hear all about the exciting things we've got planned for the rest of the year!
12-07-12: Gingerbread Houses for Humanity-
10pm in the Union- Check our Upcoming
11-18-12: November Social Event: Thanksgiving Dinner
10-31-12:Last night we started collecting deposits for Spring Break.
To secure your spot, bring $155 in cash or check to our next meeting!
10-09-12: Come to our meeting tonight in 1700 Posvar at 8:45
to see a construction demo!
10-02-12: Hope everyone made it to our meeting tonight!
Contact our secretary, Alaina Burns for meeting minutes if you weren't able to
make it.
10-01-12: Happy World Habitat Day! Spread the word
about poverty housing and Habitat's mission to eradicate it!
4-2-12
to 4-6-12: Act, Speak, Build week! Stop by the
Shack on the Union lawn for some free food, games, and some
awesome Habitat for Humanity information and fun! Check out
our Events page for more info.
03-27-12: Benefit Concert is April 4th in
the Union!! Check out our Events page for more information.
03-03-12 to 03-11-12: Spring Break Trip:
Collegiate Challenge 2012 in Columbus, Georgia.
02-14-12: Spring Break money is due
ASAP!!! Contact Clare Kohler at cck14@pitt.edu.
01-07-12:
We raised over $5000 last semester for Habitat for Humanity.
Well done everyone!!!!
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