Durham Youth and Habitat kick-off third-annual Youth United home Saturday, February 7

February 20, 2009

On Sat., Feb. 7, Habitat for Humanity of Durham and Durham youth began construction on the third-annual Youth United home. The home will be built in partnership with the McRae family and is located in Habitat’s Hope Crossing community in East Durham.

Youth United is a nationwide Habitat for Humanity initiative that mobilizes young people, ages 5 to 25, to fund and build a Habitat house. Durham youth from different schools, organizations, and faith groups have been working since Fall 2008 planning this project and raising the $50,000 required to sponsor a Habitat home.

The youth involved with this project are working side-by-side with the McRae family to raise $50,000. The schools and youth organizations involved have raised money through letter-writing campaigns, 2x4 challenges, HabiHat days, change and dollar drives, bake sales, grant writing, can collections, and birdhouse construction and sales.

Youth also secured monetary and in-kind support from local businesses, including: California Pizza Kitchen, Durham Careers in Construction, Durham County General Services & Cans for Habitat, Durham Jaycees, Inc., Durham Public Schools, General Growth Properties at The Streets at Southpoint, Lumen Art Studio, and State Farm.

Youth United includes a diverse representation of Durham’s youth from schools, youth groups, and organizations including: Boy Scouts of America Troop 439, Brogden Middle School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Duke University, Durham Academy, Durham County Youth Missionary Department, Durham School of the Arts, E.K. Powe Elementary School, First Calvary Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church, Jordan High School, Henderson Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Hillside High School, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Little River Elementary School, Mount Vernon Baptist Church, North Carolina School of Science and Math, Neal Middle School, Orange Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Parkwood Elementary School, Riverside High School, Shepard Middle School, Southern High School, Student U, Unity Spiritual Life Center, Voyager Academy, West Durham Baptist Church, WG Magnet Middle School, YO:Durham, Youth Ministry of Mount Level Missionary Baptist Church.

To learn more about Youth United click here.

Click hereto see pictures from the Feb. 7 Youth United kick-off. Thad and Sarah Lawrence of II&III Photography (http://www.2and3photography.com) captured the Youth United Kickoff. Thad is the Photography/Art teacher at Hillside High School and Sarah is a counselor at Southern High School."

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