Habitat For Humanity Essay

My freshmen year at Indiana University was very much of a surprise for me personally. I learned several things about myself as an individual and what I want to do with my time at Indiana University. Bloomington is a buzzing college town that always has something going on. Most people associate Bloomington with Indiana University and never really look past that. My first few months on campus I never looked past the image of Bloomington as a college town but when I did it changed what I wanted to do with my time on campus. Every student will walk down the infamous Kirkwood and experience a variety of cultures. But what they don’t expect to encounter is the large population of the homeless in Bloomington. Being a college town, the cost of living

I researched clubs and organizations whose goals were to help the homeless of the community. Eventually, I came across Habitat for Humanity whose main goal was to help the families of the community who could not afford housing. They worked directly with these families to help build sponsored houses. These houses are beneficial to the community but require a large amount of money to build. There are multiple ways Habitat for Humanity raises this money. One such way is the Habitat for Humanity Re-store. In the Habitat Re-store, donors donate furniture, home goods, and various items. The money made from this store is then used to fund the building of these houses. Several members took part in the builds of the houses, but without the funds of the Re-store the builds really would not be possible. As a new member of Habitat for Humanity, I volunteered at the Re-store whenever I could. My tasks were cleaning the home goods, making furniture look presentable, and researching certain goods to find their true value. I learned a lot from the women who would help every Saturday at the Re-store. They talked about all the good that Habitat had done for the community in past