Ceremony kicks off Habitat for Humanity project on campus

More than 50 students at The Ohio State University will raise the walls of the first-ever Habitat for Humanity home to be built on campus. The ceremony, which kicks off “Buckeye Build: Project CHAMPIONS,” will begin at 5 p.m. and the walls will be raised at approximately 5:35 p.m. on Monday (3/1) on the west lawn of the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St.

Approximately 100 people will attend the event, including David Andrews, dean of the College of Human Ecology, and William Hall, vice president for Student Affairs. The prospective homeowners also will attend the event.

The two-story house will measure about 23 feet wide and 34 feet deep and will require a total of 598 eight-foot 2”×4”s and 424 shingles. To help fund the $150,000 project, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse donated supplies worth $55,400 from “The Lowe’s Heroes Project.”

An on-campus dedication will take place on May 24 where the public will be permitted to tour the finished project. After the house is completed in May, it will be transferred by professional movers to a plot of land donated by Ohio State alumnus J.R. Haller located between Fifth and Seventh avenues.

Between September and December 2003, more than 200 students volunteered for various Habitat for Humanity at Ohio State projects.

WHAT: More than 50 students at The Ohio State University will raise the walls of a two-story Habitat for Humanity home being built on the university campus.

WHEN: Ceremony: 5 p.m. Monday (3/1)
Wall raising: approximately 5:35 p.m.

WHERE: West lawn of the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St.

WHY: To kick off “Buckeye Build: Project CHAMPIONS.”