HIGH POINT, N.C., March 17, 2015 – Students from the High Point University chapter of Alpha Phi Omega (APO), a co-ed service fraternity, spent their spring break in Los Angeles volunteering and completing construction projects at five sites with Habitat for Humanity.
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit Christian ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live.
APO member and Alternative Spring Break Chairman Tori Casaday planned the trip. She wanted to bring the brothers of APO together to experience a different environment as well as help those in need.
“I am so glad we decided to partner with Habitat for Humanity for the trip,” says Casaday. “We were able to meet one of the families who will be receiving a home that we worked on. Being able to help a single mother with three children currently living in a dangerous and unsafe environment touched me and made me happy to serve and help.”
Habitat for Humanity has more than 1,400 local affiliates in the United States and more than 70 national organizations around the world. They have helped more than 1 million families – representing 5 million people.
“It’s rewarding to see how much of a difference we made by doing something we love,” says Alexandra Cushley, APO member. “This trip not only gave us amazing opportunities to serve the community, it also allowed for us to create a close bond with fellow brothers.”
The Los Angeles trip is one of four student service trips that were taken during HPU’s spring break. Groups of volunteers traveled to Haiti, Florida and Washington, D.C., for a week of service as well.
Alternative Spring Break trips are one of many ways that HPU students, faculty and staff contribute more than 100,000 hours of service locally, nationally and internationally each year.
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