This year, the Red Lion Area School District became the first York County school district to sponsor a Habitat for Humanity house. The house, located at 101 Schoolhouse Lane in Windsor, is currently under construction, with Red Lion Area Senior High School students as the main volunteers. The Moffit family will be the recipient of the house.
This long-term project, predicted to be completed late in 2015, has been brought to the attention of Red Lion students. According to John Royer, a technology education teacher at the Red Lion Area Senior High School, over 100 students are signed up to volunteer and more are being welcomed everyday.
This long-term project, predicted to be completed late in 2015, has been brought to the attention of Red Lion students. According to John Royer, a technology education teacher at the Red Lion Area Senior High School, over 100 students are signed up to volunteer and more are being welcomed everyday.
The students are the base of the operation, especially during the first phase of the project — deconstruction.
“The students started the clean-up, everything from clearing brush to tearing down walls.” Royer said.
Students are doing everything they can to spread the word, “The project was everywhere. I heard announcements and saw all of the posters. My friends talked about it and showed me pictures, too,” Tristan Schluderberg, a student at Red Lion Area Senior High School and a volunteer for the project, said.
In addition to helping with the labor, students also contributed to the funding of the project. Fundraisers were held all throughout the district, including the collecting of one square foot of quarters per classroom.
The work site now has greatly improved from the ceremonial opening day held in early April.
“On the ceremonial day, the site was nasty, dirty, and moldy. It was obviously abandoned, but now you would never know it used to be an old fire site.” Royer. said.
The Moffits are not the only people benefiting from the project. The students are offered a unique learning opportunity.
“The students are getting a taste of reality and what it takes to build a house. They get to apply their skills in the real world.” Royer said.
As a student volunteer, Schluderberg is excited to start on the project.
“I like helping in the community for a good purpose and knowing that I have made a difference.”
The community is also receiving a morale boost.
“We, the community of Windsor, get to see progress and the joy of a young lady and her daughter receiving a home.” Royer said.
This article was original posted for the York Daily Record's Teen Takeover Program.
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“The students started the clean-up, everything from clearing brush to tearing down walls.” Royer said.
Students are doing everything they can to spread the word, “The project was everywhere. I heard announcements and saw all of the posters. My friends talked about it and showed me pictures, too,” Tristan Schluderberg, a student at Red Lion Area Senior High School and a volunteer for the project, said.
In addition to helping with the labor, students also contributed to the funding of the project. Fundraisers were held all throughout the district, including the collecting of one square foot of quarters per classroom.
The work site now has greatly improved from the ceremonial opening day held in early April.
“On the ceremonial day, the site was nasty, dirty, and moldy. It was obviously abandoned, but now you would never know it used to be an old fire site.” Royer. said.
The Moffits are not the only people benefiting from the project. The students are offered a unique learning opportunity.
“The students are getting a taste of reality and what it takes to build a house. They get to apply their skills in the real world.” Royer said.
As a student volunteer, Schluderberg is excited to start on the project.
“I like helping in the community for a good purpose and knowing that I have made a difference.”
The community is also receiving a morale boost.
“We, the community of Windsor, get to see progress and the joy of a young lady and her daughter receiving a home.” Royer said.
This article was original posted for the York Daily Record's Teen Takeover Program.
My ability to write a feature on a timely event and incorporate quotes and facts in the story.