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Colege Park, MD - Sunday, October 19, 2008
Photos coming soon!


More about the Run for Shelter! 5K and Habitat for Humanity...
The Run for Shelter, held on October 19th, 2008, was UMD Habitat for Humanity's 4th biannual 5K run/walk. Proceeds from the race and sponsorship went to Habitat for Humanity and its mission of ending poverty housing.
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing simple, decent, and affordable housing to low-income families. In its effort to completely eliminate poverty housing worldwide, Habitat for Humanity enlists the help of volunteers to build houses, which are then sold to carefully selected low-income families at a low price and with a zero interest mortgage. Since 1976, Habitat for Humanity has built over 200,000 houses worldwide.
The University of Maryland chapter of Habitat for Humanity is a student organization that builds houses in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore. In addition to build trips every Saturday, UMD Habitat for Humanity leads weeklong winter and spring break trips to build in the south, and holds other events throughout the year both publicize the cause of poverty housing and to raise the $25,000 necessary to build each house.
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