GC&SU has local twist with HFH

Georgia College & State University has joined up with Habitat for Humanity.

Sodexho has set a goal of $5,000, to help build a house in Tenn., for a family in need.

“We are going to help raise money for a family in need. We’re not going to build the house specifically, but we are going to help pay for the house,” said Mike Haun, marketing manager at GC&SU.

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need.

Habitat has built more than 125,000 houses around the world, providing more than 625,000 people in more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.

“This is something sodexho wanted to do. Before we had two food drives called feeding the hungry twice a year, and this is the first time we are doing something that isn’t directly related to feeding the hungry. We are expanding to help others,” said Haun.

Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and renovates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable, no-interest loans. The homeowners’ monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat houses.

“Even if a student as already produce a meal plan and they win, we will pay them their money back, for the meal plan they have produced,” said Haun. “This is the highest level meal plan.”

The raffle stops Dec. 2, and Sodexho will be given away CD’s from Coke if students buy more than $10 of raffle tickets at a time.

“We wanted the students to get a good deal with the chance of winning,” said Haun. “The winner will also receive $150 flex dollars.”

Students or Faculty can buy one ticket for one dollar, or six tickets for five dollars.

“The plan is unlimited, which means at any time a student can go to the diner hall and get a meal,” said Haun.

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