Help build a home with only the toss of a pie
Sarah Richmond
Issue date: 11/10/09 Section: Up Hill, Down Hill
Who knew pieing someone in the face could give someone else shelter? This week, Denison students can make a different with housing by donating for student leaders to be pied in the face. Denison's Habitat for Humanity chapter is hosting their third annual Pie-A-President event on Thurs., Nov. 12 from noon to 1 p.m. on the academic quad outside of Slayter.
Among the campus leaders getting a pie to the face is the leader of Habitat herself, senior Elayna Nowak from Cleveland, Ohio. This marks the second year for the Habitat leader, who described her shock last year about getting pied. "Last year, I didn't find out I was getting pied until they made the announcement [at the event]." But Nowak makes it clear that it's all in good fun.
The event is being coordinated by first year student Tori Couch from Singapore, who says that so far "it has been a great experience." The proceeds of the event will go towards the organization's annual winter break trip, which will be in Birmingham, Ala. this year from Jan. 10 to Jan. 16. Approximately twenty-one students will attend the trip, and the cost is $75 per person.
The Denison chapter of Habitat for Humanity has been working in cooperation with the Licking County affiliate, which was founded in 1987. The affiliate has worked to build an average of a half of a house per year, and in the past few years, since the Denison chapter has become active, that average has increased to two houses per year and plans are currently being made to build 10 houses in the next four years.
The organization received the President's Award for one of the strongest volunteer bases on campus with eighty active members last year and have strong ambitions for the current school year. Junior Lauren Sabo from Chagrin Falls, Ohio has been working with Habitat for Humanity for eight or nine years. The values of the organization are "near and dear to my heart," she said. She stresses that this chapter is striving to work on and improve education advocacy in the upcoming year. The Habitat chapter, in alignment with this goal, is learning how to budget and what it means to be a homeowner. The members of the campus organization have already hosted an event for National Habitat Day and have been working on two houses. They also participated in the Kappa Karnival philanthropy event and Make-A-Difference Day, and they ran a tool drive in the local community.
Among the campus leaders getting a pie to the face is the leader of Habitat herself, senior Elayna Nowak from Cleveland, Ohio. This marks the second year for the Habitat leader, who described her shock last year about getting pied. "Last year, I didn't find out I was getting pied until they made the announcement [at the event]." But Nowak makes it clear that it's all in good fun.
The event is being coordinated by first year student Tori Couch from Singapore, who says that so far "it has been a great experience." The proceeds of the event will go towards the organization's annual winter break trip, which will be in Birmingham, Ala. this year from Jan. 10 to Jan. 16. Approximately twenty-one students will attend the trip, and the cost is $75 per person.
The Denison chapter of Habitat for Humanity has been working in cooperation with the Licking County affiliate, which was founded in 1987. The affiliate has worked to build an average of a half of a house per year, and in the past few years, since the Denison chapter has become active, that average has increased to two houses per year and plans are currently being made to build 10 houses in the next four years.
The organization received the President's Award for one of the strongest volunteer bases on campus with eighty active members last year and have strong ambitions for the current school year. Junior Lauren Sabo from Chagrin Falls, Ohio has been working with Habitat for Humanity for eight or nine years. The values of the organization are "near and dear to my heart," she said. She stresses that this chapter is striving to work on and improve education advocacy in the upcoming year. The Habitat chapter, in alignment with this goal, is learning how to budget and what it means to be a homeowner. The members of the campus organization have already hosted an event for National Habitat Day and have been working on two houses. They also participated in the Kappa Karnival philanthropy event and Make-A-Difference Day, and they ran a tool drive in the local community.
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