Posts by Habitat Dekalb

Students from Drake University traveled from Des Moines, Iowa to spend their spring break volunteering with us on a Collegiate Challenge trip.  They worked all around DeKalb County from home renovation to A Brush With Kindness and help with a homeowner warranty project.   The group of women impressed long time volunteer, Howard Stacy (pictured), who…

In March, the United States Naval Academy mid-shipmen traveled from Annapolis, Maryland to spend a week with us for their spring break Collegiate Challenge.  They had a very productive week at our home renovation on Wren Road in Decatur. The energetic mid-shipmen spent a week working on the home.  The partner family, mother and daughter from…

The University of Louisville Habitat Chapter visited us for their winter break at the start of 2014.  They accomplished so much in their week of Collegiate Challenge.  The hard working students completed last details for our newest homeowner including a mailbox install, garden shed construction, lumber clean up, and raked the backyard.  On the last day of…