The AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon

During the week of May 8^th, a team of Habitat’s AmeriCorps members traveled to Milwaukee to participate in a Build-a-Thon to complete 10 homes. Joined by hundreds of other local volunteers and over 80 other AmeriCorps members who worked around the country, the Denver team framed, sheathed, roofed and sided the homes in just five days.

AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs created in 1993 that engages more than 50,000 Americans each year in service in our communities. Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver has 8 AmeriCorps members that help us build safe and affordable homes for low-income families each year.

For AmeriCorps member Leanna Powell, one highlight of her experience was working on the porch for a 21-year old single mother named Santana. Santana’s aunt, Licole, was talking about the house and how in one year they could be eating dinner on the porch with Santana’s daughter.

AmeriCorps members from 13 other states participated in the Build-a-Thon and helped build homes at 8 locations around the country, including Milwaukee. For more information on the AmeriCorps program, visit our website. To see a photo album of the Build-a-Thon in Milwaukee, click here.