Matthew Wiley Stewart fundraising for AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon
Matthew Wiley Stewart
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From Matthew Wiley Stewart
With your help, I would like to go to New Orleans with other AmeriCorps alumni and active AmeriCorps members in May 2015 to get people out of substandard housing.
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About Me
In 2011, I left my job and became and AmeriCorps VISTA member serving with Habitat for Humanity International. After serving 2 one-year terms as a VISTA, I joined HFHI as a member of the Volunteer Mobilization and Innovation department. As part of my job, I help other people schedule trips to build houses. This is m y chance to get out of the office and onto a build site.
I was lucky enough to grow up in a decent home, but a lot of people don't have the same opportunity. This is my chance to help build a house so someone else will have the opportunity to live in a simple, decent, affordable home.
Part of the money raised will assist in paying my trip costs. The remainder is a donation that will help further the vision of "A world where everyone has a decent place to live."
More Info
Since 2004 Build-a-Thon has brought together Habitat AmeriCorps members, AmeriCorps alumni, community volunteers, families and other partners for week-long blitz builds. Build-a-Thon events are held in partnership with Habitat affiliates and local communities and help to meet the host community’s needs for affordable housing while celebrating AmeriCorps members’ service and impact.
Get more information at habitat.org/americorps/build_a_thon or visit our event website.
Habitat for Humanity and AmeriCorps
In 1994, Habitat for Humanity was one of the first organizations to partner with AmeriCorps, inducting 122 members in the inaugural class. This year we celebrate 20 years of impact, having engaged more than 8,000 individuals as AmeriCorps members with Habitat for Humanity, helping to meet the housing needs of nearly 20,000 U.S. families, contributing more than 13 million hours of service and engaging more than 3.1 million volunteers. In FY 2013 alone, 570 Habitat -AmeriCorps members served more than 3,400 families – more than a third of U.S. families Habitat partnered with – raised 4.4 million dollars in cash and in-kind resources and engaged more than 260,000 volunteers. To learn more, or to join AmeriCorps, visit www.habitat.org/americorps or www.nationalservice.gov.
About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International’s vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Anchored by the conviction that housing provides a path out of poverty, since 1976 Habitat has helped more than 5 million people through home construction, rehabilitation and repairs and by increasing access to improved shelter through products and services. Habitat also advocates to improve access to decent and affordable shelter and offers a variety of housing support services that enable families with limited means to make needed improvements on their homes as their time and resources allow. As a nonprofit Christian housing organization, Habitat works in more than 70 countries and welcomes people of all races, religions and nationalities to partner in its mission. To learn more, donate or volunteer, visit habitat.org.
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