SCAD Atlanta students volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in Reynoldstown, Nov. 5.
Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that works towards providing affordable houses by building or improving homes for families that demonstrate need.
Gio Turra, a SCAD Atlanta student and one of the volunteers, said that he was amazed by how much can be done in just one day.
“Someone will be getting a new house in a matter of weeks,” said Turra. “All it takes is the good will of a few volunteers.”
The students were recruited by ACA House Residence Director David DeVillier. The students spent more than eight hours alongside other volunteers helping to build a house and Turra said meeting the other volunteers was his favorite part of the experience.
“The people we worked alongside with were perhaps some of the most well-educated and respectable,” said Turra. “Some have been building houses for this organization for over two decades.”
Turra also said that he felt very proud of the SCAD community for its selfless and helpful spirit.