Habitat for Humanity Updates
May 2020
In this issue, we'll discuss...
- #GivingTuesdayNow
- Executive Board Applications!
- Habitat in Quarantine
- How can you can support Habitat for Humanity
#GivingTuesdayNow - May 5, 2020
At a time when we're all affected by the pandemic, generosity is what brings people of all races, faiths, and political views together across the globe. Generosity gives everyone the power to make a positive change in the lives of others and is a fundamental value anyone can act on.
This #GivingTuesdayNow, join us on this global day of unity to help us raise $10,000!
Through your individual support or by creating a Facebook fundraiser, we can reach our goal. Here are three ways you can help:
1. Make a donation to Habitat MontDelco for #GivingTuesdayNow (Link found below!)
2. Create a Facebook fundraiser to support Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware
3. Share our fundraiser with your colleagues, friends, and family using #givingtuesdaynow and #habitatmontdelco
Executive Board Applications for Villanova's Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter 2020-2021
What is Habitat doing in Quarantine?
- We are using our voice to ADVOCATE for affordable housing and helping to bring awareness to the role that housing plays in health, education, finance, and so much more...
- We have donated more than 160,000 N95 respirators and 14,000 Tyvek suits to health care providers
- We have joined with more than 200 national charitable nonprofit organizations
- We have shared immediate solutions for nations COVID-19 problems with the U.S. Congress and you can ADD YOUR VOICE NOW to tell Congress to act for housing stability!
"Housing is the prescription we need"
Check out this article by Dr. Sandel about the effects of COVID on the housing crisis.
"The uncertainty so many of us feel today, many families have felt for a lifetime — if not generations."
THANK YOU TO OUR PRESIDENTS!
Villanova University's Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter
Email: vuhabitat1@gmail.com
Website: https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/mission/campusministry/service/volunteer/habitat.html
Location: Villanova University, Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VUH4HCampusChapter/