Habitat for Humanity building annual Homecoming House

Published: September 29, 2011

By Raquel Cobb

CLEMSON — For 18 years, the Habitat House build on Bowman Field has gathered the Clemson community for a meaningful cause. Clemson’s Habitat for Humanity chapter is continuing the annual homecoming tradition this year.

The build on Bowman Field has started and will go on until Oct. 7. On Oct. 9, the house will be moved to its permanent location at Quail Circle in Central.

Clemson faculty and staff also will play a part in the building of this year’s house. Faculty and staff senates are partnering to build the house this year, and faculty and staff volunteers will complete construction of the house after it has been moved off campus.

“This is a great opportunity for people to come and share the experience of helping build a home in less than two weeks and knowing the house is going to give a family their dream of owning a home,” said Sarah Barton, Habitat for Humanity Homecoming coordinator.

To donate to the project, visit http://clemson.orgsync.com/org/habitat/HomecomingBuild.

For the first time this year, the Biosystems Engineering Sustainable Biofuels Initiative group, along with the help of the President’s Commission on Sustainability, will provide a five-kilowatt biodiesel generator to supply power for tools and lighting during the build. The group will have a biodiesel demonstration on Bowman Field where they will explain how they create biodiesel fuel using a small processing unit.

Clemson’s Habitat for Humanity chapter was named Campus Chapter of the Year by Habitat for Humanity International in 2008 in St. Louis, where they received $20,000 to build a Habitat home in Guatemala during the summer of 2009.

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