CU Students begin 21st Habitat House

The Clemson University Chapter of Habitat for Humanity will host its 20^th annual build on Bowman Field Sept. 18 to 27.  Around 500 students are expected to work on the house for an anticipated total of 2,100 volunteer hours. The Clemson University Habitat for Humanity and Pickens County Habitat for Humanity typically split the cost of building the house, which costs around $65,000. The university chapter is holding several fundraisers to try to fully fund the house in celebration of the 20^th anniversary milestone. The Habitat chapter will host a 5K run and walk at 8:30am this Saturday in the South Carolina Botanical Garden. When the homecoming portion of the build is over, the house will be moved to its permanent location where members of the Habitat chapter will continue the work until it has finished. The group hopes to have the house ready for move-in by April 2014. Since the tradition began, an estimated 10,000 students have worked to house 21 families.