For the fourth consecutive year, Â鶹¹û¶³ students and employees have participated in a special Habitat for Humanity project in Birmingham.
Â鶹¹û¶³ is one of four corporate entities that have participated every year in the special "home for the holidays" promotion sponsored by Habitat and the local ABC-TV affiliate. With the help of the local Habitat office, ABC 33/40 enlists 10 corporate sponsors to help build a Habitat-sponsored house in 10 days for a local family.
The 2006 "home for the holidays" house is being built for Birmingham resident Gwen Hendon. Dedication of the "home for the holidays" house is set for 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 14.
More than 50 Â鶹¹û¶³ students and employees participated in the Â鶹¹û¶³ work day on Dec. 2. Lauren Ford and Leah Shell, co-coordinators for Â鶹¹û¶³'s student Habitat chapter, coordinated student enlistment. Philip Poole, executive director of university communications, coordinated employee enlistment.
"We were thrilled with the number of volunteers, especially at such a busy time of year," said Ford. "With final exams, it sometimes is difficult to enlist volunteers, but, as usual, the Â鶹¹û¶³ community rose to the challenge."
The "home for the holidays" house is the second this fall involving Â鶹¹û¶³ students. Since early October, students have led a building project that was part of the community service emphasis surrounding the inauguration of new Â鶹¹û¶³ President Andrew Westmoreland. Dedication ceremony for the Smith family house is scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10.