What:
* San Antonio College students, administrators, faculty, and staff will
work together building two houses as part of the Habitat for Humanity
of San Antonio's construction of a local neighborhood.
* About 40-50 students taught by Susan Spencer, Economics Associate Professor,
will participate as a Service Learning classroom project. (Service Learning
students voluntarily perform community service activities that are relevant
to their classroom studies. They are required to keep a journal and make
a report on their experiences.)
* President Robert E. Zeigler and his wife Mary will provide lunch at
the site this weekend.
Background:
* Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio, Inc., is an ecumenical Christian
non-profit housing organization that works with families whose income
is generally 25-50 percent of the area median income. Families accepted
in the program purchase a Habitat house for 0 percent interest mortgage.
Community volunteers build the homes in partnership with the families,
who are required to invest a minimum of 300 hours of "sweat equity"
building their house and those of their neighbors.
When & Where:
* Saturday, September 27, and Saturday, October 11, 8 a.m. - about 3:30
p.m.
* The homes San Antonio College people will be working on are located
at 5435 and 5431 Castroville Road.
* Directions from downtown:
Take US 90 West; take Callaghan Road exit; turn right on Callaghan Road;
turn right on Zupan Lane (first road across from Wolff Stadium). The site
will be a half block on the right. (The Castroville and Zupan Homes are
directly behind each other.)
* Parking: limited to street parking on surrounding streets. Access Castroville
road homes from Zupan Road site.
Who:
* Dr. Robert E. Zeigler, President, San Antonio College, and his wife
Mary Zeigler
* Susan Spencer, Assistant Professor of Economics
* 40-50 Economics students
* Audrey Grams, Service Learning Coordinator
* Other San Antonio College faculty, students, and staff.
Contact:
For more information about
- The Economics classes, contact Susan Spencer at 733-2157
- Service Learning, contact Audrey Grams at 785-6044
- Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio, Inc., call 223-5203
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