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This Spring, Fitchburg State College will be sending eighteen students and two advisors to Florida for an Alternative Spring Break trip. The group will be volunteering their spring break to work directly with Habitat for Humanity. There at two student coordinators, Nathan Robillard and Laura Conner who have been working together since the fall to organize the trip. The group will be traveling to Palm Beach Country from March 15th through the 22nd to help Habitat build a house for those in need. The ASB team has been working hard towards fundraising the entire trip! This is the eighth year that students from Fitchburg State have been able to participate in a trip of this kind.
Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to elimiate povertry and homelessness. Habitat is an International organization that has already built 225,000 homes around the world! Any family in need can apply for a Habitat home and will be chosen on a need basis. Each home owner is required to contribute 500 "sweat hours" where they actually help build the house in addition to repaying the loan over time. For more information you can visit their website: http://www.habitat.org/how/factsheet.aspx
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