Monday, March 25, 2013
Hard to believe that there's less than five weeks of class left! Penn Habitat for Humanity has been very busy this semester, but we've still got more to come in the next few weeks: Fundraising From Jillian, one of our Fundraising Co-Chairs: "The Fundraising Committee has been hard at work on our recent fundraisers! We had a great time partnering with the Glee Club on their Singing Valentine's Fundraiser. We also had an open bar at the Blarney Stone, and we also sold hot grilled cheese that we made on our portable panini press! It was a hit. Our most recent endeavor was selling green shamrock tattoos and beads for St. Patrick's Day. We think people appreciated supporting a great cause and avoiding the inevitable pinch from not wearing green." - Contact one of our Fundraising co-chairs if you have another idea for a fundraiser! Coalition - The committee recently had a fun Saturday night BYO at Banana Leaf with Temple's Habitat for Humanity Chapter to strengthen our existing connections with this chapter. Penn Habitat partners with Drexel and Temple for our annual Rake-A-Thon Fundraiser in the fall. - Stay tuned: Coalition is working hard with the Temple and Drexel Chapters to coordinate a Learn to Build Workshop soon! Education/Outreach - Thanks to everyone that came out to the Make n' Break study break last week! - Make sure to support us this Wednesday, March 27 in a Water Pong Tournament! Enjoy great food and music as we see Penn's finest pong players duel it out! Penn for UNICEF will be holding this fundraiser on March 27th with Habitat for Humanity and the Multicultural Greek Council. Players will have the chance to win gift cards to Bobby's Burgers, Sweet Green, Kiwi, and more local restaurants as they face off in a 2 v 2 pong tournament. There will be a $2 fee to play. All of the proceeds will be going to the Tap Project by UNICEF. https://www.facebook.com/events/428149110610121/?ref=22 - Act! Speak! Build! Week is coming up April 8-12. Stay tuned for more information on an exciting slate of events, including a speaker dinner event and Shantytown! Builds From our build coordinator, Erica: "On Saturday, March 16, Penn Habitat volunteers were busy! Several students woke up early in the morning and headed to Salem, NJ for a day of hard work. We helped put up soffit and fascia to waterproof the house. Meanwhile, other students were busy inside setting up 2x'2's for the Roxul insulation. While we worked, it started snowing a little, but we braved through it and finished our projects. We headed back to campus at around 1:00pm. Shout-out to Andrew for being our driver and to everyone that volunteered! Last Saturday, more Penn students volunteered in New Jersey! Check out the next blog post to hear about the amazing things they accomplished this weekend." General/Social - Thanks to everyone who supported our Landmark Americana Fundraiser! Stay tuned for information soon on an end-of-semester social event. - Penn Habitat for Humanity has a Relay for Life team again this year! Sign-up to help support us in the fight against cancer: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/pennhabitat. Fundraising committee is also planning to sell Henna at Relay for Life to support our Relay team fundraising goal, and we may partner with another group to sell grilled cheeses again, too! - Look for the Habitat for Humanity table at Greenfest, this Friday, March 29, from 4-7pm in Perelman Quad. We'll be raffling off a giftcard to City Taphouse, so come visit our table for a chance to win! For the latest information, be sure to visit our website at http://www.pennhabitat.org, and follow us on Twitter and Facebook! Habitat <3, Shannon Penn Habitat Internal/External Liaison Hi everyone! Welcome to Penn Habitat for Humanity’s blog. With the success of our other social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook, we hope that this blog will serve as a resource to keep our members and the University community updated on what we’ve been up to, as well as the exciting new events we have coming up!
It’s only nearing the end of February, but Penn Habitat has already has been doing exciting work this semester, with more new events and initiatives on the way: Fundraising - February’s annual collaboration with Penn Glee Club for the Singing Valentines fundraiser was a great success! We raised $1010 for Habitat for Humanity. - This past weekend, the committee also hosted an Open Bar and Grilled Cheese fundraiser at the Blarney Stone. The event raised another $130 towards our mission. Coalition The committee is working on planning several exciting events, including a ‘Learn to Build’ workshop that will continue off the success of last year’s event and a social night at Dave & Buster’s for our coalition schools. Education/Outreach - The committee will be working with Penn for UNICEF to host a Water Pong Tournament on March 27th in support of World Water Awareness month. Be on the lookout for more details soon about this new collaboration! - The main focus of this committee in the spring semester is the annual Act! Speak! Build! Week, held the first week of April. Stay tuned for more information on an exciting slate of events, including a speaker dinner event and Shantytown. General/Social - Channeling off the success of our executive board dinner, stay tuned for more details of our General Body BYO, scheduled for Saturday, March 16th. More details will be released post- Spring Break. Restaurant TBA. - Penn Habitat for Humanity has a Relay for Life team again this year! Sign-up to help support us in the fight against cancer: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/pennhabitat For the latest information, be sure to visit our website at http://www.pennhabitat.org, and follow us on Twitter and Facebook! Habitat <3, Shannon Penn Habitat Internal/External Liaison |
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