Student athletes volunteer for Habitat for Humanity

Submitted by Jamie Schanback
Phone: 907-474-6807
09/06/07

UAF photos by Megan Otts

Junior Amanda Hartman, right, and freshman Erin Widby install a piece of siding at a Habitat for Humanity job site on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. Student athletes from the University of Alaska Fairbanks men’s basketball and women’s swim teams spent the day at the site working on two houses.

Junior Colin Matteson, right, and freshman Tony Besse run a two-man auger while drilling holes for deck footers at a Habitat for Humanity job site on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007.

Freshman DeRay Carger, left, and junior Philippe Jourdain work together to secure a window at a Habitat for Humanity job site on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007.

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For the third consecutive year, student athletes from the University of Alaska Fairbanks will volunteer with Habitat for Humanity for two full days. This year Habitat for Humanity is building two three-bedroom houses for a pair of single mothers with two children. The houses are located at 25th and Mercier St. in Fairbanks.

Under the direction of Maurice Lake, construction manager, Alaska Nanooks administrators, staff members, coaches and student athletes will help with projects such as insulating, landscaping, installing siding and electrical wiring.

The first building day is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 8, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and the second day will be the following Saturday, Sept. 15, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.