Southside Students Seek Community Support for Shanty Town Event
By: Bobbi Smith
Updated: February 4, 2013
On February 9th
The Southside High School Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity Students will each pay $10.00 'rent' for the experience of sleeping in a shanty house that they will build themselves. Each tenant will be given cardboard and duct tape when they arrive at the event. They are advised to bring warm clothes and plastic to protect their shanty house from the moisture.
The students hope to increase awareness about poverty housing in our area and also raise funds to help the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity in their mission of eradicating poverty housing. Their fundraising goal is $10,000.00.
Students are asking for community support of monetary donation. Donations may be dropped off on Saturday night, February 9th or may be mailed to:
Southside Campus Chapter
All funds raised by the
