Habitat for Humanity is dedicated to eliminating poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to making decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. The UW-Madison Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity accomplishes this by engaging ourselves, our campus, our community, and our world in Education, Advocacy, Building, and Fundraising.
Want to join other UW students to help build on Habitat homes around Dane County over the summer? Email Devin to join the summer builds list! As always, don't worry if you've never built before, we'll teach you everything you need to know.
Tour de Habitat 2012 is open for registration. Join us on April 29 for a bike tour of the madison area. Choose from 25, 50 or the new 12-mile rides. New this year, there will also be a Family Fun Ride with scavenger hunt and prizes around Vilas Zoo! Visit the Tour de Habitat page to register
Kickin' It with Habitat is a brand new student-focused event that will take place on April 15th at Vilas Park. Get your kickball team together and Register Here for the tourney. Contact Perry at kickball@uwhabitat.org for any additional questions.
Habitat is looking for some outstanding leaders to join the UW chapeter's board of directors. If you are interested, visit the Elections Page for complete information and to obtain an application. Build your resume, build your character, build your leadership skills, and build a house along the way!
Thanks to everyone that attended or volunteered at Souper Bowl XVI yesterday. With your help, we raised over $27,000 to help build simple, decent, and affordable housing in the Madison area. Check out some of the local coverage our event received.
Habitat for Humanity's biggest fundraiser is coming up fast. Visit the Souper Bowl page to get your pre-sale tickets now.
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| White Elephant Gift Exchange 2011! |
This semester's meetings have come to a close. We will begin meeting again next semester. Souper Bowl is just around the corner and we'll be in full gear all the way into 2012. We need a mot of volunteers for our biggest fundraiser, so contact Jennifer at souperbowl@uwhabitat.org if you would like to help.
To get you through this finals week, enjoy this photo album put together from our White Elephant Gift Exchange that happened after our meeting on Dec 12.
Rake-a-Thon 2011 will be held from October 28th to October 30th. Rake-a-Thon is our annual fall leaf-raking fundraiser where area homeowners invite UW Habitat for Humanity to their homes to rake their yards in exchange for a monetary donation.
Home Owners: Fill out this form to have your yard raked (Now until Oct. 21)Student Orgs: Sign up your group to volunteer
For any other inquiries, contact our Rake-a-thon coordinator at rake@uwhabitat.org
Head to the Huffin' Page to see the results from this year's Huffin' for Habitat 5K race.
Huffin' for Habitat, Habitat's annual 5k run/3k walk, is quickly approaching. Visit our Huffin' Page for more information and to register yourself or a team of 5 or more!
Our first Monday meeting of the semester will take place on September 12th in the basement of Calvary Lutheran church at 7pm.
Additionally, our Official Fall 2011 Kick-off Meeting will be held September 19th at 7pm fewaturing local artist Daniel and The Lion. Come join us and help UW-Madison's Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter continue to be the best in the country!
Join us on Sunday, May 1st for the 1st annual Tour De Habitat. This 25 or 50 mile bike event covering Madison and the surrounding areas will be a great time for all ages.
Pedal on over to our new Tour De Habitat page to get more information. Pre-Registration is now closed, however you may still register at the event
Our week long advocacy event will start April 15 and go through April 21. On Friday the 15th, our event will be Shanty Town on Library mall from 10-3. Saturday we are having a booth through All Campus Party’s Bucky’s Urban Odyssey. We will be having teams construct birdhouses. On Monday, we will be having the Poverty Simulation Dinner during the general member meeting. Tuesday we will be staking Bascom so walk by to check out our signs. Also if you have a Habitat shirt, Tuesday is the day to sport it. Wednesday we will be partnering with All Campus Party again for Wear Red Get Fed. Stop by to see Habitat’s booth and pound some nails. To wrap up the week, we will be writing letters to our Congressmen on Thursday night in Calvary at 7:00. If you would like to help out or have any questions, email advocacy@uwhabitat.org or education@uwhabitat.org
